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9:20 AM ET, December 14, 2022

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Platformer:
Sources: Twitter is considering forcing all users to opt in to personalized ads and share their location data but may let Blue users opt out of personalized ads  —  Agree to personalize your ads — or else  —  A month ago, when Elon Musk's Twitter first set out to revamp the Twitter Blue subscription …
Platformer:
Casey Newton plans to use Twitter only to share new Platformer posts and won't break Twitter news with tweets anymore, as other big voices leave the service  —  PLUS: Why it's time to start leaving Twitter behind  —  On Sunday, Elon Musk tweeted a vague warning: “the bots are in for a surprise tomorrow.”
John Raby / Associated Press:
Three Charleston Gazette-Mail reporters in West Virginia say they were fired for publicly criticizing their company president's interview with an ex-coal CEO  —  Three reporters from a Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper in West Virginia say they have been fired after publicly criticizing …
Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Q&A with Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg on closing the Tumblr deal, profitability, content moderation, Apple's rules, Twitter, lessons for Elon Musk, and more  —  What can Elon learn from Tumblr?  —  We have to talk about Twitter, right?  Elon Musk bought it.
Sarah Krouse / Wall Street Journal:
Verizon partners with Netflix to give some customers who subscribe to another service using its +play marketplace a one year Netflix subscription for free  —  Amazon, Apple and YouTube woo customers with streaming marketplaces  —  Verizon Communications Inc. VZ -0.24%decrease …
Jennifer Maas / Variety:
HBO removes Westworld, The Nevers, and other series from HBO Max as part of Warner Bros. Discovery's plans to cut costs, including by saving on residuals  —  “The Nevers” has been canceled halfway through its first season by HBO.  The Joss Whedon-created sci-fi drama will be pulled …
Céline Gounder / Fútbol with Grant Wahl:
Grant Wahl's wife Céline Gounder says the US soccer journalist died of an undetected ascending aortic aneurysm and there was nothing nefarious about his death  —  First and foremost, on behalf of myself and our family, I want to express our deepest gratitude for the outpouring of support …
Tom Tapp / Deadline:
Allen Media Group's ad-supported streaming service Local Now plans to add local PBS stations that reach audiences in 300+ markets and the PBS Kids 24/7 channel  —  EXCLUSIVE: Allen Media Group's free streaming service for local news and entertainment Local Now announced today a partnership …
Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Jeff Zucker joins RedBird and IMI's new joint venture as CEO, where he will deploy $1B to build, buy, and invest in sports, media, and entertainment entities  —  New venture is partnership between International Media Investments and RedBird, part owner of Boston Red Sox and LeBron James's entertainment company
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Bari Weiss and Nellie Bowles launch The Free Press, hiring 10 full-time employees and more than 12 contractors to publish Substack newsletters and podcasts  —  Bari Weiss, the New York Times columnist turned independent newsletter writer, has hired ten full-time employees and over a dozen contractors …
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
YouTube expands its tools to curtail toxic comments, sending users a notification when their comment is removed and temporarily banning them from commenting  —  Toxic and hateful comments on YouTube have been a constant headache for the company, creators and users.
 
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Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority:
Source: Google has canceled the development of a second-generation Pixel Tablet, planned for release in 2025, due to concerns that it wouldn't sell very well

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is testing a more conversational version of Siri, dubbed “LLM Siri”, with plans to release it in spring 2026 as part of iOS 19 and macOS 16

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