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10:20 AM ET, December 22, 2021

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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!
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 …
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.
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  —  Fox Corporation, the owner of Fox News, told employees on Friday that those working in New York City would have to show proof …
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.
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  —  Don't count Nielsen out as the media industry scrambles to find new ways to tabulate audiences increasingly making …
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  —  In two dozen opinion columns published by the New York Times over the past 15 years, Thomas Friedman has favorably cited …
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
Laura Webster / The National:
GB News will launch a radio station in the new year, becoming the UK's only broadcaster to simulcast nationally on radio and TV  —  GB News to launch radio station in effort to turn ‘traditional media on its head’  —  GB NEWS will launch a radio channel in the new year in an effort to turn “traditional media on its head”.
Discussion: Daily Mail
 
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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
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
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
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Washington Blade:
The Washington Blade becomes the first LGBTQ publication to get a designated seat in the White House briefing room, effective January 3
Richard C. Paddock / New York Times:
Interview with journalist Ko Aung Kyaw, who livestreamed his arrest by Myanmar's regime, on being tortured by soldiers, refusing to give up sources, and more
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
Discussion: @jackshafer and Reuters