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9:35 PM ET, December 14, 2021

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Ben Fox / Associated Press:
AP Executive Editor Julie Pace urges DHS to say why it investigated reporter Martha Mendoza and assure that the “apparent abuse of power” will not continue  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Associated Press sought answers Monday from the Department of Homeland Security on its use …
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 …
Axios:
Source: 1.6M+ readers pay for the Guardian, of which 1M make recurring payments for digital content, 100K are print subscribers, and 500K make one-off donations  —  The Guardian now has 1 million people that pay for its digital content on a recurrent basis, Axios has learned.
Gavin Bridge / Variety:
Analysis: political news and opinion programming across CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC made up 83% of the 5,000 most watched cable shows in 2021, up from 57% in 2016  —  Over the past six years, the cable TV landscape has experienced a contraction in what is being watched by subscribers.
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.
Reuters:
Smartmatic and Dominion seek communications from Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch in the voting systems' defamation suits against Fox over election rigging claims  —  Did Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch influence Fox News' coverage of claims about two voting technology companies — knowing that those claims were false?
New York Times:
How China helps foreign influencers in the country who spread pro-China messages, funding their travel and generating lucrative, likely inauthentic, traffic  —  We are on the outskirts of Shanghai today at the most incredible hotel we've ever stayed at.  —  It's the first in the world built inside a quarry.
Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber / Reuters:
A Moscow court 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” …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
UBS: Tubi, the free ad-supported streaming service Fox bought in March 2020, is expected to hit $700M in 2022 revenue, up from $145M annual revenue at purchase  —  Tubi, the free ad-supported streaming service that was acquired by Fox last year, is expected to hit $700 million in revenue in 2022, according to a new UBS analysis.
Discussion: @tomgara
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 grew 50%+ YoY  —  Air Mail, the subscription-based digital magazine company launched by former Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
TCG invests ~$80M in Food52, which is buying house decor company Schoolhouse for $48M; Food52 is on pace for $120M in 2021 revenue, with about 88% from commerce  —  TCG, the investment arm of The Chernin Group, is pouring roughly $80 million into Food52, a cooking and home goods brand …
 
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Steven Perlberg / Insider:
G/O Media expects an eight-figure operating profit in 2021 and is seeking acquisitions per CEO Jim Spanfeller; source: Great Hill paid only $25M for G/O in 2019
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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
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
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
With Chris Wallace's departure, Fox News takes another step toward its destiny as The Tucker Carlson Channel, which has no room for journalists
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Netflix leads the Golden Globes with 27 nominations, after previously saying it won't participate in the event until the HFPA institutes diversity reforms