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8:10 AM ET, December 29, 2021

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Sky News:
Hong Kong's last major pro-democracy outlet, Stand News, 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  —  Hong Kong prosecutors on Tuesday filed a “seditious publications” charge against jailed media tycoon Jimmy Lai …
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
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.
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 …
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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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.
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.
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 …
Angela Fu / Poynter:
US journalists launched at least 35 union campaigns this year, 33 of which were successful; a record 1,542 journalists from 26 workplaces joined NewsGuild  —  The NewsGuild broke its annual organizing record with 1,542 journalists across 26 workplaces joining the union
Discussion: @nyguild
 
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Catalin Cimpanu / The Record:
Sources: Iranian hackers were behind the ransomware attack that took down some live streams for 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
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
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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
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
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
 

 
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Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority:
Source: Google has canceled the development of a second-generation Pixel Tablet, planned for release in 2025, due to concerns that it wouldn't sell very well

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is testing a more conversational version of Siri, dubbed “LLM Siri”, with plans to release it in spring 2026 as part of iOS 19 and macOS 16

Hannah Lang / Reuters:
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