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10:40 PM ET, January 5, 2022

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Elizabeth A. Harris / New York Times:
The FBI arrests Filippo Bernardini, an Italian citizen who works in publishing, alleging he targeted authors and others to steal unpublished book manuscripts  —  Filippo Bernardini, an Italian citizen who worked in publishing, was charged with wire fraud and identity theft for a scheme …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, planned for January 31 in Los Angeles' Crypto.com Arena, have been postponed indefinitely due to COVID-19 concerns  —  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.
Stuart A. Thompson / New York Times:
Analysis: about half of 1,490 episodes from 20 popular political podcasts between the 2020 election and the January 6 riot contained election misinformation  —  A new study analyzed nearly 1,500 episodes, showing the extent to which podcasts pushed misinformation about voter fraud.
Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
AMC Networks acquires Sentai, including its anime Hidive subscription streaming service, e-commerce platform SentaiFilmworks, Anime Network, and Sentai Studios  —  The deal includes the anime-focused HIDIVE subscription streaming service.  —  AMC Networks, the company behind …
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 …
Tim Baysinger / The Wrap:
Paid Peacock subscribers will get live streaming access to all events at the Beijing Winter Olympics, scheduled for February 2 to February 20  —  NBC is hoping another Olympics will give Peacock a boost.  Ahead of the forthcoming Winter Games from Beijing next month, NBC announced …
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”
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.
David Bauder / Associated Press:
Sean Hannity, who has claimed he is and is not a journalist, and Fox face ethical issues again after revelations about Hannity's texts to the White House  —  NEW YORK (AP) — For years, Sean Hannity has skirted ethical boundaries with his role on a television network with “news” in its name.
Anousha Sakoui / Los Angeles Times:
Studios and production houses are delaying returns to filming as some cast and crew test positive for Omicron, to avoid expensive 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.
Discussion: @maxjgao and @rverrier
Josh Eidelson / Bloomberg:
The NLRB files a complaint claiming the NYT interfered with employees' rights when it told some tech employees to stop pro-union activities  —  The New York Times Co. illegally restricted employees' union activism, federal labor officials alleged in a complaint that accuses the company …
 
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Marc Tracy / New York Times:
Jared Hohlt, Slate editor-in-chief and former New York magazine editor 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
 

 
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Wall Street Journal:
Gina Raimondo says holding back China in the chips race is a “fool's errand”, and investment, more than export controls, will keep US ahead of Beijing

Esha Dey / Bloomberg:
Tesla's shares are up 73% since Election Day, as several analysts see the Trump administration easing rules for self-driving tech, benefiting Tesla's ambitions

Bloomberg:
Preqin data: Southeast Asia's AI startups raised just $1.7B across 122 deals so far in 2024, out of ~$20B across 1,845 deals for the whole Asia-Pacific region
 
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