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3:50 PM ET, February 15, 2022

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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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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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
John Wagner / Washington Post:
White House Correspondents' Association says Trevor Noah will host its dinner on April 30, the first WHCA dinner since 2019  —  Trevor Noah, host of “The Daily Show” on Comedy Central, will be the featured entertainer when the White House Correspondents' Association hosts its first dinner since 2019 …
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.
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.
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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Jeanne Kuang / The Kansas City Star:
A Missouri county prosecutor declined on Friday to bring charges in the case of a St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter who alerted the state to a data vulnerability
Tony Silber / MediaPost:
The New Yorker publishes its first digital-only issue, featuring interviews with AOC and others
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Tim Peterson / Digiday:
Some outlets say revenue from Instagram's video ad revenue program is inconsequential and CPMs are a third-to-half of what they get from YouTube and Facebook
New York Times:
Profile of Bruno Aiub, who has become one of Brazil's biggest podcasters through his irreverent interviews, as his remarks about Nazis sparks free speech debate
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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
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