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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 …
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
The Daily Wire says it has 1M+ paid subscribers to its streamer DailyWire+ and 100K subscriptions to its razor brand, and projects $200M in 2022 revenue — The Daily Wire, a conservative media and entertainment company, says it now has more than 1 million paid subscribers to its streaming service DailyWire+.
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Eberechukwu Etike / Technext:
Google launches the Google News Equity Fund to increase inclusiveness and diversity in media, with money going to 450 news organizations in 52 countries — 450 news organisations from 52 countries will receive funding from this year's Google News Equity Fund, according to a statement from Google.
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@kcbeacon, The Current and Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
@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/...
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Media Matters for America:
Fox News decreased crime coverage 63% in the week of the midterms compared to the week prior and 50% compared to the average between Labor Day and November 4 — Fox News significantly decreased its volume of violent crime coverage in the week of the midterms, down 63% from the week prior.
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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 …
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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 …
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Q&A with Condé Nast CEO Roger Lynch, who expects print ad revenue, which was two-thirds of revenue six or seven years ago, to be below 10% within five years — The exec talks candidly about the effort to mine archives for film and TV projects, weathering an advertising downturn …
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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/...
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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.
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Complete Music Update, Billboard and TMZ.com
Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
Report: Americans aged 13+ spend 29% of their listening time on spoken word audio, up 45% since 2014; time spent listening to radio news fell from 81% to 62% — A new study shows more young Americans are listening to news, podcasts, and audiobooks than ever.
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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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@globalrepcentre, @dfrlab, @dfrlab, @globalrepcentre, @globalrepcentre and Global Reporting Centre