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9:15 PM ET, December 13, 2020

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Michael Levenson / New York Times:
Critics slam WSJ's opinion section after it published a column by Joseph Epstein calling Jill Biden “kiddo” and suggesting she drop her use of “Dr.” as a title  —  Many women said Joseph Epstein's suggestion in The Wall Street Journal was blatantly sexist and underscored …
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Paul A. Gigot / Wall Street Journal:
Paul Gigot, WSJ editorial page editor, equates the Biden team's reaction to an op-ed on Jill Biden's use of “Dr.” to Trump's “enemy of the people” tweets  —  Its strategists promote an identity politics campaign against an op-ed on Jill Biden's use of ‘Dr.’
Adam Piore / Columbia Journalism Review:
A deep, historical look at opinion pieces in news outlets, and how a large quantity of hot takes has served as a cheap, powerful attraction, sometimes at a cost  —  The New York Times and the unending blizzard of takes  —  In 1961, John B. Oakes was appointed to lead the editorial page of the New York Times.
Discussion: @cjr, @cjr, @cjr, @cjr, @michaelsocolow and @borzou
Maxwell Tani / The Daily Beast:
Adam Rubenstein, the NYT editorial assistant who edited Sen. Tom Cotton's infamous “Send in the Troops” column, has resigned from the newspaper
Ben Smith / New York Times:
Sources: Apple TV+ was making Scraper, a show about Gawker Media, with several episodes written, then Tim Cook sent an email about it and the project was killed  —  Big tech companies now exert huge influence over what stories get told.  The message is clear: Be careful who you offend.
Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Jeff Zucker was recently made aware of investor interest in taking CNN private, as WarnerMedia is in talks with Zucker on whether to renew his contract  —  A month after the election, CNN holds leads in key ratings categories; President Jeff Zucker made aware of investor interest in network
Discussion: @cgasparino, @wsj, @asharma and @benmullin
Marissa Evans / Nieman Lab:
Trauma-informed reporting, often key for crime stories, will gain relevance post-pandemic; newsrooms need to be aware of potential secondhand trauma for staff  —  “Trauma is everywhere, even if the communities we serve don't always use the t-word to describe their experiences.”
Allegra Hobbs / Study Hall:
A look at the enduring popularity of advice columns, mainstays at Slate, NYT, The Cut, how they've changed since the days of Dear Abby, and their role today  —  Trompe l'oeil.  Board Partition with Letter Rack and Music Book by Cornelius Norbertus Gijsbrechts.  Image via Wikimedia Commons.
Taylor Lorenz / New York Times:
Atlanta's all-Black creator houses are helping to build community and reverse a gap in an industry where Black influencers are underacknowledged and underfunded  —  After years of being passed over by brands and management companies despite driving the internet's biggest trends …
Lyz / Men Yell at Me:
Q&A with former reporter Allison Hantschel on how newspapers damaged themselves, inspired by a tweet lamenting that people pay for Netflix but not journalism  —  “Never ascribe to malice what stupidity will adequately explain.”  —  3 hr ago  —  For a decade, Allison Hantschel worked at small newspapers in the Midwest.
Kara Swisher / New York Times:
Interview with Jason Kilar on the decision to release 2021 movies on HBO Max: “If we...focus on the customer, we're going to be sitting on a very big future”  —  Depending on who you ask, Jason Kilar is either the most hated or most beloved man in Hollywood right now.
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Denis Villeneuve / Variety:
Dune director Denis Villeneuve says AT&T decided to sacrifice Warner Bros' 2021 slate “in a desperate attempt to grab audience attention” for HBO Max
Julia Alexander / The Verge:
Disney's stream of Disney+ announcements on Thursday finally delivered on ~$100B worth of acquisitions over 15 years of widely adored billion dollar franchises  —  Disney's big streaming event showed what Disney Plus will be  —  By the end of Disney's four-hour event …
 
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Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
PwC: 2020 deal activity in media and telecoms was relatively stable despite the pandemic, with 612 deals, down 4% from 2019, and a combined value of $99B, up 8%
Washington Post:
Three NC newspapers have filed a petition with the NC Court of Appeals seeking to open a district court to media after a judge blocked them from a hearing
Sarah Ellison / Washington Post:
Political journalists question the value of reporting anonymous concerns by Republicans who publicly support Trump as he tries to overturn the election
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Jill Goldsmith / Deadline:
In an SEC filing, AMC Entertainment says it has raised $100M ; as of November 30, AMC had more than $400M in rent obligations deferred to 2021
Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
Gannett is outsourcing 485 business process jobs like payments, invoicing, and accounting to Hyderabad, India, early next year
Kayleigh Barber / Digiday:
Axios plans to launch AxiosHQ in Feb. to help companies write internal memos styled like Axios newsletters, with real-time feedback and “Smart Brevity” score
 

 
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Bloomberg:
Sources: Canadian authorities arrest Alexander “Connor” Moucka, who is allegedly behind the June and July 2024 hacks of up to 165 Snowflake users including AT&T

Marshall Cohen / CNN:
CCDH: before the election, Elon Musk made 87 X posts that were debunked by fact-checkers, hitting 2B+ views; his political posts had 17.1B views since July 2024

Arjun Kharpal / CNBC:
Nintendo reports Q2 revenue down 17% YoY to $1.8B, net profit down 69% YoY to ~$182.5M, and lowers its FY 2025 Switch sales forecast to 12.5M from 13.5M
 
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