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BuzzFeed will go public via a merger with 890 5th Avenue Partners, raising $16M from the SPAC and $150M via debt and acquiring Complex Networks for $300M — Shareholders in BuzzFeed, the digital media pioneer known for its listicles, quizzes and a news division that won its first Pulitzer Prize this year …
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Shawn McCreesh / New York Magazine:
BuzzFeed News' union holds a walkout after two years of contract negotiations, as shareholders approve a plan to take the company public via a SPAC — BuzzFeed shareholders will vote today to take the company public via a merger with a special-purpose-acquisition company, or SPAC.
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Carlos Greer / New York Post:
Ex-Shape staffers say they worked 375 unpaid overtime hours on the new Sweet July magazine, were laid off, and then asked to return as temps for the next issue — Laid-off Meredith staffers have soured on the publishing company's new Sweet July magazine — helmed by Food Network star Ayesha Curry.
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Mathew Ingram / Columbia Journalism Review:
Journalists and activists worry Twitter's new privacy policy will be weaponized and make their jobs harder, due to vague terms like “the public interest” — On Tuesday, Twitter said it is expanding its privacy policy to include what the company calls “private media.”
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Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Two Georgia election workers sue the far-right website Gateway Pundit for defamation over its false claims that the two manipulated ballots in 2020 — The two Georgia workers were falsely accused of manipulating ballots by Trump allies and right-wing news sites. Election officials said the workers did nothing wrong.
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Jack Suntrup / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Emails: Missouri officials planned to thank the St. Louis Post-Dispatch for finding a data vulnerability before they threatened a reporter, calling him a hacker — JEFFERSON CITY — Before blaming the Post-Dispatch, the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education was preparing to thank …
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Caroline Davies / The Guardian:
Associated Newspapers, which owns the Mail on Sunday, loses its appeal for publishing Meghan Markle's letter to her estranged father, its second loss this year — ANL had brought appeal after duchess sued publisher over articles relating to letter she sent to estranged father
Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
Meta adds £5.9M over two years and 18 trainee spots to its UK Community News Project, which pays for reporters' salaries and training — Meta, the tech giant behind Facebook, is putting an additional £5.9m into its Community News Project collaboration in the UK over the next two years.
Alistair Gray / Financial Times:
The Rothermeres raise their bid to take Daily Mail and General Trust private by £35M, valuing the publisher at £2.75B; shareholders must decide by December 16 — Family's ‘final’ bid raises offer by £35m and, including dividends, values DMGT at about £2.75bn
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Washington Post:
A coalition of news outlets sides with Steve Bannon in fighting to keep court documents public ahead of his case for refusing to testify before Congress — A coalition of news organizations, including The Washington Post, has sided with former Trump White House adviser Stephen K. Bannon …
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Mia Sato / The Verge:
Five major education publishers sue Shopify for $500M+ over failing to remove pirated textbooks and other content that violate their trademarks and copyrights — Textbook pirates are selling stolen learning materials on the platform, according to a lawsuit
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Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Netflix loses an appeal in a case that ordered it to stop poaching Fox employees; the court upheld fixed-term staff contracts, which Netflix argued were illegal — The streamer is unsuccessful in getting a California appeals court to lift an injunction. — Netflix may see fixed-term contracts …
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