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WSJ's editorial board defends publishing a letter from Trump, saying Trump is making election rigging claims elsewhere, so “we hardly did him a special favor” — His 2020 monomania is news, and it reflects on his fitness for 2024. — By The Editorial Board
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Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
Critics accuse WSJ of amplifying misinformation after it publishes a 600-word letter to the editor from Trump, filled with debunked claims of election fraud
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Nikhil Kurian Nainan / Reuters:
Australia's competition regulator allows a group representing 261 radio stations to negotiate payments from Facebook and Google for the stations' news content — Australia's competition regulator allowed a body representing 261 radio stations to negotiate a content deal with Facebook (FB.O) …
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Damon Beres / Wired:
Advocates for the blind say DMCA exemptions to break ebook DRM for accessibility should be permanent, rather than having to be renewed every three years — Advocates will once again be granted a DMCA exception to make accessible versions of texts. They argue that it's far past time to make it permanent.
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@library_futures, @gadgetlab, @dlberes, @wired and @doctorow
Adam Satariano / New York Times:
YouTube's mistaken deletion of UK news outlet Novara Media's channel draws criticism as an example of the company's power as a content regulator — Novara, a London news group, fell victim to YouTube's opaque and sometimes arbitrary enforcement of its rules.
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@satariano, @nytimesbusiness, @aaronbastani and @ayocaesar
Mark Zuckerberg / Meta:
Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook the company is now Meta, to better encompass all of its products — We are at the beginning of the next chapter for the internet, and it's the next chapter for our company too. — In recent decades, technology has given people the power to connect and express ourselves more naturally.
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BBC:
BBC says its article about lesbians and trans women went through a “rigorous editorial process” in response to letter signed by 16K people protesting the piece — More than 16,000 people have signed an open letter calling on the BBC to apologise for an online news article about trans women and lesbians.
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@markdistef, @laurakbuzz, @rottenindenmark, GAY TIMES and @samfr
Pamela McClintock / Hollywood Reporter:
Sources: starting in 2022, Warner will make roughly 12 movies for the big screen and 12 for HBO Max; in pre-pandemic times it released 18-23 titles in theaters — After helping grow its sister streamer with immediate access to movies, Warner Bros. will abide by a 45-day exclusive window …
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@cdncapedcrusadr, @theflitecast, SlashFilm and The Hot Button
Gerry Smith / Bloomberg:
Q&A with Casey Bloys, the content chief of HBO and HBO Max, about finding international hits like Squid Game, shift of viewership from HBO to HBO Max, and more — The premium network is prepping for the streaming era beyond Covid disruptions and AT&T ownership.
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@richlightshed, @gerryfsmith and @lucas_shaw
Jennifer Dunham / Committee to Protect Journalists:
CPJ's Global Impunity Index finds that since 2011, 278 journalists have been murdered worldwide and no one has been convicted in 226 of the cases — No one has been held to account in 81% of journalist murders during the last 10 years, CPJ's 2021 Global Impunity Index has found.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Amazon reports Q3 revenue of $8.09B for its “other” segment, which mostly covers its ads business, up 50% YoY, and $8.15B for subscription services, up 24% YoY — Amazon posted 15% growth in revenue for the third quarter, but it missed Wall Street expectations on the top and bottom lines …
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Joe Rossignol / MacRumors:
Apple Q4 services revenue, which includes Apple TV+, Apple News+, Apple Music, and more, hit $18.27B, up ~25% YoY; paid subscriptions reached 745M, up 160M YoY — Apple today reported services revenue of $18.27 billion in the fourth quarter of its 2021 fiscal year, which is an all-time quarterly revenue record.
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Blake Brittain / Reuters:
Court filing: the operator of Locast, which streamed TV broadcast channels for free, agrees to pay $32M and shut down for good to resolve copyright claims — (Reuters) - The operator of over-the-air streaming service Locast has agreed to pay $32 million and end its operations …
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