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2:25 PM ET, December 21, 2022

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NPR:
A freelance ABC News producer was working for a consulting firm representing utility companies; sources: she falsely traded on her work for ABC at least thrice  —  NPR's David Folkenflik reported this story with Mario Ariza and Miranda Green of Floodlight, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates …
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: the NFL is in advanced talks to give YouTube exclusive Sunday Ticket rights; a deal could be reached as early as December 21 after an NFL owner meeting  —  DirecTV currently pays for rights to subscription package that allows football fans to watch most Sunday afternoon games
Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
The Guardian says it has been hit with a “serious incident” affecting IT systems, believed to be a ransomware attack; online publishing is largely unaffected  —  Incident has hit parts of media company's technology infrastructure, with staff told to work from home
Anne Steele / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Justin Bieber is close to a deal to sell his music rights to Blackstone-backed Hipgnosis Songs Capital in a transaction valued at around $200M  —  Expected deal for star's publishing and recorded music includes hit songs ‘Love Yourself’ and ‘Baby’  —  Justin Bieber is close to a deal …
Micah Lee / The Intercept:
Donie O'Sullivan, Drew Harwell, and other journalists remain locked out of their Twitter accounts despite lifted suspensions, until they delete a specific tweet  —  I've been writing critically about billionaire Elon Musk since he took over Twitter — particularly about his “free speech” …
Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
Vox Media plans to return nearly all of a $200,000 grant from Sam Bankman-Fried's foundation; others like Semafor and The Intercept await investigation details  —  ProPublica and Vox Media plan to give back journalism grants from the indicted crypto tycoon.  Other newsrooms have been less clear.
BreAnna Bell / Variety:
Netflix will add Nike Training Club workouts to its offerings from December 30, with plans to add over 90 Nike Training Club workouts in total  —  Netflix is adding Nike Training Club workouts to its offerings, the streamer announced on Wednesday.  —  The first five programs including …
Discussion: CNET, Deadline and IndieWire
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Deep Voodoo, founded by South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone to develop deepfake technology and cost-effective visual effects, raised $20M  —  The creators of “South Park” have secured a $20 million investment for their AI entertainment startup Deep Voodoo.
Laura Barton / The Guardian:
Q&A with two true-crime podcasters who have helped the genre become a vital new form of investigative journalism, taking inspiration from Serial, and more  —  Mandy Matney's Murdaugh Murders and Hedley Thomas's The Teacher's Pet have recently seen the subjects of their investigations jailed.
Discussion: @janebsinger and Slate
Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
Twitter says Community Notes will now require that contributors achieve a “Rating Impact” of 5+ by rating enough notes before they can write notes themselves  —  Twitter has announced that its recently released Community Notes feature will now require all contributors to rate …
Discussion: Adweek and @grrlscientist
Agence France-Presse:
Mirror Group Newspapers apologizes to Princess Diana's former butler and will pay substantial damages in a phone hacking case involving his voicemail messages  —  Member of the British royal family; first wife of Prince Charles (1961-1997)  —  Former domestic servant of the British Royal Household
Jake Kanter / Deadline:
An investigation details BBC StoryWorks' partnerships with at least 18 Chinese clients since 2015, including producing tourism campaigns for state media outlets  —  EXCLUSIVE: When BBC journalist Edward Lawrence was detained and beaten by Chinese police during anti-lockdown protests last month, the condemnation was swift.
 
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Stephanie Sugars / U.S. Press Freedom Tracker:
In 2022, 12 US journalists were arrested or detained, far fewer than in 2020 or 2021; eight were detained during a weekend of protests over reproductive rights
Nate Raymond / Reuters:
US lawmakers left out a proposal from the $1.7T omnibus spending bill to make the PACER online court records system free
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David Satin / The Streamable:
Ampere Analysis: the Disney Bundle is an effective tool against price sensitivity among customers and 32% of Hulu's total users have bundled it with Disney+
Olivia Konotey-Ahulu / Bloomberg:
Sources: the UK's Telegraph Media Group cuts UK staff paternity leave from six months to two, citing “significant operational challenges” since the 2019 policy
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Insider Intelligence: Google will capture 28.8% of US digital ad revenue in 2022 and Meta will grab 19.6%, for a combined 48.4%, down from a 54.7% peak in 2017
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Twitter pilots Blue for Business with some accounts, helping publishers identify brands and key employees associated with them via badges