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8:20 AM ET, January 10, 2022

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Kim Bellware / Washington Post:
Republican leaders say journalists will no longer be allowed to work on the Iowa Senate floor, breaking a more than 140-year tradition, worrying press advocates  —  When Iowa's 2022 legislative session commences Monday, there will be a notable absence on the floor of the state Senate: reporters.
Caitlin Petre / Nieman Lab:
Research finds journalists consider some uses of metrics “clean”, like those used for a story's promotion, while using metrics to determine content is “dirty”  —  In late January 2012, A. J. Daulerio, then the editor in chief of Gawker.com, published a post on the site announcing an experiment.
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 …
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.
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.
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Discovery takes a minority stake in OpenAP, a joint venture between Fox, NBCU, and ViacomCBS to define video ad audiences  —  After making a successful bid to grow its heft in the media business with the looming acquisition of WarnerMedia, Discovery wants to extend its influence in the world of audience measurement and data.
Benjamin Lee / The Guardian:
The Power of the Dog and Succession were the big winners at an unusual Golden Globes ceremony, featuring no stars, audience, or winners to accept the prizes  —  Jane Campion's Netflix drama and HBO hit triumph as stars distance themselves from Hollywood Foreign Press Association
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Edison Research: the 10 most popular US podcasts in 2020 were seven or more years old on average and none debuted in the last couple of years  —  Dawn Ostroff wants to find more hits.  The chief content officer of Spotify is upset that her company isn't producing enough new popular podcasts …
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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.
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 …
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
 
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Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
India's antitrust watchdog orders an investigation into Google after complaints from news publishers that the company is abusing its news aggregation dominance
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
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Bloomberg:
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