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8:05 AM ET, November 18, 2022

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Associated Press:
The White House issues a non-binding request that Mohammed bin Salman should be immune from a lawsuit over Jamal Khashoggi's killing; a judge must now decide  —  The Biden administration declared Thursday that Saudi Arabia's crown prince should be considered immune from a lawsuit over his role …
@nicolemfoy:
Memo: Gannett plans layoffs, a month after imposing furloughs, giving the news division notice on December 1 and December 2; other divisions will also face cuts  —  another round of Gannett layoffs announced today, planned for Dec. 1 and 2 https://twitter.com/...
Katie Robertson / New York Times:
The New York Times names Steven Ginsberg, a managing editor at the Washington Post, as executive editor of The Athletic, starting on January 3  —  Mr. Ginsberg, a longtime editor at The Washington Post, will start in the newly created role in January.  —  The Athletic, the sports website owned …
Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
Internal email: Morning Brew CEO Austin Rief says the outlet plans to lay off 14% of its staff due to “uncertainty” among its advertisers as the economy evolves  —  Morning Brew is laying off 14% of its staff, per an internal email this morning. CEO Austin Rief says the cuts are due to “a lot of fear and uncertainty” in the economy which is spooking advertisers. https://twitter.com/...
Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
Drake and 21 Savage agree to a preliminary injunction against resuming their marketing campaign that used a fake Vogue magazine cover  —  Drake and 21 Savage have stopped using Vogue trademarks to promote their new No. 1 album “Her Loss,” and agreed to a preliminary injunction against resuming their campaign.
Mia Sato / The Verge:
How BuzzFeed built a media empire by repackaging content from social media sites like Reddit and Tumblr, a strategy now less effective as it is no longer unique  —  BuzzFeed built a digital media empire in part by aggregating viral content from social media.  A decade later, what's next?
Elizabeth Wagmeister / Variety:
She Said, a movie about Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor's investigation into Harvey Weinstein, is coming out today; survivors consulted and act in the film  —  Five years after allegations surfaced against Harvey Weinstein, the bombshell investigation that exposed the movie titan …
Thomas Buckley / Bloomberg:
Hasbro decides to sell most of Entertainment One, whose content is for adults; sources: EOne's media assets generated ~$1B in 2021 revenue, or ~16% for Hasbro  —  Hasbro Inc., which has been weighing options for its Entertainment One media division, has decided to put most of the business up for sale.
DFRLab:
DFRLab found 43 Facebook accounts with fake profiles that ran coordinated online campaigns to malign Moroccan journalists; Meta removed the accounts in May 2022  —  Facebook removed a network of user accounts with potential links to Morocco-based campaign de-platformed in 2021
 
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Filing: Roku plans to reduce its workforce by about 5%, representing roughly 200 jobs, in Q4 2022 and into Q1 2023, “due to current economic conditions”
Elizabeth A. Harris / New York Times:
Princeton professor Imani Perry wins the nonfiction National Book Award for South to America: a Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
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Matthew Keys / Radio Ink:
NPR News plans to open a Kyiv bureau led by international correspondent Joanna Kakissis for more “consistency and depth” in covering the Ukraine-Russia conflict
Mathew Ingram / Columbia Journalism Review:
About 45 Mastodon servers out of ~12K block journa.host, a server for journalists, as reporters move with Twitter habits like “mining social media for fodder”
Ben Mullin / @benmullin:
Internal memo: Vice Media CEO Nancy Dubuc tells staff the company's goal is to “reduce our cost structure by up to 15%” as management finalizes the 2023 budget