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2:05 AM ET, December 11, 2022

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Russell Lewis / NPR:
Longtime sportswriter Grant Wahl dies at 48, after collapsing while covering the Argentina-Netherlands quarterfinal at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Doha, Qatar  —  Longtime soccer sportswriter Grant Wahl died on Friday while covering the Argentina-Netherlands quarterfinal at the 2022 World Cup in Doha, Qatar.
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Twitter:
Twitter to relaunch Blue on December 12 for $8/month on the web and $11/month on iOS with a checkmark after account review, 1080p uploads, 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/...
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Sources: Alameda secretly loaned $43M to LLCs tied to The Block CEO Michael McCaffrey, used in part to buy and run the crypto news site; McCaffrey resigns  —  The Block, a media company that says it covers crypto news independently, has been secretly funded for over a year with money funneled …
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
Matt Taibbi and Bari Weiss have performed revelatory journalism about themselves as they promote lies and conservative misinformation through “Twitter Files”  —  But it is actually a tool of progressive power.  While you were hypnotized by viral memes, a cabal …
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Jeremy Littau / @jeremylittau:
[Thread] The “bombshell” Twitter Files show the value of skeptical editors who strengthen stories by poking holes in reporting that uses cherry-picked examples
Poynter:
Asian American Journalists Association report for July to September 2021: in the top 20 TV markets, 24% of local US stations did not have AAPI reporters on air  —  The Asian American Journalists Association found that in the top 20 markets, 24% of stations do not have any AAPI reporters on air.
James Fallows / Breaking the News:
More questions for ProPublica about its COVID-19 lab leak report and its Editor's Note following criticism, after ProPublica declines to comment on its process  —  Its officials say they will ‘have no further comment’ on their gravely flawed Lab Leak article.  Here is what I would ask them, if I could.
Kanis Leung / Associated Press:
A Hong Kong court sentences Apple Daily founder Jimmy Lai to five years and nine months in prison over two fraud charges linked to lease violations  —  A Hong Kong court sentenced a pro-democracy media tycoon to five years and nine months in prison on Saturday over two fraud charges linked …
Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg:
Molly White / @molly0xfff:
[Thread] Bloomberg, The New York Times, Dow Jones, and The Financial Times intervene in FTX's bankruptcy case, requesting to unseal customer and creditor lists  —  A group of media outlets—Bloomberg, the NYT, Dow Jones & Co, and the Financial Times—just filed a motion to intervene in the FTX case, requesting that FTX be required to unseal customer and creditor lists.
Sheila Dang / Reuters:
Twitter emails advertisers about plans to launch controls to prevent their ads from showing up next to tweets with certain keywords, as soon as next week  —  Twitter Inc will roll out new controls as soon as next week to let companies prevent their ads from appearing above …
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Garett Sloane / Ad Age:   Source: Twitter is pitching last-minute heavily discounted ad packages for World Cup content, which may signal ad revenue trouble for the Super Bowl and Oscars
Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
CBS held its scoop about Brittney Griner's imminent release for a week, at the White House's request, and a source says another news outlet held it for a day  —  The first news organization to pin down the news of the WNBA star's release from a Russian prison agreed to a White House request to delay the story
 
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