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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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The Intercept condemns Brazil's action against Glenn Greenwald and calls the move a “blatantly politically motivated charge” made as “apparent retaliation” — On Tuesday, a federal prosecutor in Brazil announced a denunciation of American journalist …
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Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
Glenn Greenwald calls Brazil's allegations an attack on journalism: “I did nothing more than do my job as a journalist—ethically and within the law” — The charges are “an obvious attempt to attack a free press in retaliation for the revelations we reported about …
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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
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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
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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 …
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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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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 …
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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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