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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Roku says it has agreed a multi-year extension with Google for distribution of YouTube and YouTube TV apps on Roku devices; Roku stock up 8%+ — Roku and Google have agreed to a multi-year extension for both YouTube and YouTube TV apps to be distributed on Roku.
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
The 19th hires Julia Chan, managing editor of digital at public broadcaster KQED, as EIC starting January 10, replacing Andrea Valdez, who moved to The Atlantic — The 19th has hired Julia B. Chan as its new editor-in-chief, effective Jan. 10, executives tell Axios.
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
A look at The Guardian's Martin Pengelly, who repeatedly publishes scoops from political bestsellers, likely by getting early copies from a bookseller — Mark Meadows's new memoir about his time as Donald Trump's White House chief of staff was still a week away from its official release date …
Patrick McGee / Financial Times:
Sources: Meta, Snap, and other iOS developers continue to collect anonymized and aggregated data on users for targeted ads, despite Apple's ATT changes — Group's unacknowledged shift lets companies follow a looser interpretation of its privacy rules — Apple has allowed app developers …
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
A look at Trump Media & Technology Group, which lacks a product, users, publicly identified executives, and revenue, and its merger with DWAC, valued at $1.85B — In October, former President Trump announced the creation of a new company, Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG).
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Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg:
A look at Twitter's Project Guardian, a list of journalists and other highly targeted users that helps moderators respond more quickly to their complaints — ‘Project Guardian’ aims to protect prominent tweeters from abuse, harassment — Twitter Inc.'s highest-profile users …
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@kurtwagner8, @kurtwagner8 and @rralstonagile, more at Techmeme »
Washington Post:
Paris prosecutor says the man held as a suspect in the murder of Jamal Khashoggi has been released after the police could not confirm his identity — PARIS — The arrest of a man previously believed to have been a suspect in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi has turned out to be a case …
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Thomas Seal / Bloomberg:
Sources: GB News, whose debut was beset with problems, is mulling expansion into countries including Germany, Italy, Spain, and Poland through joint ventures — - Conservative channel mulls joint ventures after rocky launch — GB News faces domestic rivalry with Rupert Murdoch's talkTV
Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:
News Corp.'s HarperCollins Publishers cancels Chris Cuomo's planned book Deep Denial; sources say Jeff Zucker told CNN staff that Cuomo won't get a severance — Broadcaster was fired on Saturday after probe into his involvement in Andrew Cuomo's defense — Chris Cuomo won't get severance …
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Seventeen groups representing ~150 newspapers quietly filed antitrust lawsuits in the past year against Google and Meta for monopolizing the digital ads market — Newspapers all over the country have been quietly filing antitrust lawsuits against Google and Facebook for the past year …
Elizabeth A. Harris / New York Times:
As book publicity avenues have shrunk, social media followings are increasingly important for getting book deals, but they're an unreliable predictor of sales — Social-media fandom can help authors score book deals and bigger advances, but does it translate to how a new title will sell?
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@blakersdozen, @piersmorgan, @cwarzel, @nktgill, @simonowens, @_elizabethmay, @pkafka, @sheilaoflanagan, @mariskreizman, @cwarzel, @lindseytramuta, @piaglenn, @profsunnysingh, @gabehudson, @laurenthehough, @fliglman, @mariemyungoklee, @malindalo, @nytimes, @nytimesmusic, @lynnjohnstonlit, @nathantankus, @freeblackgirl, @mrdavidwhelan, @rapscallison, @blackamazon, @stepville, @drskyskull, @fernriddell, @tylercoates, @piersmorgan, @ca_london, @royal_suitor, @tajjaisen, @profsunnysingh, @sannewman, @samatlounge, @ourobororoboruo, @scalzi, @chuckwendig, @lkherman, @laurenoyler, @alex_shephard, @lmlauramarsh, @lmlauramarsh, @lmlauramarsh, @janefriedman, @janefriedman, @lkherman and @eefandrews
Helen Davidson / The Guardian:
RSF report details the worsening treatment of journalists in China: “media culture worthy of the Maoist era”, Hong Kong's journalism in “freefall”, and more — Reporters Without Borders calls increasing media oppression in China a ‘great leap backwards’ and says Hong Kong journalism is ‘in freefall’
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@amfchina and @nathanattrill
Kayleigh Barber / Digiday:
Axios president says the company has been profitable for three years, will reach $86M in revenue this year, up 40% YoY, but it's too early to sell or merge — It's been a busy and well-publicized year for Axios, which has made a ton of headlines given the newsletter publisher …
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