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9:45 PM ET, January 28, 2022

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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Stephen Hayes, The Weekly Standard's former EIC who broke ties with Fox to protest Tucker Carlson's January 6 special, joins NBC News  —  tephen Hayes, the conservative political analyst who raised eyebrows in November when he took to The New York Times to announce his breaking ties …
Ashley Carman / The Verge:
Internal messages detail Spotify's lax health content policy, as staff are told multiple Joe Rogan podcast episodes “didn't meet the threshold for removal”  —  Leaked messages reveal the company has reviewed every Rogan episode and none ‘meet the threshold for removal’
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Randall Roberts / Los Angeles Times:
A look at Neil Young's history of feuding with corporations and big institutions, from MTV to Spotify, and his own startup effort for digital music, Pono  —  When Neil Young announced he was pulling his entire discography from music streaming giant Spotify over the platform's alliance …
James Hale / Tubefilter:
YouTuber Hank Green unfavorably compares TikTok's creator fund, where a creator's revenue falls as more join, to YouTube, which pays a percentage of ad revenue  —  In 2020, TikTok established a creator fund that distributes $200 million annually to creators based in the U.S.
Joanne Kenen / Politico:
Some experts say David Leonhardt, author of the influential NYT newsletter “The Morning” underestimates and underplays COVID-19's risks by cherry-picking data  —  THE NIGHTLY READS ‘THE MORNING’ — With 5 million readers, David Leonhardt, the author of The New York Times …
Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
Hearst Newspapers claims 300K digital-only subscribers, up 50% YoY, of which 140K are the San Francisco Chronicle's, as it plans a shared product and data hub  —  Heart's newspapers represent a sort of counterpoint to the perception that the industry is all about financial distress and contraction.
Gene Maddaus / Variety:
A US judge refuses to dismiss a defamation lawsuit brought by a Georgian chess master against Netflix over a mention of her in an episode of The Queen's Gambit  —  A judge on Thursday refused to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a Georgian chess master who alleged that she was defamed in an episode of the Netflix series “The Queen's Gambit.”
Anna Nicolaou / Financial Times:
Netflix's results show streaming television is going to make entertainment companies less money than cable did as it demands high capital investment  —  Share price collapse points to worries over the streaming business model  —  The corporate narrative on Netflix has always been high drama.
Vipal Monga / Wall Street Journal:
Shopify denies copyright infringement claims from publishers and says court is the wrong venue to force changes in copyright laws that shield tech companies  —  E-commerce company says it isn't liable for copyright infringement by sellers; has responded to takedown requests
Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
UK regional publisher Archant is for sale again, 18 months after private equity firm Rcapital's acquisition; it is expected to be sold for between £5M and £10M  —  Exclusive: Publisher of dozens of local titles was sold to Rcapital in deal that promised ‘bright future’
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Substack says it will stick to its hands-off approach to content moderation amid increased pressure to censor what some see as dubious or objectionable content
 
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Kara Swisher / New York Times:
Interview with Bob Iger, recently retired as Disney CEO, on the shift to streaming, China, wages, NFTs, and the relationship between Big Tech and Hollywood
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Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Analysis of journalism ads finds mentions of being “passionate” rose from 4% in 2002 to 16% in 2013 as reporting jobs have become economically irrational
Committee to Protect Journalists:
Journalist and Washington Post columnist Rana Ayyub has received 26K+ tweets, including rape and death threats, since criticizing Saudi Arabia's war in Yemen
Nicholas Quah / Vulture:
Radiolab creator and host Jad Abumrad is leaving after almost 20 years; Lulu Miller and Latif Nasser, named co-hosts in late 2020, will take over the show