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1:40 PM ET, December 22, 2021

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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Todd Spangler / Variety:
AT&T plans to sell its Xandr programmatic advertising marketplace to Microsoft; the deal would not include the ad sales business supporting DirecTV  —  Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed; the transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory reviews.
Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
Fox says Jesse Watters was speaking metaphorically when he told a conference audience to “ambush” Dr. Fauci with a “kill shot”; Dr. Fauci calls for his firing  —  The Fox host was referring to confrontational interviews in comments at a conservative conference but leaned hard on violent imagery: 'Boom!
Kate Conger / New York Times:
A look at Clubhouse and its competitors, as veteran podcast hosts and new creators decide what works best for them, based on pay, features, and their audiences  —  The company showed that people would flock to an audio-only social media app.  Can it fend off the imitators?
Mitchell Clark / The Verge:
Meta says over half of its Bulletin newsletter platform's 115 creators have over 1,000 free subscribers, “with many having more than 5,000 or 10,000”  —  Six months in and there are 115 publications writing on it  —  A new blog post from Meta marks the six-month anniversary of its newsletter publishing platform, Bulletin.
Bloomberg:
China's Xinhua News Agency plans to issue news photography collectibles based on NFT tech, despite Beijing largely banning crypto transactions  —  China's official Xinhua News Agency is planning to issue news collectibles based on technology used in non-fungible tokens even as policy makers …
Discussion: Insider, Reuters and Reuters
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
OnlyFans founder Tim Stokely steps down as CEO, naming head of communications and marketing Ami Gan as his replacement; Stokely will remain as an adviser  —  OnlyFans named spokesperson Ami Gan as its new chief executive officer, replacing Tim Stokely, who founded and built the media company …
Reuters:
Biden accuses cable TV personalities and social media companies of making money by “peddling lies” and allowing COVID-19 vaccine misinformation to spread  —  U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday accused unspecified cable television personalities and social media companies of making money by …
Discussion: The Wrap, HuffPost and The Hill
Jill Goldsmith / Deadline:
Swedish video game holding company Embracer Group acquires Mike Richardson's comics publisher and production group Dark Horse Media; Richardson remains the CEO  —  Embracer Group, a Swedish video game holding company, unveiled plans to buy Dark Horse Media, the comic book and entertainment group founded and led by Mike Richardson.
Kate Clark / The Information:
Redpoint Ventures, which has Stripe and Snowflake investments, plans to launch media outlet Start in early 2022 with a newsletter, podcast, and social posts  —  Venture capitalists do a lot of things to show entrepreneurs they aren't just a bunch of squares, from wearing hoodies to bragging about their NFT purchases.
 
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Laura Webster / The National:
GB News will launch a radio station in 2022, becoming the UK's only broadcaster to simulcast nationally on radio and TV
Discussion: Daily Mail
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich settles his libel claim against journalist Catherine Belton and HarperCollins over claims made in her book, Putin's People
Chandini Monnappa / Reuters:
Sony Pictures India and Zee Entertainment complete their merger, creating the country's biggest TV player led by Zee CEO Punit Goenka
Discussion: Deadline
Keri Blakinger / The Marshall Project:
A look at The Tank, a low-wattage radio station run by the inmates at a Texas prison to help men in solitary and on death row connect with the prison community
Axios:
Challenger Gray & Christmas: Media job losses are set to hit a 14-year low in 2021, following 2020's unprecedented high
 Earlier Picks: 
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Disney and nine others will offer feedback on the Nielsen One “cross screen” measurement framework, debuting at CES in January and launching at the end of 2022
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
NYT's Thomas Friedman favorably cited Conservation International in 20+ columns without disclosing $5.9M in family donations to the environmental organization
Washington Blade:
The Washington Blade becomes the first LGBTQ publication to get a designated seat in the White House briefing room, effective January 3
Emma Goldberg / New York Times:
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