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7:50 PM ET, April 14, 2022

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Anna Nicolaou / Financial Times:
Quartz CEO Zach Seward says the outlet is dropping its paywall after three years to focus on “the right kind of subscription”; Quartz has ~25K subscribers  —  Co-founder Zach Seward says site will focus on ‘right kind of subscription’ as it tries to build traffic and influence
Axios:
Fox News says it didn't authorize a verified account on Truth Social, which for months has had unverified bot accounts for Fox Sports, TMZ, the NFL, and others  —  Just days after a verified account for Fox News appeared on former President Trump's social media app, Truth Social …
Kate Cox / The Counter:
The Counter, a nonprofit newsroom that investigated the forces shaping how and what Americans eat, will cease publication on May 20 after nearly seven years  —  I'm writing with news I hoped I'd never have to report.  After nearly seven years publishing some of the most provocative …
Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
The Texas Tribune plans to hire reporters outside of big Texas cities, including its first Report for America position, to broaden perspectives on state policy  —  Texas, as you might have heard, is quite big.  Even a semi-recent transplant, the Texas Tribune's editor-in-chief Sewell Chan …
Rick Porter / Hollywood Reporter:
MLB renews its deal with YouTube to stream 15 baseball games this season; the league also has streaming deals with Apple TV+ and Peacock  —  The site will be home to 15 games in the 2022 season as MLB continues to cast a wide net with streamers.  —  Major League Baseball continues to hit to all fields with its streaming partnerships.
Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
A year after Facebook launched podcasts and other audio tools for creators, sources say Meta has shifted its focus to metaverse events and online shopping  —  Facebook's interest in podcasts is fading, barely a year after it began.  —  Last April, during a hot market for audio …
Reuters:
Sources: a consortium led by radio industry veteran Jeff Warshaw offers to buy Cumulus Media for close to $1.2B including debt; stock rose about 40% Thursday  —  A consortium led by U.S. radio station industry veteran Jeff Warshaw has offered to acquire Cumulus Media Inc (CMLS.O) …
Bobby Ghosh / Bloomberg:
Q&A with Saad Mohseni, founder and CEO of Moby Group, owner of Afghanistan's TOLO TV, on hosting debates between Taliban factions, rise in female staff, more  —  This is one of a series of interviews by Bloomberg Opinion columnists on how to solve the world's most pressing policy challenges.
 
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Timothy B. Lee / Ars Technica:
Wikipedia editors vote 232 to 94 to request the Wikimedia Foundation stop accepting crypto donations; the foundation is not legally bound by the proposal
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Source: CNN+ passed 100K subscribers in its first week; the most popular shows so far are Chris Wallace's daily interview show and 5 Things with Kate Bolduan
Hanaa' Tameez / Nieman Lab:
A look at Archivero, launched by two Mexican journalists last month to unearth old stories by requesting historic public records and having them declassified
The Washington Post Guild:
The Washington Post Guild releases a report on diversity and retention at the company, saying WaPo operates systems that create and perpetuate inequalities
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Amanda Meade / The Guardian:
Memo: News Corp Australasia's executive editor says there is “no one News Corp view” about the upcoming election and editors can choose which party to endorse
Lesley Goldberg / Hollywood Reporter:
Amazon will rebrand IMDb TV as Freevee starting April 27 and plans to grow its slate of originals by 70% in 2022
Tiffany Hsu / New York Times:
A look at the slew of challenges facing Substack, including a writer exodus, content moderation, subscription fatigue, and rivals like Ghost
Gabriella Paiella / GQ:
Q&A with Adrian Chiles, who has built a following for his pleasant takes in The Guardian, on his fandom, getting column ideas from “sheer desperation”, and more
 

 
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Qianer Liu / The Information:
Sources: Intel and TSMC have reached a preliminary agreement to form a joint venture that will operate Intel's chipmaking facilities; TSMC will take a 20% stake

Annmarie Hordern / Bloomberg:
President Trump reiterates he's open to tariff relief for China if it approves the sale of TikTok's US operations; the app faces an April 5 divestment deadline

Michael Nuñez / VentureBeat:
OpenAI makes ChatGPT Plus free for college students in the US and Canada until the end of May 2025, intensifying competition with Anthropic in higher education

 
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