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11:05 PM ET, January 2, 2023

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Debbie Elliott / NPR:
Former staff reminisce about The Birmingham News, as three big Alabama newspapers plan to go digital-only after February 26, 2023, due to low circulation  —  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — It's gotten harder to find a sidewalk newspaper box to buy a copy of The Birmingham News, but you can find the latest edition at the public library downtown.
Rowan Moore Gerety / Esquire:
A profile of Channel 5 News frontman Andrew Callaghan, whose YouTube channel has become a reporting powerhouse with 2.2M subscribers and ~$100K/month on Patreon  —  They've gone from upstart YouTube channel to undeniably influential reporting powerhouse.  And they're just getting started.
Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
The NFL postponed the Monday Night Football Bills-Bengals game after Bills player Damar Hamlin collapsed and an ambulance took him off the field following a hit  —  The “Monday Night Football” game between the Buffalo Bills and Cincinnati Bengals was suspended in the first quarter …
Elsa Keslassy / Variety:
France's César Awards won't invite anybody indicted or sentenced for acts of sexual or sexist violence, after facing walkouts regarding Roman Polanski in 2020  —  The French César Academy, the French equivalent to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
After a tough year, Paramount, Warner Bros. Discovery, Disney, and Comcast don't expect their standalone streaming services to break even before 2024 or 2025  —  2022 was one of the hardest years ever for traditional television companies — and it's only expected to get worse as the ad market continues …
Luke DeCock / Raleigh News & Observer:
Learfield Communications indefinitely suspends North Carolina State radio announcer Gary Hahn for referencing “illegal aliens” during a football game broadcast  —  N.C. State radio broadcaster Gary Hahn has been suspended indefinitely after making a reference to “illegal aliens” …
Melissa Korn / Wall Street Journal:
US News & World Report plans to revamp some elements of its law school ranking, after deans at 12 of the top 14 schools publicly challenged the list's value  —  Publication to make changes in wake of public rebuke by top-ranked schools  —  U.S. News & World Report is revamping some elements …
 
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Salem Solomon / Voice of America:
A profile of Lucy Kassa, a Magnitsky Award-winning journalist who covered the war in Ethiopia's Tigray but left after three armed men attacked her in her home
Discussion: @cfwij, @ifex, @tvbempt and @martinplaut
Rebecca Ratcliffe / The Guardian:
A look at the murder of broadcaster Percy Mabasa, known as Percy Lapid, and how his killing amplified calls to fix threats against the media in the Philippines
Matthew Carey / Deadline:
Q&A with All the Beauty and the Bloodshed director Laura Poitras on telling the story of artist Nan Goldin's campaign to hold the Sackler family accountable
Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post:
A look at Dear Media, a podcast network launched in 2018 for women listeners that helps female influencers build large brands, reaching 200M+ downloads in 2022
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Barbara Walters, the first female anchor in US TV evening news and a trailblazer whose career spanned over six decades from 1951 to 2016, dies at 93
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The Intercept:
Hacked VGTRK emails show a July 2021 deal between Russia's and China's government ministries and outlets to cooperate on media narratives, including on Ukraine
Mike Barnes / The Hollywood Reporter:
Robert J. Dowling, who led The Hollywood Reporter from 1988 to 2005, dies at age 83 in his Santa Monica home after a short battle with cancer
 

 
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Jennifer Elias / CNBC:
Sources: Google laid off at least 200 employees from its “Core” teams, including its Python developer team, and plans to move some roles to Mexico and India

Leah Nylen / Bloomberg:
US v. Google: Google paid Apple $20B in 2022 to be the default search engine in Safari; in 2020, Google's payments constituted 17.5% of Apple's operating income

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch:
UnitedHealth CEO Andrew Witty testifies that the Change Healthcare hack impacted “maybe a third” of Americans and it'll take “several months” to notify victims
 
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