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7:40 PM ET, December 30, 2021

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Xander Richards / The National:
BBC concedes Jeffrey Epstein's lawyer Alan Dershowitz was “not a suitable person to interview as an impartial analyst” to discuss the Ghislaine Maxwell verdict  —  BBC admits fault after interview with Jeffrey Epstein's lawyer Alan Dershowitz  —  THE BBC has conceded …
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
As subscriptions to streaming services stall, Comcast, Disney, and other media companies are roping in their news operations to attract subscribers  —  If a big story erupted at a random hour not too long ago, executives at big TV-news outlets would typically try to break …
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
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Q&A with 10 media writers on the biggest and most overblown stories of the year, which streamer had the best year, predictions for 2022, and more  —  I'm sorry we didn't have a newsletter last weekend.  I was dealing with a mild bout of Covid, time I used to catch up on Oscar movies.
Discussion: @aherman2006 and @lucas_shaw
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.
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Financial Times:
Analysis: Disney, Apple, Netflix, Comcast, ViacomCBS, Fox, WarnerMedia, and Amazon plan to spend $115B+ on content in 2022, or ~$140B including sports rights  —  Investment outlays come amid concerns that it will be harder to attract new viewers in 2022  —  The top eight US media groups plan …
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
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 …
Jacob Shamsian / Insider:
A Venezuelan man sues Fox News, former host Lou Dobbs, and lawyer Sidney Powell, saying they linked him to false claims of US election rigging  —  - A Venezuelan businessman has sued Fox News, former host Lou Dobbs, and Sidney Powell.  — Dobbs and Powell baselessly accused him of being involved …
Discussion: Law & Crime
Scott Roxborough / Hollywood Reporter:
2021 saw a wave of indie producer consolidation to build up content libraries, boost production potential, and take bigger shares of licensing revenues  —  The worldwide consolidation of independent producers looks likely to continue in 2022 as the global streaming boom pushes up both demand and budgets for film and TV series.
 
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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
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
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.
Discussion: TorrentFreak
 Earlier Picks: 
Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
Seeking larger audiences, Netflix, Disney, and other studios are releasing movies with star-studded casts, sometimes without much success
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