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8:25 AM ET, June 13, 2022

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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
A UK judge rules against businessman Arron Banks in his libel case against Guardian journalist Carole Cadwalladr, who used a public interest defense  —  Journalist Carole Cadwalladr has won her libel battle against Brexit donor Arron Banks.  —  Brexit donor Banks sued Cadwalladr over this phrase …
Tory Shepherd / The Guardian:
The Sydney Morning Herald removes a column that outed Australian actor Rebel Wilson and the author, Andrew Hornery, has apologized  —  SMH columnist admits mistakes after complaining about being gazumped on story about Wilson's new girlfriend Ramona Agruma  — Get our free news app; get our morning email briefing
John Koblin / New York Times:
Nielsen ratings: 20M+ people watched the first prime-time hearing of the January 6 investigation; Fox News' counterprogramming drew a 3M average, about normal  —  The number is in the ballpark of big television events like a “Sunday Night Football” game.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
A profile of James Goldston, the former ABC News president who is helping the House's January 6 committee produce TV-ready segments for its public hearings  —  James Goldston was a longtime producer at ABC News and then its president for seven years.  —  As news organizations scrambled …
Mike Calia / CNBC:
Fired Fox News political editor Chris Stirewalt, who Donald Trump criticized for calling Arizona for Biden, is testifying Monday before the January 6 committee
Wall Street Journal:
Study: some streaming devices keep playing content when TVs are off, leading to ~17% of ads being shown when users can't see them, costing brands $1B+ per year  —  Lack of communication between TV sets and streaming devices causes estimated waste of over $1 billion in ad dollars
James Welsh / The Angry Editor:
Brier Dudley / The Seattle Times:
The pandemic closed more mills, worsening the US local journalism crisis via a 30%+ rise in newsprint prices over the past two years, leading to more cutbacks  —  Everyone is affected by the rising cost of necessities.  It's even worse when you're already on the edge of bankruptcy.
Discussion: @palewire
Patrick Brzeski / Hollywood Reporter:
Viacom18, a joint venture between Reliance, Paramount Global, and Bodhi Tree, buys Indian Premier League cricket streaming rights for five years, costing $2.6B  —  Acquiring the rights to the most popular sport in the world's second-most populous nation positions the company for a big subscriber gain in the streaming business.
Discussion: Variety
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Bloomberg:
Sources: Amazon plans to withdraw bidding for Indian Premier League cricket streaming rights, estimated to fetch an unprecedented $7.7B at a June 12 auction
Nathan Solis / Los Angeles Times:
Journalist Yashar Ali files a defamation lawsuit against Los Angeles Magazine, claiming the outlet's June 2021 profile of him “contains many factual errors”  —  Journalist Yashar Ali has filed a defamation lawsuit against Los Angeles Magazine one year after the publication ran …
William Turvill / Press Gazette:
FIPP: China's Caixin leads the world ranking of non-English digital news subscriptions with 850K subscribers, followed by Nikkei.com, Bildplus, and Le Monde  —  A Chinese business and finance site has been named as the world's largest digital subscription news brand outside the US and UK.
Discussion: @niubi
Kate Linthicum / Los Angeles Times:
A profile of Óscar and Carlos Martínez, brothers working for Salvadoran investigative outlet El Faro who published reporting on President Bukele's gang ties  —  Carlos Martínez peered over his brother Óscar's shoulder as they proofread the investigation they were about to publish …
David Pegg / The Guardian:
A look at proposals to reform English media law on defamation, privacy, confidentiality, copyright, and data protection used by oligarchs to suppress journalism  —  Boris Johnson has vowed to level the playing field on which oligarchs stifle those who scrutinise them.  How can he do it?
 
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Emilio Garcia-Ruiz / San Francisco Chronicle:
The San Francisco Chronicle unveils SFNext, a project involving residents to find solutions to some of the city's problems, featuring a podcast series and more
Patrick Frater / Variety:
Hong Kong-based Factwire, an independent news agency that launched in 2015 via crowdfunding, ceases operations without offering a clear explanation why
Sirwan Kajjo / Voice of America:
Former VOA Director Amanda Bennett, now Biden's nominee to lead the USAGM, emphasized her journalism background during a Senate committee confirmation hearing
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Netflix's stock fell 5.1% and Roku's stock dropped 10.46% on Friday, erasing gains from earlier in the week driven by a rumor that Netflix wants to acquire Roku
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Sources: The Washington Post features staff asked editors if a deputy features editor lost a promotion for inserting an erroneous line in a Taylor Lorenz story
Gabriel Stargardter / Reuters:
Sources: Brazilian police investigating a British freelance journalist's disappearance in the Amazon are focusing on people tied to illegal fishing and poaching