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3:55 PM ET, January 11, 2022

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Mark Jacob / Local News Initiative:
A look at the changes in Chicago's news ecosystem, as nonprofit news assumes a prominent role and public radio station WBEZ becomes a formidable player  —  With Nonprofit News on the March, There Are Plenty of Concerns, but Also New Feelings of Optimism  —  Chicago journalism is undergoing …
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Shamus Toomey / Block Club Chicago:
Nonprofit outlet Block Club Chicago receives a three-year, $1.6M grant from the American Journalism Project and Chicago Community Trust matches another $450K  —  In conjunction with the American Journalism Project grant, the Chicago Community Trust pledged an additional $450,000 in matching funds to Block Club over three years.
Mitchell Clark / The Verge:
The Associated Press will launch a photojournalism NFT marketplace built by blockchain tech provider Xooa on January 31, with sales used to fund its journalism  —  It's offering collectors ‘exclusive, historic, and stunning visual content’  —  The Associated Press, or AP …
American Press Institute:
American Press Institute announces Michael D. Bolden as its new executive director and CEO, starting February 14  —  The American Press Institute, an affiliate of the News Media Alliance dedicated to helping news publishers navigate and adapt to organizational and industry change to sustain journalism …
Ashley Carman / The Verge:
Internal memo: Spotify shuts down Spotify Studios, also known as Studio 4; former employees say the podcast studio operated as a “junk drawer” for projects  —  The Studio 4 team, aka Spotify Studios, is being laid off  —  This story is part of a group of stories called
David Cohen / Adweek:
The Markup partners with Mozilla's data sharing project Rally on Facebook Pixel Hunt, a study to investigate Meta's data collection and tracking practices  —  Firefox users who opt into ‘Facebook Pixel Hunt’ will use tools in the Rally browser extension
Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
After CDC objections, ABC posts the full interview with CDC chief Dr. Rochelle Walensky, which it had edited to remove crucial information about COVID-19 deaths  —  CDC Chief Dr. Rochelle Walensky took heat from the right and the left over an interview that turns out to have been edited …
New York Times:
NYT freelancer to be tried Wednesday in Zimbabwe on charges he helped NYT reporters enter the country illegally; government said its case was on “shaky ground”  —  The reporter, Jeffrey Moyo, has been accused of helping two Times journalists enter Zimbabwe from South Africa using bogus credentials …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Candle Media, the company led by Kevin Mayer and Tom Staggs that bought Hello Sunshine, acquires Faraway Road Productions and a stake in Will Smith's Westbrook  —  Candle Media, a new media rollup company backed by Blackstone and led by former Disney executives Tom Staggs and Kevin Mayer …
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Max Goldbart / Deadline:
Comcast and ViacomCBS appoint Monty Sarhan as CEO of their streaming service SkyShowtime, which is set to launch in 20 European markets later this year  —  Comcast and ViacomCBS have appointed a CEO for soon-to-launch JV streamer Sky Showtime.  —  Monty Sarhan, who has been Comcast Cable's SVP …
Alex Richards / mirror:
The UK's High Court awards the Premier League a minimum £157M payout in a case against PPTV, which bought Chinese broadcast rights for £564M and never paid  —  The Premier League terminated its deal with PPTV, owned by the Suning Holding Group, in September 2020 …
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Wired joins The Verge, Quartz, and other publications in making “on the record” the default when anyone in any official capacity talks to its reporters
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Nic Newman / Reuters Institute for the Study …:
Survey of 246 media leaders in 52 countries: 59% say revenue grew in 2021 and 47% worry subscription models may be excluding less affluent audiences
Mark Joyella / Forbes:
Fox News names Jesse Watters as the permanent host of its 7pm EST opinion show, Jesse Watters Primetime, as of January 24, after a year of rotating guest hosts
Sarah Ellison / Washington Post:
Axel Springer names Goli Sheikholeslami as CEO of Politico Media; Sheikholeslami has been the president and CEO of WNYC for the past two years
Aamer Madhani / Associated Press:
Joe Biden has held fewer news conferences than any of his five immediate predecessors after nearly one year in office
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Discovery takes a minority stake in Open AP, a joint venture between Fox, NBCUniversal, and ViacomCBS to define video audience segments for advertisers