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9:15 AM ET, January 19, 2022

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David Roeder / Chicago Sun-Times:
Chicago Public Media's board approves the Chicago Sun-Times acquisition, set to close on or about January 31, which will convert the Sun-Times into a nonprofit  —  The noncash transfer will not be final until contracts are approved, but both media organizations said they hope to close on the deal by the end of the month.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
YouTube says it's winding down YouTube Originals after six years and will only fund programs that are part of its Black Voices and YouTube Kids Funds  —  YouTube is getting out of the business of originals: The Google-owned video giant said it is winding down its original productions team after more than six years.
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Jack Shafer / Politico:
The mission statements and manifestos of journalism startups, from Grid to Puck, promise to remake journalism but fail to articulate a unique message  —  The entrepreneurial spirit rages beneath the breastbone of your average journalist, rivaled in intensity only by his scorn for his bosses.
Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
Axios Pro launches with three newsletters, costing $599 per year for each or $1,799 for All Access, including two more newsletters launching in the spring  —  The smart brevity publisher Axios launched its first paid subscription product Wednesday morning, a series of three newsletters covering investment …
Discussion: @emilyrpeck and @kerrymflynn
Alex Ritman / The Hollywood Reporter:
Dazn launches specialist content development arm Dazn Studios to sell and license its original sport documentaries, series, and films  —  The launch comes as the streaming company prepares to premiere boxing doc ‘La Guerra Civil’ in Sundance and alongside the launch of its 2022 content slate.
Jennifer Maas / Variety:
Influencer and former NBA player Rex Chapman will host a weekly CNN+ show featuring “intimate conversations with athletes, entertainers, and everyday heroes”  —  Per the WarnerMedia-owned subscription streaming platform, which is set to debut in the first quarter of the year …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
RocaNews, which delivers news via Instagram, raises a $4.4M seed and acquires River News, an app that provides news stories via a TikTok-like video feed  —  RocaNews, an Instagram news brand with 1 million followers, has raised $4.4 million in a seed round led by Ori Allon, the co-founder and executive chair of Compass Real Estate.
New York Times:
André Leon Talley, the former editor-at-large of US Vogue who has been a rare Black editor at the top of fashion industry, has died at 73  —  Called “a creative genius,” he was the rare Black editor at the top of a field that was mostly white and notoriously elitist.
Sara Fischer / Axios:
The Markup says it has 30 employees, two newsletters totaling 14K subscribers, and had $6.8M in 2021 revenue, up from $4.2M in 2020, aided by a $2.5M Ford grant  —  The Markup, a nonprofit newsroom that focuses on data-driven tech investigations, had $6.8 million in revenue in 2021 …
Discussion: @jordannovet
Aisha Majid / Press Gazette:
Edelman: 67% of people globally said media purposely tries to mislead, up eight percentage points from 2021; US and Australia saw the biggest drops in trust  —  A majority of people around the world are concerned that they are being lied to by journalists, according to the latest trust survey from PR firm Edelman.
Discussion: Edelman and The Week
Scott Roxborough / Hollywood Reporter:
Study: Sky is Europe's largest TV company by revenue at €16.3B in 2020, followed by ARD at €6.53B and Netflix at €6.15B; Netflix has a 35% VOD market share  —  M&A activity is picking up pace in Europe, driven by the streaming wars and the COVID crisis, according to a new report by the European Audiovisual Observatory.
Discussion: Media Play News
 
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Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
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