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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Sarah Palin loses defamation suit against the NYT as jury finds there was insufficient evidence to prove the newspaper defamed her — The verdict came a day after the judge said that he planned to dismiss the case, ruling that Ms. Palin's legal team had failed to prove that the newspaper defamed her.
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Washington Post:
Judge says he intends to dismiss Palin's case after jury returns a verdict, saying she hadn't met the legal standard showing that NYT acted with “actual malice”
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Mitchell Clark / The Verge:
Facebook rebrands News Feed to just Feed after more than 15 years — The ‘News Feed’ is now just the ‘Feed’ — Meta is changing the name of Facebook's News Feed, the primary part of the service that users scroll through to see what their friends and family have shared.
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Nomaan Merchant / Associated Press:
US intelligence officials accuse right-wing financial news site Zero Hedge of publishing articles created by Moscow-controlled media; Zero Hedge denies doing so — WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. intelligence officials on Tuesday accused a conservative financial news website with a significant American readership …
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Right-wing media make wildly erroneous claims about spying on Trump and then they and Trump shame other outlets for not covering the furor they created — The latest alarmist claims about spying on Trump appeared to be flawed, but the explanation is byzantine — underlining the challenge …
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Dade Hayes / Deadline:
ViacomCBS reports Q4 revenue of $8B, up 16% YoY; global streaming revenue rose 48% YoY, and global streaming customers rose 9.4M for a total of 56M subscribers — ViacomCBS missed Wall Street forecasts for earnings per share in the fourth quarter, but added a record 9.4 million streaming subscribers and smashed revenue projections.
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Lesley Goldberg / Hollywood Reporter:
Staff memo: ViacomCBS renames itself as Paramount; shares will trade on Nasdaq starting Thursday as PARAA, PARA, and PARAP — Bob Bakish and Shari Redstone announced the news in a memo to staff ahead of the company's presentation to investors. — The “ViacomCBS” name is being retired.
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Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Nielsen and NBCU say Super Bowl viewership rose 14% YoY to roughly 112M viewers, of which 11.2M came from streaming services — High ratings for NBC and its sister platforms follow strong viewership for the NFL's regular season and playoffs — About 112 million viewers watched …
Peter Sagal / @petersagal:
P.J. O'Rourke, a journalist, humorist, and libertarian commentator, dies at 74 — I'm afraid it's true. Our panelist and my dear friend PJ O'Rourke has passed away. More later.
Sudhi Ranjan Sen / Bloomberg:
A look at Oscar nominated Writing With Fire, which documents a women-led Indian newspaper's shift to digital and was shot on smartphones over five years — A documentary about Khabar Lahariya, a news-platform run by women from India's Dalit group has been nominated for an Oscar …
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Axios:
WSC Sports, whose AI software cuts video clips of live sports and distributes them in real-time, raises a $100M Series D; clients include YouTube TV and ESPN — WSC Sports, a B2B sports video company, has raised $100 million in a series D funding round, led by ION Crossover Partners, to expand into new verticals and countries.
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Dawn Chmielewski / Reuters:
Memo: Disney names Mike White to a newly created role overseeing and defining the company's metaverse strategy — The Walt Disney Co (DIS.N) has appointed an executive to oversee its metaverse strategy, according to an email Disney Chief Executive Bob Chapek sent to staff Tuesday and seen by Reuters.
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Paresh Dave / Reuters:
Trade Desk launches Open Path, letting publishers solicit bids directly from ad clients, bypassing Google; WaPo, Condé Nast, and Reuters are clients — Ad-buying software maker Trade Desk Inc said on Tuesday that it will offer tools to online publishers for the first time in an attempt …
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