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11:50 AM ET, December 15, 2020

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Freedom of the Press:
Report: arrests of journalists in the US grew to ~117 in 2020, up 1,200% YoY; the week of May 29 to June 4 had more arrests than previous three years combined  —  Promoting press freedom in the 21st century  —  Today, Freedom of the Press Foundation is releasing a report on the unprecedented number …
Meg James / Los Angeles Times:
LAT Executive Editor Norman Pearlstine, who announced in October that he planned to retire, steps down, as a search for his replacement continues  —  The Los Angeles Times' leadership transition has accelerated with the departure of Norman Pearlstine, who served as executive editor for two and a half years.
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
CNBC let correspondents like Rick Santelli speak their minds on issues in the past but may now require rules of decorum as it becomes a part of NBCU News Group  —  Rick Santelli, the veteran CNBC correspondent, recently got into an on-air spat with one of his longtime colleagues.
Discussion: @bristei and @jbflint
Jessica Bursztynsky / CNBC:
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle sign an exclusive multiyear deal to host and produce podcasts for Spotify via their production company Archewell Audio  —  - The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are getting into podcasting.  — Spotify announced Tuesday it has signed a multiyear deal with Prince Harry …
Lauren Feiner / CNBC:
FTC orders Amazon, ByteDance, Facebook, Snap, YouTube, and others to share info on how they collect and use personal data, including how they measure engagement  —  - The Federal Trade Commission is requiring nine tech companies to share information about how they collect and use data from their users, the agency announced Monday.
Axios:
Sources: PMC plans to merge back end operations of Rolling Stone, Billboard, and Vibe, including ad sales, marketing, and brand partnerships  —  Penske Media Corp. (PMC) is planning to merge the back end functions of three of the top music news publishers in the U.S., according to two sources familiar with the company's plans.
Discussion: bookforum.com
New York Times:
As ratings hit new highs, executives and journalists at CNN and MSNBC say they are uneasy about a post-Trump future bereft of drama and scandal  —  Ratings have hit new highs, but executives and journalists at both networks are uneasy about the year ahead.  —  CNN and MSNBC thrived during …
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Voting machine company Smartmatic issued legal notices to Fox News, Newsmax, and OANN, demanding retraction of claims that its machines flipped votes to Biden  —  Florida-based electronic voting system company Smartmatic on Monday demanded three conservative media outlets retract their claims …
Wayne Friedman / MediaPost:
Samsung Ads, Samsung's smart TV ad sales group, launches Samsung Measurement, which will provide data for linear and streaming ads  —  Samsung Ads — the TV manufacturer's smart TV advertising sales group — is starting up Samsung Measurement, with General Motors and its agency Dentsu Aegis as its first clients.
Discussion: Adweek and Beet.TV
Sam Schechner / Wall Street Journal:
EU proposes bill forcing big tech firms to offer price transparency for online advertisers and one focused on illegal content under the penalty of large fines  —  Proposed bills would be the bloc's most ambitious internet laws since GDPR  —  European officials want new powers …
Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
Condé Nast names Anna Wintour chief content officer, in charge of its brands worldwide and of Vogue's 25 global editions; she will remain EIC of Vogue US  —  Longtime editor to take charge of global editorial operations after a year punctuated by layoffs and diversity issues
Eben Novy-Williams / Sportico.com:
DAZN has sold Sporting News, of one of US's oldest sports publication, to Pax Holdings and several other soccer news sites for $100M+ to a group backed by TPG  —  Sports streaming service DAZN has sold Sporting News, one of America's oldest sports publications, to British family office PAX Holdings.
Discussion: Awful Announcing
 
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Sports podcast company Blue Wire, which hosts 140+ podcasts, raises $5M Series A; it focuses on minority and female voices, and 35% of its podcasters are POC
Ben Paviour / VPM:
A columnist who also works for Dominion Energy wrote some of at least seven unsigned editorials in The Virginian-Pilot and Daily Press about Dominion this year
Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
Sky strikes a deal to make Prime Video available to its subscribers in the UK, Ireland, Austria, Germany, and Italy; Sky also has deals with Netflix and Disney+
Discussion: Variety
Todd Spangler / Variety:
NBCU says the first two seasons of The Office will stream on Peacock's ad-supported free tier and other seasons will stream on subscription tiers
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Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
Paul Smalera, who was previously the founding editor of Medium's Marker, has been named EIC of The Business of Business, a new publication from Thinknum
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Reddit announces it has acquired short-form video app and TikTok rival Dubsmash
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