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7:00 PM ET, July 20, 2022

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Knight Foundation:
The Knight Foundation announces $20K grants to 25 newsrooms to upgrade digital publishing tools; the program has provided $1.5M to 75 newsrooms over three years  —  Twenty-five newsrooms will receive $20,000 grants to deploy an improved publishing solution, in third year of Knight initiative in partnership with News Revenue Hub
Josh Dzieza / The Verge:
A look at GPT-3-powered fiction writing tools like Sudowrite, which proposes plot twists, rewrites in specific tones, suggests metaphors, and more  —  On a Tuesday in mid-March, Jennifer Lepp was precisely 80.41 percent finished writing Bring Your Beach Owl, the latest installment in her series …
Ashley Wong / New York Times:
Hell Gate, a New York City news outlet owned by five journalists, launches a subscription for $6.99 per month or $70 per year to keep the website afloat  —  After years of being put through the wringer of New York City media, five journalists created Hell Gate, the blog-style news site run on their terms.
The Guardian:
The Guardian reports £255.8M revenue for the year ending April 3, 2022, up 13% YoY, and £6.7M net operating inflow; digital revenue surpassed print, a first  —  Guardian Media Group (GMG) today announces outstanding financial results for the 12 months to 3 April 2022
Matthew Doig:
A Los Angeles Times editor who edited the story about a USC dean's drug use refutes claims made in a book by a reporter about editors trying to kill the story  —  An LA Times reporter's book claims corrupt editors — myself included — tried to protect USC from an embarrassing exposé.
Charlotte Klein / Vanity Fair:
ProPublica, The Associated Press, The Texas Tribune, and 40+ other news outlets formed a media coalition in June 2022 to file Uvalde shooting records requests  —  While journalists have already exposed police failures, national and local outlets are also uniting in an effort for greater transparency.
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Crunchbase has raised a $50M Series D led by Alignment Growth and says it attracts 75M+ unique visitors annually and recently surpassed 60,000 paying customers  —  In both down times and boom times, businesses across industries are faced with the challenge of building sales pipelines and closing revenue.
Haroon Siddique / The Guardian:
UK Justice Secretary Dominic Raab announces proposals for a three-stage test for courts in England and Wales to grant early dismissal requests for SLAPPs  —  Strategic lawsuits against public participation have been used by rich to try to stifle free speech
Jay Peters / The Verge:
YouTube hires Rene Ritchie, a tech YouTuber and former iMore editor-in-chief, as its Creator Liaison, replacing Matt Koval, who left YouTube in February 2022  —  He's the company's second creator liaison  —  Rene Ritchie, the former editor-in-chief of Apple-focused site iMore who has been a full …
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Evening Standard editor Charlotte Ross departs suddenly; deputy editor Jack Lefley becomes the newspaper's fourth editor or acting editor in just over two years  —  Evening Standard acting editor Charlotte Ross has left the newspaper with immediate effect.  —  Her exit means the Evgeny …
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Memo: CNN CEO Chris Licht elevates Virginia Moseley to EVP of US-based editorial, in charge of newsgathering for TV and digital, and lays out other execs' roles  —  CNN's new chief expanded the news outlet's leadership team Wednesday, keeping some senior executives in place while adding new ones to the mix.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Netflix ends customer service help via its @Netflixhelps Twitter account, established in February 2009, and says it will focus on helping via its own platforms  —  Netflix has quietly pulled the plug on its popular Twitter customer-help account after 13-plus years and more than 900,000 tweets, Variety has confirmed.
 
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Lauren Thomas / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Alphabet is in advanced talks to acquire cybersecurity startup Wiz for ~$30B; Alphabet was close to a $23B deal for Wiz last summer before talks ended

Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer:
A critical Apache Tomcat RCE flaw is being exploited, letting attackers take over servers via a PUT request; Wallarm: the attack “requires no authentication”

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