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Elizabeth A. Harris / New York Times:
FBI arrests Filippo Bernardini, an Italian citizen who works in publishing, in a scheme that targeted authors and others to steal unpublished book manuscripts  —  Filippo Bernardini, an Italian citizen who worked in publishing, was charged with wire fraud and identity theft for a scheme …
Jem Aswad / Variety:
The Grammy Awards show, planned for January 31 in Los Angeles' Crypto.com Arena, has been postponed indefinitely due to concerns over COVID-19  —  As expected, the Grammy Awards have been postponed indefinitely due to coronavirus-related concerns, an Academy spokesperson has confirmed to Variety.
Shraddha Chakradhar / Nieman Lab:
Longform.org shuts down its nonfiction article recommendations service, but will continue to publish new weekly episodes of its Longform Podcast  —  Loyal readers of Longform, the nonfiction podcast and website dedicated to curating and recommending nonfiction articles …
Katie Robertson / New York Times:
NPR's All Things Considered host Audie Cornish is leaving, following exits by other prominent NPR hosts of color, including Noel King and Lulu Garcia-Navarro  —  Audie Cornish, a host of NPR's “All Things Considered,” is leaving her job, becoming the latest prominent person of color to leave the public broadcaster.
Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
AMC Networks buys anime streamer and distributor Sentai, including its anime-focused Hidive subscription streaming service, Anime Network, and Sentai Studios  —  The deal includes the anime-focused HIDIVE subscription streaming service.  —  AMC Networks, the company behind …
Stuart A. Thompson / New York Times:
Analysis of about 1,500 episodes from 20 popular political podcasts between the 2020 election and the Jan. 6 riot finds about half contained election misinfo  —  A new study analyzed nearly 1,500 episodes, showing the extent to which podcasts pushed misinformation about voter fraud.
Eli Tan / CoinDesk:
Quentin Tarantino says he will proceed with selling NFTs based on Pulp Fiction screenplay excerpts, defying a Miramax copyright lawsuit  —  The famed director is moving forward with his Secret Network NFT sale later this month.  —  After being sued for copyright infringement …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Justin Smith will be CEO of the new venture, which will focus on digital consumer subscriptions and premium advertising, and Ben Smith will lead its newsroom  —  Calling legacy media “almost paralyzed,” two of journalism's top disrupters — Bloomberg's Justin Smith and Ben Smith of the New York Times …
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David Gelles / New York Times:
Ben Smith is leaving the NYT to start a global news organization with Justin Smith for the “200M people who are college educated, who read in English”
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Clare Malone / New Yorker:
Q&A with Ben Smith on his new media venture, as plans like a launch date remain to be finalized: “We want to serve the highest common denominator”
Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:
Bloomberg Media CEO Justin Smith steps down effective immediately to found a media company “that serves unbiased journalism”; Scott Havens to replace him as CEO
Tim Baysinger / The Wrap:
Paid Peacock subscribers will get access to live streams of all events at the Beijing Winter Olympics, scheduled February 2-20  —  NBC is hoping another Olympics will give Peacock a boost.  Ahead of the forthcoming Winter Games from Beijing next month, NBC announced that Peacock subscribers …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Amazon says it sold over 150M Fire TV devices worldwide, announces Ford and Stellantis deals to bring Fire TV to their in-car entertainment systems  —  Amazon is touting a major milestone for Fire TV, claiming it has sold more than 150 million of the streaming devices worldwide.
Anousha Sakoui / Los Angeles Times:
Studios and production houses are delaying a return to filming as some cast and crew test positive for Omicron, to avoid costs tied to mid-shoot shutdowns  —  Tim Hillman was preparing to start work as location manager for the Fox Network show “9-1-1” in Los Angeles on Monday, but Omicron had other plans.
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Max Goldbart / Deadline:
BAFTA merges its LA and New York entities into a single North America board, with Starz Original Programming President Kathryn Busby as its first chair  —  Starz Original Programming President Kathryn Busby is to chair BAFTA's new-look North America Board, with actor Elliot Knight and ThunderChild CEO Karl Stewart set as Deputy Chairs.
 
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Marc Tracy / New York Times:
Jared Hohlt, editor-in-chief of Slate and formerly an editor at New York magazine for nearly two decades, is stepping down after nearly three years
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Anthony D'Alessandro / Deadline:
Sundance Film Festival in-person events, planned to start January 20 in Park City, Utah, are moved online, making the event entirely virtual for the second year
Yogita Khatri / The Block:
Livepeer, an Ethereum-based decentralized video streaming service, raises a $40M Series B from Tiger Global and others, bringing its total funding to $51M
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
NBCUniversal unveils NBCUnified, a first-party identity platform to let advertisers track and monitor users without cookies or device IDs
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
TikTok partners with Atmosphere to bring curated TikTok videos to Atmosphere's ad-supported streaming service for commercial venues
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Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
Court docs: Mail on Sunday will pay Meghan Markle just £1 for invading her privacy, on top of confidential sums for infringing her copyright; MoS won't appeal
Ashley Carman / The Verge:
Sources: ill-suited or blocked programmatic ads are airing on some podcasts, showing that early trust between networks and ad tech providers could break
Jeff Baumgartner / Light Reading:
MoffettNathanson: US pay-TV services lost 637,000 subscribers in Q3 as gains from digital distributors failed to make up for cable and satellite provider losses
Vania Andre / THE CITY:
NYC-based independent and nonprofit news site The City appoints Richard Kim as EIC, starting on February 1; Kim was previously HuffPost's executive editor
Sara Fischer / Axios:
NPR adds new shows and subscriber-only benefits to NPR+, and plans to launch an on-demand podcast bundle in H2 2022 as a benefit of membership to local stations