Mediagazer: European Parliament approves proposal to create a prize for European investigative journalists in memory of Daphne Caruana Galizia (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette)

Kali Hays / WWD:

Media holding company Attention Capital buys Sophia Amoruso's Girlboss, which was valued at $13M in 2018; Amoruso will remain CEO — It's the first acquisition for recently founded Attention and the start of a new phase for Girlboss. — Girlboss founder and ceo Sophia Amoruso at the 2018 Girlboss Rally.

Discussion: Ad Age, Variety, Fast Company, TechCrunch, Axios and @sophiaamoruso

Sara Jerde / Adweek:

Bustle Digital Group launches Input, a consumer tech news site, with no advertisers and a custom CMS that it says will be used across its brands by June 2020 — Why BDG thinks its new CMS will draw readers and entice advertisers — Bustle Digital Group has a reputation of swooping …

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Sara Fischer / Axios:

Facebook is funding a free 45-minute online Reuters course for journalists on spotting and handling manipulated media, now in English, French, Spanish, Arabic — Facebook is spending six figures to fund a course on manipulated media and deepfakes for newsrooms, executives tell Axios.

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CNBC:

Vox Media to end contracts of hundreds of freelancers to comply with CA's new AB5 law, which will forbid non-employees from submitting over 35 articles a year — - Hundreds of Vox Media freelancers will lose their jobs in the coming months. — Vox Media is preparing for a California law …

Todd Spangler / Variety:

Audible announces founder Dan Katz will step down from CEO role on January 2, to be replaced by former Dun & Bradstreet executive Bob Carrigan — Audible, the Amazon-owned seller and producer of audiobooks and spoken-word entertainment, hired media and publishing veteran Bob Carrigan as CEO.

Discussion: Publishers Weekly and RAIN News

Agence France-Presse:

Reporters Without Borders: 49 journalists killed in 2019, the lowest death toll since 2003; ~389 imprisoned, up 12% YoY; and 57 are being held hostage — Belfast residents pass a mural featuring murdered journalist Lyra McKee, whose death sparked a new round of political talks chaired by the British and Irish Governments, in May 2019

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Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:

Netflix shares detailed overseas subscriber numbers for the first time in a filing, and says 90% of total subscriber growth came from outside the US since 2017 — Streaming service is disclosing detailed subscriber information by region for operations outside of the U.S. for the first time

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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:

European Parliament approves proposal to create a prize for European investigative journalists in memory of Daphne Caruana Galizia — The European Parliament is to launch a prize for investigative journalism in memory of murdered Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia.

Janko Roettgers / Variety:

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Tom Balmforth / Reuters:

Maria Butina, who was convicted of being a foreign agent in the US and deported to Moscow, has been hired by RT to host an online show — MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian woman jailed in the United States for working as a foreign agent and deported to Moscow has been hired by Russia's state-funded RT television …

Mónica Marie Zorrilla / Adweek:

Stuart Emmrich, who spent ~17 years as The New York Times' Styles editor, named editor of Vogue.com, a newly created role that reports to Anna Wintour — He will oversee digital content and report directly to Anna Wintour — Condé Nast said today it has named Stuart Emmrich as Vogue.com's first editor.

Discussion: @stuartemmrich, The Cut, Fashionista and WWD

Patrick Frater / Variety:

UK's Cineworld agrees to buy Canadian cinema operator Cineplex for $1.65B, would become largest North American operator combined with its 2017 Regal purchase — U.K.-based movie theater chain Cineworld is to acquire Cineplex, Canada's leading cinema chain.

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