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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
NY judge upholds his order blocking NYT from publishing Project Veritas-tied documents and orders NYT to turn over the docs and destroy copies; NYT will appeal — The New York State judge also ordered The Times to turn over any physical copies and destroy any electronic versions of documents a lawyer prepared for the group.
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Lauren Harris / Columbia Journalism Review:
Q&A with Nic Dawes, executive director of NYC-based The City, on the publication's Open Newsroom program partnering with local libraries and community centers — In 2019, New York City saw the launch of The City, a local nonprofit news platform built with considerable foundation and donor funding …
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Elaine Woo / Los Angeles Times:
Joan Didion, whose career spanned traditional reporting, screenwriting, cultural criticism, and fiction, dies of complications from Parkinson's disease at 87 — Joan Didion, the celebrated prose stylist, novelist and screenwriter who chronicled American culture and consciousness with cool detachment …
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
White House rejects the WHCA's proposal to hold press briefings over Zoom but says it's “open to considering a request to go back to smaller-sized briefings” — With a fierce new variant of the coronavirus on the loose, White House reporters are urging press secretary Jen Psaki …
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Jill Goldsmith / Deadline:
The European Commission grants antitrust clearance for Discovery's proposed acquisition of AT&T's WarnerMedia; Discovery expects the deal to close in mid-2022 — Discovery, announced today that the European Commission has granted unconditional antitrust clearance of the company's proposed acquisition …
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Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, Broadband TV News and C21Media
Andy Kroll / Rolling Stone:
Two Georgia election workers sue OANN and a network correspondent for defamation over false claims they manipulated ballots; they earlier sued Gateway Pundit — Rudy Freeman and Wandrea Moss claim pro-Trump media outfit and Trump lawyer defamed them and “bear responsibility for ... partisan character assassination”
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Jon Caramanica / New York Times:
A look at TikTok's biggest stars, including Charli and Dixie D'Amelio, Noah Beck, and Addison Rae, expanding to other platforms, often with mixed results — This year, the app's biggest stars — Charli and Dixie D'Amelio, Noah Beck, Addison Rae and others — leapt from the phone screen …
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@joncaramanica and @nytimesarts
Florian Mueller / FOSS Patents:
The Coalition for App Fairness loses its most effective advocate as Horacio Gutierrez, Spotify's chief legal officer, leaves for The Walt Disney Company — Yesterday I saw on LinkedIn that Horacio Gutierrez is leaving Spotify. He served as Spotify's Head of Global Affairs and Chief Legal Officer …
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@mmasnick, The Walt Disney Company and Business Wire, more at Techmeme »
Byron Kaye / Reuters:
Australia adds what appears to be a fake news site to the register of companies that can negotiate licensing deals with Meta and Google — Australia's ground-breaking law forcing platforms like Google and Facebook to pay local publishers for news faces an unlikely test case …
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RAPPLER and @timothyjgraham
Ari Paparo Dot Eth / @aripap:
[Thread] For media and advertising, Web3's focus on decentralization and tokenization solves few, if any, problems and is the last thing ad tech needs — This web3 shit is starting to annoy me, so here's a thread with my opinions on the relevance to media and advertising. 1/21 🧵
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BBC:
Jon Snow, who led the UK's Channel 4 News for 32 years, signs off as lead presenter; the channel says he'll front longer-form projects and focus on charities — Jon Snow has presented his final edition of Channel 4 News after 32 years at the helm of the programme.
Reuters:
Belarus adds Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty to its list of extremist organizations, meaning that Belarusian subscribers could face six years in prison — Belarus' interior ministry said on Thursday it has added United States broadcaster Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty to its list of extremist organisations.
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