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9:45 PM ET, December 28, 2021

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Bloomberg:
Hong Kong police arrest Ronson Chan, chairman of the Hong Kong Journalists Association, and five others, saying they conspired to publish “seditious” materials  —  - Pop star Denise Ho among the arrested, her Facebook page says  — Media face growing pressure from China-imposed security law
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Lawrence Chung / South China Morning Post:
The Hong Kong liquidator of Apple Daily's parent company Next Digital says negotiations are underway to sell Taiwanese sister site Apple Online  —  Hong Kong liquidator for owner Next Digital, founded by jailed tycoon Jimmy Lai, is negotiating with potential buyers for Taiwan's Apple Online …
Reuters:
Hong Kong charges Jimmy Lai and six former Apple Daily staff of conspiracy to print, publish, sell, distribute “seditious publications” between 2019 and 2021  —  Hong Kong prosecutors on Tuesday filed a “seditious publications” charge against jailed media tycoon Jimmy Lai …
Ben Shpigel / New York Times:
John Madden, an NFL Hall of Fame coach and broadcaster at CBS, ABC, and NBC, dies at 85  —  Madden was one of football's most recognizable ambassadors for decades.  —  John Madden, the Hall of Fame coach who became one of America's most recognizable ambassadors of professional football …
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
NY appeals court temporarily lifts an order requiring NYT turn over or destroy copies of Project Veritas documents; the NYT remains barred from publishing docs  —  A New York appeals court said the paper did not need to immediately give up or destroy documents related to the conservative group.
Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: following Michael Corn's departure from ABC, Disney wanted a strict NDA so sexual allegations about Corn and Disney's handling thereof wouldn't surface  —  A lawsuit claims executives knew of misconduct at the key revenue generator ‘Good Morning America’ but didn't follow up and discouraged an official report
Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
Seeking larger audiences, Netflix, Disney, and other studios are releasing movies with star-studded casts, sometimes without much success  —  Boldface names have always mattered at the movies, but a number of recent casts have been full of them.  That hasn't always helped at the box office.
Kristen Hare / Poynter:
Over 50 local US newsrooms launched in 2020 and 2021, the majority in major metro areas and four each in Georgia, New Jersey, Texas, Washington, and Florida  —  Nearly as many local newsletters also started publishing in that time  —  The pandemic changed the news business and, in a lot of ways, not for the better.
The Indian Express:
The Delhi High Court directs WhatsApp to take down groups that are illegally circulating the online editions of newspapers owned by Dainik Bhaskar Corp.  —  Dainik Bhaskar Corp provides access to its e-newspapers on a subscription model through its official website and mobile application, the court was told.
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NPR:
NPR names national correspondent Leila Fadel as a host of Morning Edition and its daily morning news podcast Up First, starting in February 2022  —  Dec 28, 2021;Washington, D.C. — NPR announced today that Leila Fadel has been selected as the fourth host of Morning Edition …
Tara Palmeri / Politico:
Sources: five months after Meghan McCain's departure, The View struggles to find a permanent Republican replacement who doesn't deny the 2020 election results  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  Before taking off for the holidays, the four long-standing hosts of “The View” had a message …
 
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Adam Janofsky / The Record:
Amedia, a Norwegian publisher with 90+ outlets, says a cyberattack shut down several of its systems, halting presses, ad buys, and subscription changes
Rebecca Rubin / Variety:
Sony's Spider-Man: No Way Home crosses $1B at the global box office, the first pandemic-era movie to do so; only Infinity War and Endgame reached $1B faster
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Bloomberg:
Polish President Andrzej Duda vetoes a media law that would have forced Discovery to sell over 50% of its domestic TV network, after protests and US pressure
Karlene Lukovitz / MediaPost:
Survey: 19% of US households subscribed to virtual multichannel video providers in Q3 2021, up from 10% in Q3 2019; 49% subscribed to four or more OTT services
Matt Schudel / Washington Post:
Grace Mirabella, who served as Vogue's EIC between 1971 and 1988 and launched a rival magazine called Mirabella with Rupert Murdoch in 1989, dies at 92
Mark Brown / The Guardian:
Mail on Sunday prints a story admitting it infringed on Meghan Markle's copyright and will pay “financial remedies” for publishing her letter to her father
New York Times:
A look at the harrowing five-day journey of 120 current and former NYT employees and family members in Kabul to an evacuation plane after the Taliban's takeover
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple has renewed discussions with OpenAI about using its technology to power some features in iOS 18; talks with Google on using Gemini remain ongoing

Ryan Vlastelica / Bloomberg:
Alphabet closes above a $2T market cap for the first time, reaching a valuation of $2.15T after rising 10% on April 26, its biggest one-day jump since July 2015

Chance Miller / 9to5Mac:
A number of Apple users say they were logged out of their Apple ID across multiple devices on April 26 and forced to reset their password before logging back in
 
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