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4:55 PM ET, December 12, 2022

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News Corp names Sunday Times Editor Emma Tucker as EIC of The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones, starting on February 1 as the first woman to lead the WSJ — Currently the editor of the Sunday Times in the U.K., Ms. Tucker will assume her new position at the Journal on Feb. 1

Twitter:

Twitter relaunches Blue for $8/month on the web and $11/month on iOS with a checkmark after an account review, 1080p video uploads, an edit button, and more — we're relaunching @TwitterBlue on Monday - subscribe on web for $8/month or on iOS for $11/month to get access to subscriber-only features, including the blue checkmark 🧵 https://twitter.com/...

@bookforum:

Bookforum announces plans to close after 28 years and that its current December/January/February issue will be the magazine's last — https://twitter.com/...

Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:

UK-based LGBTQ+ outlet Pink News adds an “uplifting” stories filter to its app after studies show more consumers avoid news because of its impact on their mood — The LGBTQ+ brand has added an “uplifting” news feature to its new app. — LGBTQ+ brand Pink News has given …

Igor Bonifacic / Engadget:

Twitter rolls out Community Notes, the crowd-powered feature to fact check tweets previously known as Birdwatch, to all users worldwide — Twitter has begun rolling out Community Notes to all of its users globally, the company announced on Saturday. Previously known as Birdwatch …

Discussion: @communitynotes, CNET, Adweek, @kcoleman, TechCrunch, @akwyz and iPhone in Canada Blog, more at Techmeme »

Mark Stenberg / Adweek:

Justin Smith says Semafor is on pace to generate ~30% of its first-year revenue from events arm SemaforX and is planning 40+ events in 2023, up from 15 in 2022 — The publisher, whose inaugural Africa Week begins Monday, will host 40+ events in 2023 — The news and business publisher Semafor …

Discussion: @seangriffey, @markstenberg3, @justin_b_smith and Semafor

Freedom of the Press Foundation:

A coalition of ~40 press rights and civil liberties organizations urges Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to get PRESS Act to a vote before Congress adjourns — Promoting press freedom in the 21st century — FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — A coalition of nearly 40 press freedom …

Discussion: @trevortimm and @evan_greer

Brooks Barnes / New York Times:

Oscar-oriented films flatline at the box office because people have grown comfortable watching them at home, but studios still seem to be grasping for answers — The kind of critically praised dramas that often dominate the awards season are falling flat at the box office, failing to justify the money it takes to make them.

Michael Levenson / New York Times:

Electric carmakers are dropping AM radios, saying electromagnetic interference causes static and noise, and US radio stations claim to be losing core listeners — Carmakers say electromagnetic interference causes static and noise on AM transmissions, annoying customers.

Discussion: @sazeracnela, @johnvoelcker, @torriangray, @katehinds, @billbartholomew, @okourgiantakis, @mitchlafon, @nytimesbusiness and @nytimes

Brooks Barnes / New York Times:

The HFPA announces the 2023 nominations for the Golden Globes, which will air on NBC and stream on NBCUniversal's Peacock in January as part of a one-year trial — The tarnished awards ceremony will air on NBC in January in a one-year trial. But which stars will show up to collect their trophies?

Discussion: Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, Breitbart, IndieWire, E! Online, Vanity Fair, The Wrap, Variety, W, @gabrielsherman, @brooksbarnesnyt, @rihanna, Deadline, Los Angeles Times and GoldDerby

Bron Maher / Press Gazette:

Analysis: the US and the UK have seen 1,391 editorial layoffs in 2022 so far, including 50% since October and 25%+ in the past month, compared to 527 hires — Of 1,391 redundancies tracked in 2022, half occurred since the last days of September. — Journalist redundancies appear to be rising …

Arjun Neil Alim / Financial Times:

BBC DG Tim Davie calls for “serious public service investment” in the World Service, in face of high spending by Russia and China on their state-backed services — Tim Davie calls for ‘serious public service investment’ in face of high spending by Russia and China

Discussion: @arjunneilalim and @hare_brain

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Poynter:
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