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12:40 PM ET, September 6, 2022

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Sarah Ellison / Washington Post:
A profile of Axel Springer CEO Mathias Dopfner covering his career, decisions to buy Politico and Insider, the impossibility of pure neutrality, and more  —  Mathias Döpfner has global ambitions for what he calls a more ‘nonpartisan’ kind of journalism — even as his own politics are hard to pin down
Pjotr Sauer / The Guardian:
A Moscow court revokes Novaya Gazeta's print media license, after Rozkomnadzor said the outlet failed to provide documents related to a 2006 ownership change  —  Ruling by Russia's media regulator comes less than year after its editor won Nobel peace prize  —  A court in Moscow …
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Polina Ivanova / Financial Times:
Russia sentences renowned journalist Ivan Safronov, who the FSB detained in 2020 on “treason” charges, to 22 years in prison, after he refused to plead guilty  —  Former correspondent convicted on ‘treason’ charge his supporters say is linked to his reporting
Patrick McGee / Financial Times:
Apple plans to nearly double its ad platform team, currently around 250 strong, per LinkedIn; Apple's career page lists 216 such roles, up from 56 in late 2020  —  Move adds to industry concerns after tech giant launched privacy rules that make it hard to tailor ads to iPhone users
Barak Ravid / Axios:
An IDF investigation concludes Shireen Abu Akleh was most likely killed in “unintentional fire” from an Israeli soldier who did not realize she was a journalist  —  The final conclusion of an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) investigation into the killing of Shireen Abu Akleh …
Laurie Clarke / The Guardian:
As Spotify and YouTube's rivalry heats up, some worry the podcasting industry's pivot to video could risk ruining what makes the audio format so satisfying  —  Video podcasts are booming, giving creators access to new audiences.  But does this risk ruining what made the audio format so satisfying?
Manori Ravindran / Variety:
SkyShowtime, Comcast and Paramount's streaming joint venture, announced in August 2021, will launch on September 20 in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden  —  More than a year since SkyShowtime was first announced, the SVOD is ready to join the streaming fray in Europe, Variety can reveal.
@_reallifemag:
Real Life, a magazine founded in 2016 and funded by Snap, is shutting down due to lack of funding  —  Real Life no longer has funding, and is ceasing publication indefinitely. We thank all of our contributors and readers. Good night 💚 https://reallifemag.com/ https://twitter.com/...
Eli Hoff / Columbia Missourian:
AG Eric Schmitt uses Missouri's Sunshine Law to seek journalists' emails from the Columbia Missourian and two MU J-School professors in an unprecedented request  —  Attorney General Eric Schmitt's office is seeking emails from the Columbia Missourian and two MU journalism school professors …
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
CNN hires John Miller, a former TV correspondent who also had two long stints with the NYPD, to serve as its chief law enforcement and intelligence analyst  —  Miller, who also worked at ABC News and for the FBI, is one of Chris Licht's first on-air hires at CNN.
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Yahoo acquires The Factual, whose AI-based system to rate the credibility of news sources will be integrated into Yahoo News and licensed to other companies  —  Yahoo has acquired The Factual, a company that uses algorithms to rate the credibility of news sources, Yahoo president and general manager Matt Sanchez told Axios.
 
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Manori Ravindran / Variety:
UK Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries resigns after a year in the role beset by a string of gaffes
Owen S. Good / Polygon:
Kotaku's Mike Fahey, who joined as a writer in 2006, died on Friday at 49; Fahey wrote with great hilarity and deep affection for toys, games, snacks, and more
Herb Scribner / Axios:
Live Nation sold 100M+ tickets in 2022 through July, up from 74M for all of 2019, and held 12,500 shows in Q2 2022 with 33.5M in attendance, up 20% from Q2 2019
Associated Press:
Barack Obama wins an Emmy for narrating Netflix's five-part Our Great National Parks documentary, the second president after Dwight Eisenhower to win the award
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Jennifer Maas / Variety:
Amazon says The Rings of Power's first two episodes drew 25M viewers globally in their first day, sharing viewership for a Prime Video series for the first time
Variety:
Amazon quietly introduces a 72-hour delay for all user reviews posted to Prime Video to determine whether the review is genuine or created by a bot or a troll
CNBC:
Sources: Comcast executives don't want but expect Disney to follow through on its option to buy the remaining third of Hulu for $27.5B+ as early as January 2024