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8:00 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
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  —  While BBC One, BBC Two and ITV broadcast the funeral live and Channel 4 showed a documentary on the Queen, Channel 5 instead broadcast …
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  —  Donald Trump has gone full QAnon.  As he spoke during a rally for Ohio Republican candidates on Saturday, a soundtrack associated with the conspiracy theory played.
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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  —  The Civil War drama “Emancipation” finished filming early this year.  Now, Apple faces a quandary on what to do with the movie.
Politico:
Sources detail growing pains at LA Times relating to its billionaire owner Dr. Soon-Shiong, as he and his family face allegations of meddling with coverage  —  This past May, a young reporter for the Los Angeles Times working a weekend shift filed a 190-word story about people suspected …
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  —  When he got the job as top editor, a friend told him, “Yikes.”  Now, with an assist from Brad Pitt, he has remade the men's magazine for the post-#MeToo age.
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 …
 
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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
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
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
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
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
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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
Bill McKibben / New Yorker:
Vermont's new and legacy local news sites, radio stations, and newspapers show that the decline of serious local journalism is not as inevitable as some imagine
Jim Milliot / Publishers Weekly:
Association of American Publishers: book industry sales rose 12.3% YoY to $29.33B in 2021; ebooks sales fell 5% to $1.97B; audiobook sales grew 12.8% to $1.75B
Dylan Byers / Puck:
CNN's revamped morning show led by Don Lemon reveals linear media's hard new reality: in a post-Maddow, post-Cuomo world, it's no longer all about primetime
 

 
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Gaby Del Valle / The Verge:
NYC is partnering with Evolv, a weapons detection company that has faced scrutiny over its machines' accuracy, to test AI-based gun detectors on the subway

Meredith Whittaker / LPE Project:
The TikTok divestment bill will not offer any meaningful privacy protection from China, but it will further entrench the dominance of US-based social networks

Sam Kim / Bloomberg:
South Korean national statistics data: chip output grew 65.3% YoY in February 2024, the most since late 2009, with demand for AI-related memory driving growth

 
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