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12:00 PM ET, April 18, 2022

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Bloomberg:
Filings: three companies owned by Alex Jones, including Infowars, filed for bankruptcy protection in Texas, after Jones lost several Sandy Hook lawsuits  —  Companies owned by far-right radio host Alex Jones filed for bankruptcy after being hit by a flurry of lawsuits.
Elizabeth A. Harris / New York Times:
How Barnes & Noble, with book sales up 14% from pre-pandemic, went from a threat to industry anchor by letting store managers choose books to promote and more  —  To independent booksellers, the enormous chain was once a threat.  Now it's vital to their survival.  And it's doing well.
Alistair Gray / Financial Times:
Kantar: UK users canceled ~1.5M subscriptions to Disney+, Apple TV+, Now, and others in Q1, due to inflation; 58% of households have at least one subscription  —  About 1.5mn accounts terminated within three months as inflation squeezes finances  —  British households have cancelled video subscriptions …
David Hume Kennerly / New York Times:
Photojournalist David Hume Kennerly on the power of graphic war images in Ukraine and other conflicts: “the best photographs might make us want to look away”  —  The following images depict graphic violence.  —  A couple of weeks ago I came across the graphic images of bodies littering …
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Stem, which offers music rights management software for independent artists, raises $20M from QED Investors and Block, bringing its total funding to nearly $40M  —  Jordan Higa was waiting for her flight when she stopped to ask her travel companion how much they would spend on tickets to see BTS perform live.
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Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
Most broadcasts on BBC Three, which relaunched as a live TV channel in February to focus on young viewers, are failing to attract more than 100K viewers  —  Most broadcasts fail to attract more than 100,000 viewers, according to official ratings  —  When BBC Three relaunched …
Natalia Antelava / Coda Story:
Independent reporters and outlets covering Afghanistan, Ukraine, and other regions say Meta's overly broad content moderation policies are limiting their reach  —  “Your account has been suspended.”  —  “You cannot post or comment for 3 days”  —  “You can't go live for 63 days”
Ken Doctor / Nieman Lab:
Ken Doctor reflects on the first 18 months of local digital outlet Lookout Santa Cruz, which has 13 employees and a revenue mix of 60% ads and 40% membership  —  We called it the 3 a.m. Club.  —  We converged in Denver in mid-October last year, between Covid scares.
Alyssa Meyers / Morning Brew:
Spotify's recent Podsights and Chartable acquisitions are raising concerns over the availability of third-party podcast metrics for advertisers and publishers  —  Some say it significantly reduces the number of third-party measurement options available.  —  When Spotify announced its acquisition …
 
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Tom Hals / Reuters:
The New York Times sues an anti-immigration author for the cost to defend itself against his 2020 defamation lawsuit, a first under NY's expanded anti-SLAPP law
Al-Monitor:
Prominent Algerian newspaper Liberte shuts down after three decades, citing its “economic situation”; Liberte is owned by the country's richest man, worth $3.8B
Stuart A. Thompson / New York Times:
Analysis shows how the Russian media uses Fox News content to bolster Russia's claims about Ukraine, from blaming NATO to pushing conspiracy theories on biolabs
Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
Analysis: news publishers raised nearly $12M from selling NFTs since March 2021; Time Magazine earned the most with $10M+ and The New York Times made $560K
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Tarpley Hitt / Gawker:
Food site The Counter claims a lack of “sufficient future funding to keep publishing”, but filings show $5M+ of assets in 2021 and $1.8M+ of expenses in 2020
Michael Warren / CNN:
The Republican National Committee votes unanimously to withdraw from participating in the Commission on Presidential Debates and says the commission is “biased”
The Moscow Times:
Roskomnadzor blocks The Moscow Times' Russian-language site for publishing a “false report” on riot police officers refusing to fight in Ukraine
Leonard Goodman / ScheerPost.com:
Chicago Reader's Len Goodman says its nonprofit transition is stalled because management refused the board's demand to guarantee a space for dissenting views
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Wall Street Journal:
Gina Raimondo says holding back China in the chips race is a “fool's errand”, and investment, more than export controls, will keep US ahead of Beijing

Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge:
The US NHTSA suggests easing rules allowing for fully driverless cars and urges companies operating driverless cars to share more data for greater transparency
 
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