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8:10 AM ET, January 7, 2022

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Sara Fischer / Axios:
NYT has agreed to acquire The Athletic in an all-cash deal valuing the startup at $550M; co-founders Alex Mather and Adam Hansmann will stay on after the deal  —  The New York Times has agreed to acquire The Athletic in an all-cash deal valuing the sports media startup at $550 million …
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Peter Kafka / Vox:
The NYT-Athletic deal is a big bet with significant risk, as growth slows for The NYT and profit remains elusive for The Athletic  —  A big bet with real risk and reward.  —  The New York Times wants more subscribers.  The Athletic has lots of subscribers but loses money.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Spotify introduces Call-to-Action Cards, a visual ad format for podcasts that puts clickable cards inside show and episode pages  —  Spotify is today introducing is introducing a new ad format aimed at podcasters which it's calling “Call-to-Action Cards” — or CTA cards, for short.
Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: WarnerMedia and ViacomCBS are exploring selling a significant stake, or all of, CW Network; among possible buyers, Nexstar Media Group is leading  —  Nexstar Media Group is among the suitors for CW Network, sources say  —  AT&T Inc.'s WarnerMedia and ViacomCBS Inc. are exploring …
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The Hollywood Reporter:
In a memo to staff, The CW CEO confirms ViacomCBS and Warner Bros. are exploring its sale but says it's “too early to speculate what might happen”
Anna Nicolaou / Financial Times:
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
LinkedIn plans to launch interactive, audio-only live events this month in beta for some creators and a video version in the spring  —  LinkedIn, now with more than 800 million people listing their professional profiles to build out their careers, is taking its next steps to get them to spend more time on the platform.
Reuters:
Two journalists were killed in Haiti on Thursday after suspected gang members shot at a group of reporters who'd arrived to interview the leader of a rival gang  —  Two Haitian journalists were killed Thursday on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince after suspected gang members opened fire …
Discussion: France 24
New York Times:
How Tucker Carlson, condoned by Fox management, plus right-wing podcasts and others, revised the history of January 6 to deflect blame from Trump  —  How revisionist histories of Jan. 6 picked up where the “stop the steal” campaign left off, warping beliefs about what transpired at the Capitol.
Reuters:
China's copyright authority bans digital music platforms from signing exclusive copyright agreements except in special circumstances  —  China's copyright authority said on Thursday digital music platforms are not allowed to sign exclusive copyright agreements except in special circumstances …
Discussion: Music Ally and Plagiarism Today
Manori Ravindran / Variety:
The BBC appoints ITN chief executive Deborah Turness as CEO of BBC News and Current Affairs, replacing Fran Unsworth, who is stepping down at the end of January  —  The BBC has appointed ITN chief executive Deborah Turness as its CEO of BBC News and Current Affairs.
Ananya Mariam Rajesh / Reuters:
BuzzFeed names Christian Baesler as COO, filling a role vacant since Jon Steinberg stepped down in 2014; Baesler will also continue as CEO of Complex Networks  —  BuzzFeed Inc (BZFD.O) on Thursday named Christian Baesler as chief operating officer, filling a role that has remained vacant …
 
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
The Washington Post names Steven Ginsberg as managing editor for its main news sections, rounding out Executive Editor Sally Buzbee's senior management team
Josh Eidelson / Bloomberg:
The NLRB files a complaint with an administrative law judge after NewsGuild alleged in June the NYT told some tech employees to stop showing union support
Elizabeth A. Harris / New York Times:
The FBI arrests Filippo Bernardini, an Italian citizen who worked in publishing, alleging he targeted authors and others to steal unpublished book manuscripts
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Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
AMC Networks acquires Sentai, including its anime Hidive subscription streaming service, e-commerce platform SentaiFilmworks, Anime Network, and Sentai Studios
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
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
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