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12:35 PM ET, November 15, 2022

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Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Sources: Protocol, the tech news-focused website launched by Robert Allbritton in early 2020, will shutter later this week and lay off its entire staff of ~60  —  New York CNN Business —  Protocol, the upstart technology news website launched by former Politico owner and publisher Robert Allbritton …
Matt Novak / Gizmodo:
The New York Times' bizarre SBF profile presents the disgraced founder through a gauzy lens, fails to challenge him, and gives him the benefit of the doubt  —  FTX filed for bankruptcy on Friday, leaving reasonable people to wonder how a cryptocurrency platform founded in 2019 …
Alex Sherman / CNBC:
David Zaslav says the ad market is weaker than at any point in 2020 and that HBO went from making $2B in 2019 to losing ~$3B in 2021 as content spending surged  —  - Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav spoke Tuesday at RBC's 2022 Global TIMT Conference in New York.
Isabel Debre / Associated Press:
Israel says the US DOJ opened an investigation into the fatal shooting of Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, calling the probe a “grave mistake”  —  Israel's Defense Minister Benny Gantz said Monday the U.S. Department of Justice has launched an investigation …
Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
Meta eliminated many journalism-adjacent positions as part of its 11K layoffs, including David Grant, The Meta Journalism Project Accelerator's program manager  —  “Meta had the resources at its peak to do incredible things.  Not just the dollars, but the encouragement to think of the best outcome possible …
Axios:
Sources: the consortium in exclusive talks to buy Forbes includes investment firms GSV Ventures and SUN Group, in a deal that values Forbes at ~$800M  —  After a chaotic path ended in a failed SPAC IPO earlier this year, Forbes Media is now in exclusive talks to sell to a consortium of investors …
Larry Edelman / The Boston Globe:
The Boston Globe announces NPR SVP for News Nancy Barnes will be its next editor, succeeding Brian McGrory on February 1 to become the first woman in the role  —  The Boston Globe announced Monday that Nancy Barnes would be its next editor, tapping a deeply experienced journalist …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Sources: European PE firm CVC and media collective Group Black are pursuing a joint bid to buy Vox Media, though Vox is not looking to sell  —  CVC Capital Partners and Group Black are pursuing a joint bid to buy Vox Media, according to sources familiar with the matter.
Discussion: @jessicalessin and @joshtpm
Christopher Palmeri / Bloomberg:
Disney plans to air the first two episodes of Andor on Hulu, ABC, FX, and Freeform cable channels starting November 23 as a way to promote Disney+  —  Walt Disney Co. will air the first two episodes of its Star Wars TV series Andor on several of its broadcast and cable TV outlets …
Vince Grzegorek / Cleveland Scene:
Nonprofit outlet Signal Cleveland launches today with $7.5M in funding; the work of Documenters, who cover public meetings, will be under the outlet's umbrella  —  The nonprofit outlet with more than a dozen staffers began publishing today … Signal Cleveland, the new nonprofit media outlet created …
Discussion: Axios and Poynter
Stuart Dredge / Music Ally:
Tencent Music reports Q3 revenue down 5.6% YoY to ~$1.04B and net profit up 38.7% YoY to ~$154M; paying subscribers grew 19.8% YoY to 85.3M  —  Chinese music-streaming giant Tencent Music Entertainment (TME) has published its financial results for the third quarter of 2022.
 
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
VOA removed without explanation a story about undiplomatic comments made by the Vietnamese prime minister after complaints from a Vietnamese embassy official
Seb Joseph / Digiday:
Document: GroupM warns clients Twitter is a “high risk” media buy due to senior executive resignations, Blue check abuse, and possible consent decree violations
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CNN's “interview” with Jeff Bezos, where he gave the broad but non-specific promise that he plans to give most of his money to charity, is shameful PR nonsense
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Brad Stone / Bloomberg:
Sequoia deleting its 14,000-word SBF profile by journalist Adam Fischer shows VCs' media pivot isn't about informing readers but spreading corporate propaganda
Shawn McCreesh / New York Magazine:
An interview with Axel Springer CEO Mathias Döpfner on expanding Politico to foreign capitals by adding 100-150 staff, advising Elon Musk on Twitter, and more
Max Tani / Semafor:
A look at the New York Post under Editor-in-Chief Keith Poole, as the ex-Sun digital editor tries to attract a national audience by taking on the MailOnline
Richard Rushfield / The Ankler:
Source: Michael Lewis shadowed Sam Bankman-Fried for the past six months and the CAA is pitching Lewis' yet-to-be-written book on FTX's fall to Hollywood buyers