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4:45 PM ET, December 14, 2021

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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Vox Media agrees to merge with Group Nine; Vox CEO Jim Bankoff will run the combined company, while Group Nine founder and CEO Ben Lerer will join its board  —  Vox CEO Jim Bankoff would run the combined company, which would own New York magazine, PopSugar, The Verge, Vox and Thrillist.
Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Former THR co-president Janice Min and Richard Rushfield form Ankler Media, expanding The Ankler, Rushfield's paid Substack newsletter about Hollywood  —  Janice Min, a media executive in Los Angeles, is joining forces with Richard Rushfield, a show-business columnist, to start a new media business …
Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
Fox News hosts Laura Ingraham, Sean Hannity, and Brian Kilmeade texted Mark Meadows on January 6, urging him to get Trump to tell people to leave the Capitol  —  Laura Ingraham, Sean Hannity, Brian Kilmeade expressed alarm, concern, according to messages shared during House select committee hearing.
Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
Stock in Lee Enterprises has climbed from $18/share before Alden's bid to over $34/share, possibly letting the newspaper group remain independent  —  It suggests Lee's newsrooms, which have worried for the last months about deep cuts if Alden takes over, may instead see a fairly stable 2022.
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Graydon Carter's Air Mail raises a $17M Series B, bringing its total funding to $32M; Carter says it has 130K readers and that subscriptions are up 50%+ YoY  —  Air Mail, the subscription-based digital magazine company launched by former Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter …
@wirecutterunion:
Wirecutter Union reaches a deal that includes a $59K salary floor, the elimination of NDAs in cases of harassment, and monthly remote work reimbursements  —  🚨Bargaining Update🚨 We're excited to share we've reached a deal with management on our first contract! After 2 years of bargaining & a 5 day strike, we've secured an agreement that makes meaningful improvements to our working conditions. We came together to demand better & won!
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Snap says it paid out over $250M to more than 12,000 creators through its Snapchat Spotlight programs in 2021, after dialing back its $1M+ per day pace  —  This year, Snap finally caught user-generated content fever: In 2021, the company has paid out more than $250 million …
Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber / Reuters:
Russia fines investigative news outlet The Insider $13,600 for failing to identify itself as a “foreign agent” after being designated as such in July  —  Russian investigative website The Insider was fined on Tuesday for breaking the “foreign agents” law that requires it to attach …
Vikas Sn / Moneycontrol:
Netflix slashes all its price tiers in India, with the Basic plan now starting at $2.60/month, down from $6.60/month, amid intense competition  —  Netflix is reducing its India pricing for the first time since the service's foray in 2016 as it looks to ramp up its user base amid intense competition …
Michael Schneider / Variety:
Primetime and Daytime Emmy eligibility will be realigned around genre rather than dayparts, as changing habits erode the old daytime/primetime distinction  —  The walls that long separated the L.A.-based Television Academy and its New York counterpart, the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, continue to be torn down.
 
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Source: Google has canceled the development of a second-generation Pixel Tablet, planned for release in 2025, due to concerns that it wouldn't sell very well

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is testing a more conversational version of Siri, dubbed “LLM Siri”, with plans to release it in spring 2026 as part of iOS 19 and macOS 16

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