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6:00 PM ET, September 20, 2022

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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
YouTube unveils Creator Music, which lets creators browse a catalog and use songs by buying rights or sharing revenue, launching out of beta in the US this fall  —  In addition to the groundbreaking news that YouTube would begin to monetize Shorts videos and revamp its Partner Program …
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J. Clara Chan / The Hollywood Reporter:
Spotify launches a US audiobook service with 300K titles from major and independent publishers; 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 …
Scott Feinberg / The Hollywood Reporter:
NBC plans to air the 80th Golden Globes awards on January 10, 2023, as part of a one-year agreement to let the HFPA “explore new opportunities” for distribution  —  The TV network announced on Tuesday that it is bringing the awards ceremony back to its airwaves on Tuesday …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
The Atlantic's first film and first series are airing soon on Peacock, part of a wider licensing push; the outlet has 12 more projects optioned or in production  —  The Atlantic is pushing aggressively into film and TV projects as part of a wider licensing revenue push.
Nicole Gaudiano / Insider:
A new book says that under White House pressure, Fox News' Bret Baier emailed the network's president during the 2020 election to urge calling Arizona for Trump  —  - Fox News anchor Bret Baier “was ready to give into” pressure from Trump after the network said he lost Arizona, new book says.
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 …
Pew Research Center:
Survey of US adults: 31% get news on Facebook, 25% on YouTube, 14% on Twitter, 13% on Instagram, and 10% on TikTok; a third of TikTok users get news on the app  —  Digital news has become an important part of Americans' news media diets, with social media playing a crucial role in news consumption.
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.
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.
Jesse Whittock / Deadline:
Fox re-enters the international distribution business with Fox Entertainment Global; its former international sales arm was integrated into Disney's in 2019  —  Fox Entertainment is re-entering the international distribution business by launching a sales unit ahead of Mipcom Cannes next month.
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Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Facebook adds Pages features to let creators endorse each other, make content exclusive to top fans and subscribers, earn “rising creator” labels, and more
Murray Stassen / Music Business Worldwide:
Memo: Kobalt Music strikes a new licensing deal with Meta, after pulling 700K songs from Facebook and Instagram in the US in July due to failed negotiations
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
Jessica Elgot / The Guardian:
The UK's new Culture Secretary Michelle Donelan plans to review privatizing Channel 4 and scrapping the BBC license fee
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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
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
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
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