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10:45 PM ET, February 13, 2022

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Parker Molloy / The Present Age:
Journalists shouldn't save scoops for books, like Maggie Haberman revealing staff found documents clogging Trump's toilet, if they want to regain trust in media  —  Maggie Haberman's book includes at least one bit of info we probably should have known before now.  —  Hello, dear readers,
Washington Post:
Sarah Palin's libel case against The New York Times goes to the jury, the first libel case against the news outlet to go to trial in nearly two decades  —  A jury is now considering Sarah Palin's lawsuit, the first libel case against the Times to go to trial in nearly two decades
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
NBC says Super Bowl LVI will have 30 first-time advertisers, including in crypto, streaming, and sports betting; 2021 had 26 while 2020 and 2019 each had seven  —  On Sunday, actor Ty Burrell will fulfill a goal that has long been on his bucket list: taking part in a Super Bowl commercial.
Wilson Chapman / Variety:
Netflix orders a docuseries about the couple charged with laundering bitcoin, from Chris Smith, who has directed documentaries on scams including Fyre Festival  —  Netflix has ordered a docuseries about the recently arrested Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather Morgan, who are accused of running …
Austen Goslin / Polygon:
Netflix will lose six Marvel live-action superhero shows on February 28; sources say the rights have reverted to Disney, but it's unclear how it will use them  —  A new message says they'll depart the platform on March 1  —  Marvel's live-action superhero series are leaving Netflix starting on Feb. 28, Polygon has confirmed.
Murray Stassen / Music Business Worldwide:
beatBread, a music funding platform using streaming and social data to offer advances of $1K to $2M to artists for a share of their revenue, raises a $34M seed  —  The independent artist sector is growing fast, and an increasing number of firms are giving artists access to capital in the form of advances.
Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
The EPC, whose members include Axel Springer and News UK, files an EU antitrust complaint against Google for its alleged anti-competitive ad tech practices  —  Google (GOOGL.O) on Friday was targeted in an antitrust complaint by the European Publishers Council over its digital advertising business …
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Jon Porter / The Verge:
The UK's CMA accepts Google's plan to phase out and replace third-party cookies with the Privacy Sandbox and will closely monitor the product's development
Jessica Toonkel / The Information:
Sources: Tom Brady's production company, Religion of Sports, is looking to raise around $50M at a $100M+ valuation; the company's 2021 revenue was around $35M  —  Superstar quarterback Tom Brady is freshly retired from football, but he's got plenty else to keep him busy.
Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Sources: after several staff departures in 2022, Slate executives hired a newsroom consultant; the company plans to double Slate Plus' cost, from $59 to $119  —  After high-profile departures, the publication is trying to find a new voice.  —  In early January, two days after an abrupt announcement …
Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
A look at Boulder Reporting Lab, a local nonprofit startup with three editorial staff and up to two years of funding from GNI's Local Experiments Project  —  Newsletter signups went up 60% following the news startup's wall-to-wall coverage of the Marshall Fire.
 
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Emma Graham-Harrison / The Guardian:
The Taliban releases UK journalist Andrew North after holding him and others for several days, the first time foreign reporters were held more than a few hours
New Orleans Times-Picayune:
The Times-Picayune, The Advocate, and NOLA.com name Rene Sanchez as editor, succeeding Peter Kovacs, who is retiring after nine years at the helm
Betwa Sharma / Article 14:
Forbes Middle East fires its Asia correspondent Rachel Chitra, two days after the Reuters Institute published and tweeted her research on hate crimes in India
William Turvill / Press Gazette:
Analysis: the top 25 US newspapers had a 3.1M print run in mid-2021, down 30% from late 2019; only the New York Post increased circulation from 2020 to 2021
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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Jeff Zucker and Allison Gollust didn't initially tell Cuomo investigators about their relationship; Kilar denied Zucker's ask to finish out the week
Mike Sorrentino / CNET:
MoviePass relaunches as a credit-based marketplace and announces PreShow, an ad platform that uses facial detection to track whether a viewer watched an ad
Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
The Washington Post plans to add 70 newsroom positions in 2022, including nearly 20 health and wellness roles and 20+ focused on climate and extreme weather
 

 
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Wall Street Journal:
Gina Raimondo says holding back China in the chips race is a “fool's errand”, and investment, more than export controls, will keep US ahead of Beijing

Reuters:
Albania bans TikTok for a year from January 2025, part of a broader plan to make schools safer following the killing of a 14-year-old near a school in November

Paresh Dave / Wired:
Google says it wouldn't force its device makers, browser, and wireless carrier licensees to distribute Gemini to US users for three years, in a proposed remedy
 
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