Mediagazer: 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 (Kristen Hare/Poynter)

3:25 PM ET, December 28, 2021

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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 — DRIVING THE DAY — Before taking off for the holidays, the four long-standing hosts of “The View” had a message …

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 …

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Sahil Patel / The Information:

Sports betting firms mull media acquisitions to help reduce marketing costs; sources: Turner Sports expects $400M+ through 2024 from DraftKings and FanDuel ads — Want to know the biggest bet in online gambling? It's the multibillion dollar marketing gamble sports betting firms like DraftKings …

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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 …

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.

Discussion: @kristenhare, @tktaylor, @janebsinger, @seungminkim, @colorado_press, @ckrewson, @poynter and The Rural Blog

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

Discussion: @wsj, @benmullin, @tarapalmeri, @jbflint, @wsj and The Wrap

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 — - Veto lets Discovery continue running popular broadcaster TVN — Chances are slim for divided parliament to overrun Duda's veto

Discussion: BBC, Associated Press, Reuters, @globalfreemedia, @epro, @notesfrompoland, @jakubkrupa, @pressfreedom, @verajourova, @stanleysbill, The Hill, Politico, Notes From Poland, Agence France-Presse, The Hollywood Reporter, euronews and Variety

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 — Grace Mirabella, who was the most influential voice in fashion during her 17 years as the top editor of Vogue magazine …

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 — Amedia, the largest local news publisher in Norway, announced on Tuesday that several of its central computer systems were shut …

Aisha Majid / Press Gazette:

Sensor Tower: 12 of the top 20 news apps globally in 2021 were aggregators; India's Daily Hunt was the most downloaded news app globally with 55.9M installs — AI-powered news app Opera was downloaded 869,000 times in 2021, making it the most popular newly-installed news app in the UK this year.

Discussion: The Streamable, @pressgazette and @jamcnn

Committee to Protect Journalists:

Taliban-affiliated militia detains the owner of an independent TV broadcaster, and one week ago a journalist in Kabul was beaten and stabbed — Taliban authorities should immediately and unconditionally release Aref Noori and ensure that members of the press are able to work freely, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

Discussion: @cpjasia and @pressfreedom

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