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1:50 PM ET, January 20, 2022

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Christine Brennan / USA Today:
NBC Sports says it won't send any Winter Olympics announcing teams to Beijing due to COVID-19 but still plans “a large presence on the ground”  —  As the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games approach and COVID-19 concerns mount, NBC Sports will not send any of its announcing teams to China …
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Journalists covering Olympics say they'll be using burner phones and laptops as they assume surveillance by the government intent on controlling China's image  —  Journalists covering the Winter Olympics next month say they'll do their work in Beijing on brand-new cellphones and laptops.
Mahira Dayal / The Information:
TikTok says it is testing allowing creators to charge subscriptions for their content  —  TikTok is testing the idea of allowing its creators to charge subscriptions for their content, a spokesperson told The Information.  Earlier Wednesday, rival Instagram announced it was offering paid subscriptions to a small group of influencers.
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Instagram Subscriptions launches as an alpha, initially letting 10 US creators offer their followers paid access to exclusive Instagram Live videos and Stories
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Political reporter Robert Costa is leaving WaPo to become a full-time journalist for CBS News, but will continue collaborating on some Post projects  —  The longtime Washington Post political reporter will take an on-air role covering campaigns and elections.
Tom Jones / Poynter:
Q&A with NBC News president Noah Oppenheim about advocacy journalism, the future of the NBC News NOW streaming service, what makes Dateline addictive, and more  —  'We are ferociously defending the traditional approach to journalism ... that it's possible to hold the middle ground and be objective and nonpartisan.'
Mark Mulligan / MIDiA Research:
Research finds the base of global music subscribers grew to 523.9M by the end of Q2 2021, up 26.4% YoY; Spotify's market share dropped from 33% to 31%  —  MIDiA's annual music subscriber market shares report is now available here (see below for more details of the report).  Here are some of the key findings.
Lydia Moynihan / New York Post:
Sources: TikTok ousted its marketing chief Nick Tran after he went “rogue” with plans like TikTok Kitchen, NFTs by Lil Nas X and others, and TikTok Resumes  —  TikTok's marketing chief has been ousted after blindsiding top management with a series of increasingly bizarre campaigns, The Post has learned.
Makena Kelly / The Verge:
Democratic lawmakers unveil the Banning Surveillance Advertising Act, which would ban targeted ads but allow broad location-based and contextual ads  —  It could reshape the entire tech industry  —  On Tuesday, Democrats introduced a new bill that would ban nearly all use …
New York Times:
Journalist in Peru sentenced to prison and ordered to pay $100K in a defamation suit brought by a politician, part of a trend of using courts to punish media  —  The author of a book about a powerful politician has been sentenced to two years in prison.  Media advocates say the case is part …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Three philanthropies invest $20M+ to launch an independent nonprofit news operation in Houston with about 40 journalists in late 2022 or early 2023  —  Three Houston philanthropies are coming together to launch an independent nonprofit news operation in Houston, executives tell Axios.
 
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Disney reorganizes its streaming business, including installing former head of Disney+ marketing and operations Joe Earley as president of Hulu
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Q&A with Dr. Rebecca Whittington, Reach's first online safety editor, on her background, the abuses journalists face, and creating good reporting systems
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New York Times:
André Leon Talley, US Vogue's former editor-at-large and a rare Black fashion editor, dies at 73
Aisha Majid / Press Gazette:
Edelman: 67% of people globally say the media purposely tries to mislead, up from 59% in 2021; faith in the media fell in 15 countries and rose in nine
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
 

 
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Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
Sources: EU may accept Apple's proposal to open its NFC payments tech to rivals, and may close its antitrust probe in May, letting Apple avoid hefty fines

George Steer / Financial Times:
Nvidia closed down 10% on Friday, falling the most since March 2020 and losing more than $200B of its market value, as investors pull back from AI bets

Gaby Del Valle / The Verge:
The US Senate reauthorizes FISA's Section 702; some communication service providers had threatened to stop cooperating with the US government in case of a lapse
 
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