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2:30 PM ET, April 19, 2022

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New York Times:
NYT Managing Editor Joe Kahn will succeed Dean Baquet as executive editor, starting in June; Baquet will remain at the Times  —  Mr. Kahn, 57, will take over a newsroom undergoing enormous change.  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  Joseph F. Kahn, a Pulitzer Prize-winning China correspondent …
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
A profile of Joe Kahn, whose early focus on China shaped his career, during which he has won two Pulitzers and helped turn the NYT into a 24-hour operation  —  Joe Kahn, the next executive editor of The New York Times, has had a steady rise in journalism.  It began with a decision to turn his focus to China.
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Sources: Warner Bros. Discovery suspends all external marketing for CNN+ and has laid off CNN's CFO, replaced by Discovery's CFO for streaming and international  —  Warner Bros. Discovery has suspended all external marketing spend for CNN+ and has laid off CNN's longtime chief financial officer …
Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post:
A look at the woman behind Libs of TikTok, a Twitter account that reposts video with incendiary framing that is shaping LGBTQ+ coverage in right-wing media  —  A popular Twitter account has morphed into a social media phenomenon, spreading anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment and shaping public discourse
Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Spotify says it may restrict and limit the reach of content that comes close to the line under its Platform Rules but doesn't meet the threshold of removal  —  After Spotify's Joe Rogan Experience released a widely derided episode that made covid vaccines sound as safe as Russian roulette …
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James Cridland / Podnews:
Spotify notifies applicants it is shutting down its live audio creator fund, launched in June 2021; it is not clear whether anyone was paid through it  —  In June 2021, Spotify announced the Spotify Greenroom Creator Fund for US creators to “support and reward creators for the communities …
Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch:
A US appeals court reaffirms that scraping publicly accessible content on the internet is legal, ending a landmark case LinkedIn brought against rival Hiq Labs  —  Good news for archivists, academics, researchers and journalists: Scraping publicly accessible data is legal, according to a U.S. appeals court ruling.
Bloomberg:
Filings: three Alex Jones companies, including Infowars, filed for bankruptcy protection in Texas on Sunday, after they were found liable in Sandy Hook lawsuits  —  Companies owned by far-right radio host Alex Jones filed for bankruptcy after being hit by a flurry of lawsuits.
Emma Roth / The Verge:
Report: Microsoft is working on a program to let select brands advertise within free-to-play Xbox games, such as on a billboard, and won't take a revenue cut  —  The ads supposedly wouldn't disrupt gameplay  —  Microsoft is reportedly working on a program that will let brands showcase …
Bloomberg:
Sources: Amazon, Disney, Reliance, Sony, and others are vying for rights to the Indian Premier League cricket fixtures, expected to be worth $5B+  —  Amazon.com Inc., The Walt Disney Co. and billionaire Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries Ltd. are among those that have signaled an intention …
Discussion: @venkatananth
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Reuters says it had its biggest month ever for client use of its video content in March, with 4.5M+ uses on TV across the world, driven by interest in Ukraine  —  International news agency Reuters' extensive on the ground coverage from Ukraine has seen record-breaking use of its pictures …
Discussion: @reuterspr
LSM:
Q&A with the editor of Novaya Gazeta Europe, based partially in Latvia, as the Russian newspaper launches a European edition to dodge Russian censorship  —  One of the last independent publishers which suspended its activities in Russia was the influential newspaper Novaya Gazeta.
Discussion: @lsm_eng
 
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Nancy Tartaglione / Deadline:
Netflix partners with the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture to provide a one-time, $250,000 grant to support five Arab female film producers and directors
Michael Grothaus / Fast Company:
Netflix debuts the Exploding Kittens animated comedy series and a game for Android and iOS, launching a series and a game across a single IP for the first time
Nick Kostov / Wall Street Journal:
French music streaming service Deezer plans to go public via a SPAC merger at a €1.05B valuation and says it has 9.6M subscribers and had €400M in 2021 revenue
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Stem, which offers music rights management software for independent artists, raises $20M from QED Investors and Block, bringing its total funding to nearly $40M
Alistair Gray / Financial Times:
Kantar: UK users canceled ~1.5M subscriptions to Disney+, Apple TV+, Now, and others in Q1 2022, due to inflation; 58% of households kept at least one service
David Hume Kennerly / New York Times:
Photojournalist David Hume Kennerly on the power of graphic images in Ukraine and other conflicts: “The best photographs of war might make us want to look away”
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
 

 
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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

Kevin Roose / New York Times:
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