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7:05 PM ET, December 20, 2021

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Ben Bowman / The Streamable:
YouTube TV reaches a deal with Disney to bring back 17+ channels including ABC, Disney, ESPN, Freeform, FX, and National Geographic  —  After one day of being dark, YouTube TV and Disney have reached a deal which will see more than 17 Disney-owned channels, including local ABC affiliates, Disney Channel, and ESPN return to the service.
Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:
Internal memo: CNN is closing its US offices to all nonessential employees as COVID-19 cases rise at the network and nationwide  —  President Jeff Zucker cited a surge of cases at the network in a memo on the decision  —  CNN is closing its offices to nonessential employees …
Mathew Ingram / Columbia Journalism Review:
The pursuit of “scale” drives media companies to merge, such as in the Vox-Group Nine deal, but what constitutes sufficient scale changes when valuations shrink  —  On Tuesday, Vox Media and Group Nine announced plans to merge their operations, in what Jim Bankoff …
Jeremy Barr / @jeremymbarr:
In an internal memo, Fox says all its NYC office staff must show proof of COVID-19 vaccination by December 27, blaming Mayor de Blasio for the vaccine mandate  —  NEW - Internal memo for Fox staff: “All workers in NYC who perform in-person work at an office location, including Fox employees, must show proof of receiving at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine” by Dec. 27. Testing will no longer be alternative to getting vaccine in NYC.
William Turvill / Press Gazette:
Axel Springer reports 2020 revenue of €2.97B, down 5% YoY, with adjusted EBITDA of €653.8M, down 13% YoY, and says its US business is “booming” in 2021  —  Axel Springer, the German news publishing giant that owns Insider and Politico, has revealed that its revenues fell by €150m …
Discussion: Reuters and @jackshafer
Rebecca Rubin / Variety:
Spider-Man: No Way Home generated $587M globally during its opening weekend, $253M in North America, making it the third-largest debut on record  —  Don't underestimate Peter Parker.  —  That's the takeaway this weekend after Sony's comic book adventure “Spider-Man: No Way Home” …
The Atlantic:
Mark Leibovich, the chief national correspondent for The New York Times Magazine, will join The Atlantic as a staff writer in the spring  —  Leibovich to begin this spring, as The Atlantic continues to train its editorial focus on the crisis facing democracy
Mariam Ahmed / Talking Biz News:
Protocol appoints its executive editor Tim Grieve as EIC  —  Protocol has tapped Tim Grieve as editor-in-chief.  He recently served as executive editor.  —  Grieve has also held various leadership roles at Politico, including serving as deputy managing editor, assistant managing editor, managing editor.
Sophie Zeldin-O'Neill / The Guardian:
The Guardian ends its Inside The Guardian series, which gave readers a behind the scenes look at the newsroom, after six years and over 250 pieces  —  We revisit favourite contributions as our series on life behind the news agenda comes to an end  —  fter six years and more than 250 pieces …
Alex Pasternack / Fast Company:
How Chinese Wikipedia volunteers are exposing threats to Wikimedia's free-knowledge mission while fighting censorship, threats, arrest, and violence  —  This past July, before he was banned from Wikipedia, Techyan was one of dozens of volunteers preparing to speak at the free-knowledge movement's annual conference, Wikimania.
 
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The Guardian:
The BBC says UK political editor Laura Kuenssberg will step down at Easter but remain in “a senior presenting and reporting role”
Pew Research Center:
Analysis of news tweets from 500 US adults shows a focus on entertainment, politics, and sports; only 2% of news tweets had a hashtag, down from 34% in 2015
Rasmus Kleis Nielsen / Nieman Lab:
The news industry has neglected R&D and staff development for decades; Malaysiakini and South Africa's The Daily Maverick show how to do long-term investments
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Dan Froomkin / Press Watch:
Interview with former NYT reporter Nina Bernstein on traditional news media's “tics and timidities” that impoverish reporting out of a fear of taking sides
Randall Lane / Forbes:
Forbes says two of its editors testified about two old stories in front of a New York grand jury investigating Trump, after fighting subpoenas for months
Daniel Tilles / Notes From Poland:
Polish parliament passes a bill that limits foreign ownership of media, affecting Discovery-owned TVN; the president hinted he may veto the bill
 

 
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Financial Times:
Microsoft invests $1.5B in Abu Dhabi-based AI startup G42 for a minority stake, after G42 severed ties with Chinese suppliers; Brad Smith will join G42's board

Connor Jones / The Register:
UnitedHealth says the February ransomware attack on Change Healthcare cost the company $872M in Q1; another ransomware group appears to be extorting the company

Raphael Satter / Reuters:
The Open Source Security Foundation and the OpenJS Foundation say the attempt to insert a secret backdoor into XZ Utils “may not be an isolated incident”
 
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