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12:30 PM ET, January 18, 2022

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Naman Ramachandran / Variety:
UK Culture Secretary confirms the BBC TV license fee will be frozen at £159 for two years, but says the funding model will be reviewed before December 2027  —  U.K. Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries has confirmed that the U.K. TV license fee, which is the primary source of income for the BBC …
Michael Schneider / Variety:
FX Research: a record 559 scripted original TV series were released in 2021, up 13% YoY, likely due to 2020 shows being delayed by COVID-19 production shutdowns  —  Peak TV is back.  After a dip in 2020 — the first decline since FX began tallying the number of scripted series every year …
Catherine Porter / New York Times:
Profile of Jodie Ginsberg, a veteran British journalist and freedom-of-expression advocate, who will become the CPJ's new president in April  —  Jodie Ginsberg, a veteran British journalist and advocate, will become the president of the Committee to Protect Journalists at a time when attacks on the press are at an all-time high.
Lizbeth Diaz / Reuters:
A journalist was killed in Tijuana, Mexico on Monday after entering a protection program due to threats, becoming the second journalist killed in Mexico in 2022  —  A Mexican photojournalist died after being shot in the head outside his home in the northern border city of Tijuana, officials said on Monday.
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Ex-NY Post editor Michelle Gotthelf sues News Corp, NY Post, and editors, alleging she was fired by EIC for alleging sexual harassment by ex-EIC Col Allan  —  The ousted digital editor claims the Post's former longtime boss sexually propositioned her and later ordered her to scrub a story accusing Donald Trump of rape.
Alex Sherman / CNBC:
A look at the rise of sports breaking news journalists using Twitter, like NFL reporter Adam Schefter, and NBA reporters Shams Charania and Adrian Wojnarowski  —  - NBA reporters Shams Charania and Adrian Wojnarowski are in high demand because of their ferocity with scoops and their huge Twitter followings.
Max Willens / Digiday:
Over 140 advertisers ran campaigns in 2021 using Insider's Saga data offering, up from 48 in 2020, generating “tens of millions” in revenue, up 175%  —  Insider got a comparatively early start on its plans to get more out of its first-party data.
Discussion: @digiday
Manori Ravindran / Variety:
Dazn appoints Shay Segev as sole CEO; Dazn co-founder James Rushton, who served as co-CEO, will continue overseeing growth in local markets, rights, and content  —  DAZN Group has rejigged its leadership structure, appointing Shay Segev as its sole CEO.  —  Segev joined the sports streamer in June 2021.
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
CBS News hires WSJ's Anthony Galloway to oversee day-to-day programming and production for CBS News' streaming service  —  CBS News is placing new emphasis on streaming video, luring an executive from The Wall Street Journal to oversee the broadband news venture once known as CBSN.
Discussion: The Wrap and Deadline
Marie Le Conte / VICE:
A look at Politics For All, a UK news Twitter account started by a teenager in August 2019 and that amassed nearly half a million followers before it was banned  —  Teen admins, shady ads and an origin story that begins with Alex from Glasto - how exactly did PFA get so big, only to disappear so dramatically?
 
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Sources: Al Jazeera has stopped creating content for its conservative digital outlet, Rightly, which launched in February 2021
Discussion: @khadijapatel
Associated Press:
Turkish court acquits German journalist Mesale Tolu after years on trial for terror-related charges; Turkey had previously barred her from leaving the country
Discussion: Reuters
HuffPost:
Use of “officer-involved” and “police-involved” phrases fell in US newspaper stories after George Floyd's murder in May 2020 but started rising again in 2021
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Wendy Lee / Los Angeles Times:
Seven The A.V. Club staffers in Chicago face a deadline in deciding on a move to LA; WGA, East reps say G/O Media made the offer as a ploy to replace them
William Turvill / Press Gazette:
Patrick Soon-Shiong outlines the future of the LA Times, aiming to print while “economically possible” and to reach 1M digital subscribers by the end of 2022
Gerry Smith / Bloomberg:
DirecTV plans to drop One America News Network after its current agreement expires, which a source says is in early April; DirecTV is OANN's largest distributor