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4:25 PM ET, December 29, 2021

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Sky News:
Stand News, Hong Kong's last major pro-democracy outlet, says it is shutting down after police raided its office, froze its assets, and arrested senior staff  —  Stand News was the last prominent pro-democracy publication in Hong Kong - after the closure of the Apple Daily tabloid and the arrest of its publisherJimmy Lai.
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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 six arrested under sedition charge  — Media face growing pressure from China-imposed security law
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
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
Sara Fischer / Axios:
LION: the US and Canada now have over 700 independent local news startups; 80% of LION's 400+ paying members have four or fewer employees  —  New, independent digital outlets and nonprofits have begun to fill some of the gap left by fading local newspapers.
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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.
Ben Shpigel / New York Times:
John Madden, an NFL Hall of Fame coach and broadcaster at CBS, Fox, 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.
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.
Discussion: TorrentFreak
Courtland Milloy / Washington Post:
The weekly Washington Informer, covering DC's Black community, nearly doubled readership in five years to 50,000 and grew average pages per issue from 36 to 56  —  The Washington Informer has added subscribers and staff in an era when many local newspapers are struggling
Ashley Carman / The Verge:
Hot Pod's 2022 podcast predictions: Facebook hosts and monetizes podcasts, fewer exclusive show deals, affiliate revenue growth, standardized salaries, and more  —  A look at 2022 in the podcasting industry  —  This story is part of a group of stories called  —  Hello, hello.
Discussion: Mediaite and insideradio.com
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.
 
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Catalin Cimpanu / The Record:
Sources: Iranian hackers were behind the ransomware attack that took down the IT systems and some live streams of Cox radio and TV stations in early June
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
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
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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
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