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3:45 PM ET, November 20, 2021

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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York appeals court judge rejects the NYT's request to unblock it from publishing or seeking Project Veritas documents; the next hearing is on November 23  —  A New York appeals court judge rejected the New York Times' request to lift an order temporarily blocking it from publishing …
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Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed News:
Judge orders the NYT not to publish any Project Veritas “privileged materials”, despite precedent against prior restraint; the NYT seeks an immediate review  —  WASHINGTON — A judge in New York on Thursday took the rare step of temporarily blocking the New York Times …
Aubrey Allegretti / The Guardian:
Former Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre pulls out of the race to chair media regulator Ofcom, despite UK ministers rerunning the process to give him a second chance  —  Former Daily Mail editor announces decision not to proceed with second bid and takes swipe at civil service
Dustin Volz / Wall Street Journal:
The US DOJ says Iranian hackers breached a media company in fall 2020 and tested how to create false news content; sources say Lee Enterprises was targeted  —  Computer systems of Lee Enterprises, which owns dozens of daily papers, were targeted in disinformation campaign
Marc Tracy / New York Times:
Gothamist, the news site of radio station WNYC, deleted four articles in October that used language from Wikipedia, Salon, and NYT without credit  —  In a new episode of turmoil at the radio station, the author of the articles was reassigned.  —  Gothamist, the news site …
Peter Kafka / Vox:
James Andrew Miller's new book reveals that some HBO execs pushed for selling subscriptions directly to consumers in 2005, and some wanted to buy Netflix  —  An alternative media history, brought to us by a new oral history of HBO.  —  “The goal is to become HBO faster than HBO can become us.”
New York Times:
Theranos trial testimony shows how media coverage of tech companies became more probing as reporters had to revise glowing articles they wrote about the startup  —  Testimony in the fraud trial of Ms. Holmes, the founder of the blood testing start-up Theranos, shows how much coverage of the tech industry has changed over the years.
Ashley Carman / The Verge:
Spotify's Findaway acquisition will allow it to become an audiobook producer, distributor, and retailer, while turning it into the app for consuming all audio  —  This story is part of a group of stories called  —  Last week, Spotify announced plans to spend an undisclosed amount of money …
Max Willens / Digiday:
A look at the Philly Inquirer's Gameday Central, a live pre-game NFL show that attracts thousands of viewers and that the paper hopes to expand to other sports  —  The Philadelphia Inquirer is hoping it can turn one of its important beats into a launchpad for a new crop of virtual event franchises.
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Ryan Broderick / Garbage Day:
Thinkarete Lifestyle, cited by Facebook as Q3's most widely viewed Page in the US, seems to be a barely active drop-shipping scheme with stolen content
Dade Hayes / Deadline:
Disney adds Disney+ and ESPN+ to Hulu + Live TV, and will raise its prices by $5 to $70/month with ads and $76/month without ads, starting on December 21
Stephen Singer / Hartford Courant:
New York Daily News names Andrew Julien, the publisher and EIC of the Hartford Courant, as executive editor
The 19th:
The 19th announces one-year, salaried fellowships in reporting, editing, audience engagement, and newsroom technology for recent and mid-career HBCU alumni
Patience Haggin / Wall Street Journal:
Roku to develop 50+ original shows in the next two years; sources say it plans to spend ~$250K-$750K per unscripted episode and $500K-$5M per scripted episode
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Alicia Adejobi / Metro.co.uk:
Andrew Marr is leaving the BBC after 21 years and is joining Global in 2022 to “write and present political and cultural shows, and to write for newspapers”
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
WarnerMedia plans to offer its own audience-measurement data in 2022, and is in talks with 10 to 15 vendors, as Nielsen's efforts come under scrutiny
Rest of World:
Mailchimp temporarily banned three independent Cuban news outlets, likely due to an overzealous enforcement of its ToS that states users can't be based in Cuba
Washington Post:
Judge bans MSNBC from Rittenhouse trial after police say they stopped a producer following the jurors' bus; NBC denies its freelancer meant to contact jurors