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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 …
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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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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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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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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.
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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 …
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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 — 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
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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 …
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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 — - Veto lets Discovery continue running popular broadcaster TVN — Chances are slim for divided parliament to overrun Duda's veto
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 …
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 — - by Karlene Lukovitz @KLmarketdaily, Yesterday — Virtual multichannel video providers (vMVPDs) are now in 19% of U.S. broadband households …
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