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Zachary Petrizzo / The Daily Beast:
Politico Playbook issues a correction after misidentifying Sen. Schumer's wife as Justice Sotomayor, blaming an editor for not verifying a tipster's photo — OOPS — Politico's Playbook newsletter issued a correction on Saturday morning after misidentifying Democratic leader Chuck Schumer's wife …
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Jay Caspian Kang / New York Times:
How Ryan's World, launched in 2015 with a then three-year-old Ryan Kaji, grew into a content behemoth with 10 YouTube channels and deals with Amazon and others — Ten-year-old Ryan Kaji and his family have turned videos of him playing with toys into a multimillion-dollar empire.
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Politico:
Ruth Shalit Barrett sues The Atlantic for $1M, claiming the magazine defamed her in an editor's note retracting her October 2020 article on niche sports — A writer whose article was controversially retracted by The Atlantic magazine is suing the publication.
Bloomberg:
Sources: Sinclair's sports group, Diamond Sports, is close to clinching a deal to stream NBA games on a new service to launch in the first half of this year — - Diamond said to be nearing loan for regional sports networks — The struggling subsidiary gets a boost from NBA digital rights
Nick Lewis / Committee to Protect Journalists:
Armenia's introduction of higher defamation fines and criminal charges for “grave insult” sparks worries that the new laws help clamp down on critical outlets — When Armenia's government took office after the 2018 Velvet Revolution, it seemed to usher in a new era of press freedom for the former Soviet Republic.
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Aron Pilhofer:
With The Athletic purchase, NYT will directly compete for subscribers with local news sites that cover college or pro sports, topics once owned by local papers — It turns out, The New York Times does really care about local news — just not in the way we thought.
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Meghan Bobrowsky / Wall Street Journal:
John Pinette, Meta's VP of Global Communications, leaves the company after overseeing its public relations teams since 2019 — John Pinette ran the company's public relations teams since 2019 — Meta Platforms Inc.'s head of communications said he is leaving the company in a Friday afternoon post …
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Reuters, @newley, @edzitron, Gizmodo, @yoda, @dilipthecherian, @jason_kint and CNET, more at Techmeme »
Bloomberg:
John Legend sells the rights to his music catalog from late 2004 through early 2021 to BMG and investment firm KKR — - Companies strike deal for copyrights, royalties from his music — High valuations are pushing more and more musicians to sell — John Legend joined the growing list …
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@danprimack, Variety, Billboard, Music Business Worldwide, Axios, The Wrap, Rolling Stone, New York Post, Music Business Worldwide and Music Ally
Lauren Johnson / Insider:
LinkedIn grew its editorial team from 75 to 95 journalists in 2021, its Daily Rundown reaches 159M users, and it has a 40-person team that works with creators — - LinkedIn continues to ramp up its editorial arm with 95 journalists that curate business news.
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@rafat, @mediaevan, @lmoses and Talking Biz News
Jennifer Pignolet / Akron Beacon Journal:
Akron's The Devil Strip will not restart publishing, and the remaining board members say they will resign, after an analysis of the co-op's finances and bylaws — The Devil Strip news magazine in Akron will not be able to restart publication after abruptly laying off its entire staff in October …
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@niemanlab, @jbenton, Media Nation and Scene and Heard
Ben Schoon / 9to5Google:
Google says Android TV and Google TV have over 110M monthly active devices combined, up 30M from May 2021 — While Roku and Amazon's Fire TV are often the first thing people think of when it comes to home entertainment platforms, Google's Android TV OS is growing quickly.
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Cord Cutters News, Light Reading and The Streamable
Bloomberg:
Sources: Reddit could go public as soon as March 2022 at a valuation of up to $15B; the company was last valued at $10B in August 2021 — - Social media company could go public as soon as March — Reddit could be valued at as much as $15 billion in listing
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