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11:15 AM ET, September 20, 2022

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Brian Witte / Associated Press:
A Baltimore judge orders the release of Adnan Syed, whose 1999 murder trial gained widespread attention via the Serial podcast, after overturning his conviction  —  A Baltimore judge on Monday ordered the release of Adnan Syed after overturning Syed's conviction for the 1999 murder of Hae Min Lee …
Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
Internal email: Bustle Digital Group is shuttering its tech title Input and laying off 19 staffers, including 10 at pop culture outlet Mic, mostly in editorial  —  The downturn in the digital advertising market has affected yet another publisher, marking at least the third official round of layoffs prompted by the slowdown since May.
Knight Foundation:
The Knight Foundation announces $4.75M for the Institute for Nonprofit News, $2.85M for LION Publishers, and $2.01M for CUNY's Center for Community Media  —  Knight commits more than $9 million to uplift vital networks for nonprofit, for-profit, diverse local news publishers
J. Clara Chan / The Hollywood Reporter:
Spotify launches an audiobooks service in the US with 300,000 titles, letting users purchase and download individual books to play in its app  —  The audio giant, which is offering 300,000 audiobooks for purchase at launch, is positioning its books service as separate from its Premium subscription for music and podcasts.
Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
An ad blackout during the Queen's funeral cost UK broadcasters, radio stations, digital platforms, and outdoor ad giants a lot of revenue despite extra sales  —  Block on adverts around coverage will hit broadcasters hard and could cancel out payday for newspapers from extra sales
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K.J. Yossman / Variety:
Paramount-owned Channel 5 was the only UK broadcaster that didn't air any royal-related coverage during the Queen's funeral, showing The Emoji Movie instead
Cordilia James / Wall Street Journal:
Closed captions on videos are used widely by people under 40 years old, going beyond accessibility and translation to improve understanding and aid multitasking  —  As automatic captioning on TikTok and creative audio descriptions on Netflix go mainstream, so does accessibility  —  Closed captions are cool now.
Errin Haines / The 19th:
A survey of 20,799 US adults: 63% agree news is critical to democracy but 31% feel coverage almost never accurately reflects issues faced by people like them  —  This week, The 19th made history again.  Our poll of more than 20,000 Americans across race, age, gender, education, income …
Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:
Q&A with SkyShowtime CEO Monty Sarhan on growth, content, and more, as the service launches in the Nordics today and the Netherlands and Portugal on October 25  —  “We are launching with really attractive price points” and offering “a minimum of 30 movies a year,” Monty Sarhan says in an interview …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Time launches CO2 by Time, a sustainability division that aims to help companies tackle climate change, featuring portfolios of climate action projects  —  Time is launching a sustainability division called “CO2 by Time” that will offer companies tools that go beyond just offsetting their carbon emissions.
Casey Newton / Platformer:
Casey Newton reflects on Platformer after two years, saying it has ~75K subscribers, “thousands” of paid subs, and a podcast with the NYT launching October 7  —  What I learned in year two, and what comes next  —  Two years ago, I quit my job to start Platformer.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
LinkedIn hires Courtney Coupe, most recently SVP of content strategy and operations for CNN Digital, as its first head of original programming  —  Courtney Coupe, most recently SVP of content strategy and operations for CNN Digital, is joining LinkedIn as the company's first head of original programming.
 
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Jessica Elgot / The Guardian:
The UK's new Culture Secretary Michelle Donelan plans to review privatizing Channel 4 and scrapping the BBC license fee
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Sunday morning talk shows, once an integral part of the Beltway news ecosystem, look to tweak the old format after declining ratings and an exodus of VIP guests
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Mainstream media still refuses to call the MAGA movement a far-right cult, even after Donald Trump's Ohio rally with a QAnon soundtrack and one-armed salutes
Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
The Wall Street Journal names Elena Cherney chief news editor; Kimberly Johnson, coverage chief for speed & trending, will also act as deputy chief news editor
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Sandra E. Garcia / New York Times:
A profile of GQ editor Will Welch, appointed in 2018, as he tries to revitalize the storied men's magazine to reflect a “new masculinity” in the post-#MeToo age
Nicole Sperling / New York Times:
After Will Smith's Oscar slap, sources detail Apple's dilemma over releasing Emancipation, the $120M Civil War drama starring Smith that wrapped earlier in 2022
Marvin Olasky / Current:
World's former EIC writes about his November 2021 resignation, after the Christian outlet's board launched an “opinion section” to embrace Trumpist conspiracies
Will Pritchard / The Guardian:
The UK's independent radio stations that consoled listeners during lockdowns and sustained musicians, like Worldwide FM and Threads, struggle under rising costs
 

 
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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”

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

Zhiye Liu / Tom's Hardware:
Qualcomm unveils the Snapdragon G3 Gen 3, G2 Gen 2, and G1 Gen 2 for gaming handhelds, saying the G3 Gen 3 offers a CPU 30% faster than the previous generation

 
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