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6:55 PM ET, January 21, 2020

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Ernesto Londoño / New York Times:
Federal prosecutors in Brazil charge Glenn Greenwald with cybercrimes, alleging he was part of a “criminal organization” hacking phones of public officials  —  Mr. Greenwald is accused of being part of a “criminal investigation” that hacked into the cellphones of prosecutors and public officials.
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Stephanie Kirchgaessner / The Guardian:
Sources: analysis shows a message from Saudi Crown Prince MbS' WhatsApp account to Jeff Bezos in 2018 included file “highly” likely to have hacked Bezos' phone  —  Exclusive: investigation suggests Washington Post owner was targeted five months before murder of Jamal Khashoggi
Netflix:
Netflix Q4 revenue grew 31% YoY to $5.467B and net income rose to $587M, surpassing 100M paid memberships outside the US; global paid net additions totaled 8.8M  —  Fellow shareholders, We had a strong finish to 2019, with Q4 revenue growing 31% year over year, bringing full year 2019 revenue …
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
The Athletic raises $50M Series D sources say at a ~$500M valuation; cofounder says it will soon hit 1M subscribers and expects it to be profitable in 2020  —  The Athletic, a subscription-based digital sports media company, has raised $50 million in a Series D funding round, executives tell Axios.
Amelia Nitz / The Reporters Committee …:
Reporters Committee will launch its Local Legal Initiative in CO, OK, OR, PA, and TN to provide pro bono legal support to local journalists and news outlets  —  Lawyers will provide local news organizations in Colorado, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania and Tennessee with pro bono legal support
Andrew Wallender / Bloomberg Law:
Barstool Sports reaches settlement with NLRB that calls for deletion of anti-union tweets from co-founder David Portnoy, removal of other anti-union material  —  Four months after Barstool Sports co-founder David Portnoy drew criticism for posting anti-union tweets, the company reached …
Financial Times:
Tony Hall will be regarded for keeping a steady ship amid several crises, but will leave his successor challenges on multiple fronts, including a hostile PM  —  Tony Hall's successor as director-general will be the BBC's 17th and, perhaps, one of the most important ever appointed to run …
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BBC:
Tony Hall to step down as Director General of the BBC in the summer, after seven years in the role
Sara Jerde / Adweek:
Bloomberg Media debuts Bloomberg Green, a vertical on climate change, with five ad partners, a daily newsletter, podcast, events, and an upcoming print magazine  —  Bloomberg Green goes live with a constantly updating data dashboard  —  Key insights:  —  Bloomberg Media went live …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Sources: Business Insider, Vox Media, The Information, Axios, and Politico all turned profits in 2019, in several cases for the first time ever  —  Digital publishing is doing something it hasn't done en masse since the dawn of the Internet: make money.  —  Why it matters: Business Insider …
Stephanie Sengwe / The Streamable:
Ad-supported Tubi partners with TV Azteca to expand Tubi into Mexico later this year; Tubi also will be the exclusive connected TV partner for Hisense in Mexico  —  Tubi announced today they have partnered up with TV Azteca — one of the two largest producers of Spanish-language TV programming globally …
 
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Joe Mandese / MediaPost:
GARM, an ad agency and digital media platform alliance, shares plan for creating brand-safe environments with tools for categorizing harmful content and more
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Roku expands to Brazil by way of a partnership with AOC to launch the AOC Roku TV in two models, which will feature local streaming service Globoplay
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Allison Schiff / AdExchanger:
AppsFlyer, a mobile ad attribution platform, raises $210M Series D led by General Atlantic at a $1.6B valuation
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Jem Aswad / Variety:
Interim Grammy chief says that ousted president and CEO Deborah Dugan sought millions to step down and withdraw accusations she had made against the Academy
Sam Byford / The Verge:
Netflix will carry all 21 films from Studio Ghibli, the makers of Spirited Away, in all countries outside the US, Canada, and Japan; first batch coming Feb. 1
 

 
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George Steer / Financial Times:
Nvidia closed down 10% on Friday, falling the most since March 2020 and losing more than $200B of its market value, as investors pull back from AI bets

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
Sources: EU may accept Apple's proposal to open its NFC payments tech to rivals, and may close its antitrust probe in May, letting Apple avoid hefty fines

James Hunt / The Block:
Bitcoin's fourth halving is now complete, lowering miners' block subsidy rewards from 6.25 BTC to 3.125 BTC; the third halving was on May 2020

 
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