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11:45 AM ET, February 17, 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.
Ashley Carman / The Verge:
Spotify is acquiring Chartable and Podsights, two podcast analytics companies that let podcasters and networks include tags in shows to track listeners  —  Chartable and Podsights are being bought  —  Spotify is making more podcast acquisitions.  The company announced today it's acquiring …
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
CNN+ will air a six-part documentary on the Murdochs, based on an NYT Magazine article and co-produced by CNN, NYT, and Left/Right, in the weeks to come  —  The Murdochs, the media-mogul family that controls Fox News Channel, are about to be the subject of a new documentary series that will be distributed by one of their main rivals.
Discussion: TVNewser
John Micklethwait / Bloomberg:
Bloomberg EIC says UK courts are punishing investigative journalists for tabloid excesses and protecting the privacy of only those who can afford it  —  It is always convenient for editors to pontificate about press freedom when they lose court cases.  However, the U.K. Supreme Court's decision …
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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 …
Phelim Kine / Politico:
Experts say Otter.ai, the automated transcription app that is a favorite of journalists, and its competitors offer only lax security that could endanger sources  —  Otter.ai has saved reporters countless hours transcribing interviews.  Caveat emptor.  —  Mustafa Aksu is a wanted man.
Elizabeth A. Harris / New York Times:
Markus Dohle, CEO of Penguin Random House, pledges to donate to PEN America a minimum of $100K a year for five years to fight book banning in the US  —  Markus Dohle, the chief executive of Penguin Random House, said the effort “ties into the future of our democracy.”
Sara Guaglione / Digiday:
BBC wants to double its editorial team in North America by adding 20 positions, and says the Americas business contributes around a third of BBC Studios sales  —  The BBC wants to fill more than 20 editorial positions in the U.S. and Canada, which would double its digital news team …
Discussion: @digiday
Bob Van Voris / Bloomberg:
Sources: several jurors in Palin's lawsuit told the judge's clerk after ending deliberations that they couldn't avoid learning that the judge had already ruled  —  Several jurors tasked with deciding Sarah Palin's defamation case against the New York Times knew that the judge presiding …
Matthew Yglesias / Slow Boring:
Many outlets today are poorly ideologically differentiated and seem to be replicating the NYT opinion section, lacking the contrarian takes Slate was known for  —  We've lost a lot as every publication has become the same  —  Katie Robertson of the New York Times recently wrote …
 
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Michael R. Sisak / Associated Press:
Ken Kurson, former NY Observer editor, pleads guilty to cyberstalking in a deal that could see the case dropped; Trump pardoned him for related federal charges
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
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
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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
Discussion: @music_zone
Mason Walker / Pew Research Center:
Survey finds 23% of US adults get news from podcasts at least sometimes and 56% never do; 33% of adults ages 18 to 29 at least sometimes get news from podcasts
Mitchell Clark / The Verge:
Facebook rebrands News Feed to just Feed after more than 15 years
 

 
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Chance Miller / 9to5Mac:
A number of Apple users say they were logged out of their Apple ID across multiple devices on April 26 and forced to reset their password before logging back in

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple has renewed discussions with OpenAI about using its technology to power some features in iOS 18; talks with Google on using Gemini remain ongoing

William Brown / Firstyear's blog-a-log:
Google and Apple use passkeys to capture users by locking credentials into their platforms and have made the UX of passkeys worse than that of password managers

 
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