Check out Mini-Mediagazer for simple mobiles or Mediagazer Mobile for modern smartphones.
5:15 PM ET, February 10, 2022

Mediagazer

 Top News: 
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
New York appeals court temporarily stays an order by a state trial judge, allowing the NYT to publish and retain documents concerning Project Veritas  —  A state appeals court said that a judge's order preventing publication of the documents would not be enforced until a formal appeal could be heard.
Hugh Son / CNBC:
Binance invests $200M to help Forbes with its plan to go public via a SPAC in Q1 2022, making Binance one of Forbes' two largest owners after its listing  —  - Binance, the world's biggest cryptocurrency exchange, is making a $200 million strategic investment in Forbes, the 104-year old magazine and digital publisher, CNBC has learned.
Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
WaPo plans to add 70 newsroom positions this year, including nearly 20 roles focused on health and wellness and over 20 focused on climate and extreme weather  —  The plan, which includes the addition of at least 70 newsroom roles, also will expand coverage of social issues, technology and international investigations
Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Q&A with The Athletic co-founders on the reasoning behind the sale to The New York Times, including respect for NYT's expertise in growing subscriptions  —  - The Athletic co-founders Alex Mather and Adam Hansmann spoke to CNBC in their first interview since selling to The New York Times.
Jordan Rose / Complex:
Snoop Dogg acquires Death Row Records from Blackstone-controlled company MNRK Music Group  —  Snoop Dogg has acquired Death Row Records from the Blackstone-controlled company MNRK Music Group.  —  According to a press release via Business Wire, the rap legend will be leading the brand for the coming years as its new owner.
Wall Street Journal:
The US Senate follows the House in approving a bill barring companies from using forced arbitration in sexual assault or harassment claims; Biden will sign it  —  Some lawmakers want to ban such clauses for other complaints, such as racial discrimination  —  WASHINGTON—Companies would no longer …
Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
The bitcoin-related arrest of a writer who wrote 47 articles for Forbes prompts a recap of the scams, grift, and bad journalism on Forbes' contributor network  —  That “rapper” accused of billions in crypto fraud was also a Forbes contributor.  Is it finally time to move past the contributor network?
Catie Keck / The Verge:
YouTube details creator updates: new video effects, editing capabilities, and monetization tools for Shorts, Shopping expansion, Studio improvements, and more  —  A lot of new features are in the works for 2022  —  YouTube is expanding the ways creators can monetize their content …
Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
India's ShareChat and MX Player agree to merge their short-video apps, Moj and MX TakaTak; source says the deal is worth $900M  —  Tiger Global-backed ShareChat and Times Internet-owned on-demand video streaming service MX Player have agreed to “strategically merge” their short video apps Moj and MX TakaTak …
PR Newswire:
Twitter misses with Q4 revenue of $1.57B, up 22% YoY, net income of $182M, down 18% YoY; 217M mDAUs, up from 192M YoY; FY 2021 revenue hit $5.08B, up 37% YoY  —  Annual Revenue Growth of 37% to $5.08 Billion and Average Monetizable Daily Active Usage (mDAU) Growth of 13% to 217 Million in Q4
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
UK culture secretary formally releases News UK from legal restrictions dating to 1981, which guaranteed the editorial independence of the Times and Sunday Times  —  The Culture Secretary has formally released News UK from its legal undertakings to keep The Times and The Sunday Times separate.
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of Mediagazer at 5:15 PM ET, February 10, 2022.

View the current page or another snapshot:


 
 Who's Hiring in Media? 
 
 See Also: 
Mediagazer: site main
Mediagazer River: reverse chronological Mediagazer
Mediagazer Mobile: for phones
Mediagazer Leaderboard: Mediagazer's top sources
 
 Subscribe: 
Mediagazer RSS feed
Mediagazer on X
Mediagazer on Mastodon
 
 
 More News: 
J. Clara Chan / Hollywood Reporter:
Interview with BuzzFeed Studios head Richard Alan Reid about the company's feature debut on Amazon Prime, marketing Book of Love with BuzzFeed content, and more
Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
BBC alleges a rise in harassment of UK-based BBC News Persian journalists and their families in Iran in the past year in a complaint to the UN against Iran
Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
BBC pulled a documentary on a crypto trader hours before it was due to air after a reporter questioned its main claims, another case of patchy crypto coverage
Ben Sisario / New York Times:
Sting sells his songwriting catalog, covering song copyrights and royalties as a songwriter, to UMG; the deal is estimated to be worth $250M or more
 Earlier Picks: 
Reuters:
President Andres Manuel Lopez says Mexico has arrested the three alleged perpetrators behind the murder of journalist Lourdes Maldonado in January
Kate Briquelet / The Daily Beast:
Vicky Ward disputes Isaac Chotiner's article about her 2003 Jeffrey Epstein profile and blames Graydon Carter for omissions; Carter calls her a “serial liar”
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
In a deposition, James Bennet says that he included a direct apology to Sarah Palin in a response to CNN's questions, but the apology didn't make it past NYT PR