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2:40 PM ET, December 12, 2022

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Wall Street Journal:
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
@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 …
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/...
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.
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?
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 investment by Russia and China in state-backed services  —  Tim Davie calls for ‘serious public service investment’ in face of high spending by Russia and China
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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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
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
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
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
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VUit, a live news streaming service, reaches a carriage rights deal to add local CBS news stations in over a dozen markets, including New York and Los Angeles
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
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[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
 

 
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