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2:20 PM ET, February 16, 2022

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Daisuke Wakabayashi / New York Times:
Google plans to bring Privacy Sandbox to Android, preserving its Ad ID system for two years, and says it'll be less disruptive than ATT for advertisers and devs  —  It says it will give other companies plenty of time to adapt to changes to its Android software.  Similar changes made by Apple affected big internet companies.
New York Times:
Interviews with 30+ people about CNN tumult reveal a new claim of sexual assault against Chris Cuomo while at ABC and details about Jeff Zucker's power collapse  —  The network's top-rated host and its president both were forced out, following ethical lapses, an office romance and a letter from a lawyer for “Jane Doe.”
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Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:
WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar says CNN CMO Allison Gollust has resigned after a company probe found violations of policies by her, Jeff Zucker, and Chris Cuomo  —  Allison Gollust and former CNN boss Jeff Zucker have said they failed to disclose a consensual romantic relationship to the company
Jane Croft / Financial Times:
UK Supreme Court rules that suspects in a criminal investigation have the right not to be named by the media until charged, rejecting Bloomberg's appeal  —  Supreme Court decision will have far-reaching implications for British media  —  Bloomberg has lost a privacy case at the UK's highest court …
Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
Source: News UK is considering selling its classic front pages and exclusive photos as NFTs  —  Sun publisher examining whether classic front pages and exclusive photos can have lucrative second life  —  Rupert Murdoch's publishing arm is considering making a move into the frothy market …
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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
Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch:
Spotter, which licenses YouTubers' back catalogs, raises a $200M Series D at a $1.7B valuation led by Vision Fund 2, bringing its total funding to $755M  —  How do YouTubers make a living?  Usually, through a mixture of merch sales, membership programs or maybe even a custom product.
Discussion: Variety, PR Newswire and Tubefilter
Shauna Lewis / CampaignUK:
Discovery launches an “ad-lite” version of Discovery+ in UK and Ireland for £3.99 per month, claiming it is the first offering with limited ads in the UK  —  The platform will offers a cheaper subscription for limited ads.  —  Discovery UK has launched an “Ad-lite” …
Discussion: Digital TV Europe
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty:
A Russia-controlled court in Crimea sentences RFE/RL freelancer Vladyslav Yesypenko to six years in prison for allegedly possessing and transporting explosives  —  SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine — A Russia-imposed court in Ukraine's Crimea has sentenced RFE/RL freelance correspondent Vladyslav Yesypenko …
Tim Ingham / Music Business Worldwide:
SoundCloud's 2020 fiscal report shows €193.5M revenue, up 31% YoY, with gross profit rising 53% to €61.1M and operating losses dropping 41% to €15.4M  —  SoundCloud's last 12 months have been nothing short of transformative.  —  In March 2021, the company launched its pioneering …
Discussion: @music_zone and MUSIC x
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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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
 
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Wesley Lowery / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
A look at the Philly Inquirer's halting efforts at racial inclusion over the decades and its current push to be an anti-racist institution
Martin Giles / Forbes:
Cloudinary, which helps companies automate delivering videos and images at scale, raises $100M in a secondary sale from Blackstone Growth at a $2B valuation
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Source: FT will hit 1M digital subscribers later this month; in 2021, revenues reached £438M, up 18% YoY, and digital journalism makes up 46% of revenue
Dennis Romero / NBC News:
P.J. O'Rourke, a former editor-in-chief of National Lampoon, author, satirist, and libertarian-leaning commentator, dies at 74 from complications of lung cancer
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Mitchell Clark / The Verge:
Facebook rebrands News Feed to just Feed after more than 15 years
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
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