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9:45 AM ET, February 14, 2022

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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
Yuvraj Malik / Reuters:
Indian adtech company InMobi's Glance, a lock screen content app, raises $200M from Jio Platforms, source says at a $1.7B-$1.8B post-money valuation  —  India's Reliance Industries (RELI.NS) is investing $200 million in Glance, a lock screen content company backed by Alphabet (GOOGL.O) …
Mia Sato / The Verge:
Snapchat is testing mid-roll ads in the Stories of some US creators, ahead of a wider rollout, and will share revenue based on engagement and other metrics  —  The feature is currently in beta testing  —  Snapchat is introducing a new way for creators on the app to earn money.
Victor Fiorillo / Philadelphia Magazine:
Interview with TV news anchor Karen Hepp on her lawsuit against Meta, which could reach the Supreme Court amid increasing controversy surrounding Section 230  —  The Fox 29 anchor graces Philly TV screens every weekday morning.  But on the internet, her face has popped up without her permission …
Joel Simon / New Yorker:
The case of journalist Danny Fenster, convicted of incitement in Myanmar and let go in 2021, highlights rising risks US citizens face in authoritarian countries  —  The effort to free Danny Fenster, a journalist imprisoned by Myanmar's junta, shows a new threat to U.S. citizens worldwide.
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,
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 …
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.
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.
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
 
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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
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
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
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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
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
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
 

 
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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

Esha Dey / Bloomberg:
Tesla's shares are up 73% since Election Day, as several analysts see the Trump administration easing rules for self-driving tech, benefiting Tesla's ambitions

Timothy B. Lee / Ars Technica:
Exploring the scaling challenges of transformer-based LLMs in efficiently processing large amounts of text, as well as potential solutions, such as RAG systems
 
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