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8:00 PM ET, January 5, 2023

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Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
Pop-Up Magazine shuts down after hosting live storytelling shows since its 2009 launch, citing the pandemic and economic downturn and affecting 18+ employees  —  The live events publisher explored a sale or investment prior to closing  —  The live performance publisher Pop-Up Magazine …
Lauren Thomas / Wall Street Journal:
Vince McMahon plans to return to WWE to pursue a sale of the business, after retiring as CEO and chairman in July 2022 amid sexual misconduct claims against him  —  Vince McMahon, the majority owner and former chief executive of World Wrestling Entertainment Inc., WWE 2.26%increase …
Dave Biscobing / ABC15:
After The Wall Street Journal asked for a review, Phoenix police investigate an officer handcuffing and detaining WSJ reporter Dion Rabouin in November 2022  —  PHOENIX — The Wall Street Journal is demanding the Phoenix Police Department conduct an internal review and take action …
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Gene Maddaus / Variety:
Universal Music Group sues Triller, alleging the short-form video app has not paid its invoices for the past nine months, violating their licensing agreement  —  Universal Music Group sued Triller on Thursday, alleging that the video-sharing app has failed to make payments for the last nine months …
Charlotte Klein / Vanity Fair:
The New York Times has yet to hire a media columnist, a year after Ben Smith left; sources: the NYT has talked to Sarah Ellison, Brian Stelter, and Dylan Byers  —  One of the highest perches in the industry has been vacant for a year, leaving journalists inside and outside the paper puzzled about management's lack of urgency.
Leyland Cecco / The Guardian:
Apple quietly launches a catalog of books narrated by AI on its Books app, in a move that publishers, authors, and agents warn may upend the audiobook market  —  Exclusive: tech firm quietly launches new audiobook catalogue narrated by AI - but move expected to spark backlash
Ben Schoon / 9to5Google:
Google says Android TV OS, the underlying platform for Google TV and Android TV, now has 150M monthly active devices, up 36%+ YoY  —  At CES 2023 this week Google is sharing an update on how many devices are now using Google TV and Android TV, with 150 million devices in the hands of users.
Wayne Friedman / MediaPost:
iSpot.tv: in 2022, US TV ad impressions fell 3.5% YoY to 8T and TV ad spend grew 6.1% YoY to $45.36B; CBS had the greatest share of TV ad impressions at 14.55%  —  Total TV advertising impressions in 2022 from linear, streaming and local programming were down 3.5% versus the year before to 8.0 trillion, according to iSpot.tv.
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Erin Woo / The Information:
Source: Twitter laid off ~40 ad optimization data scientists and engineers, as the company targets areas that leadership considers to be failing or unimportant  —  Twitter laid off about 40 data scientists and engineers working on advertising late Wednesday night in what amounted to at least …
J. Clara Chan / The Hollywood Reporter:
TikTok plans to license IMDb data to let US and UK users tag movies and TV shows and access an in-app page with more information, like the cast and release date  —  Users will be able to tag a specific work and have access to a dedicated in-app page with relevant information about the title …
Financial Times:
The UK government confirms dropping its privatization plans for Channel 4, opting instead for reforms to preserve the broadcaster's financial sustainability  —  Whitehall rejects privatisation in favour of reforms to preserve broadcaster's financial sustainability
 
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Hanaa' Tameez / Nieman Lab:
A profile of New Lines, an online-only magazine with a remote staff of 25 focused on local reporting from around the world, now printing quarterly editions
Ronan Shields / Digiday:
The Trade Desk announces Galileo, a demand-side platform based on its Unified ID 2.0 tool, and says that more than 50 North American media owners are using UID2
Jennifer Maas / Variety:
WBD CFO Gunnar Wiedenfels says the company has ended its 12-month restructuring phase after merging with WarnerMedia and 2023 is for “relaunching and building”
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Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post:
After FTX collapsed, “citizen journalists” like @AutismCapital, Coffeezilla, and Doomberg beat out mainstream outlets by alleging wrongdoing and adding analysis
Dana Gerber / The Boston Globe:
A look at three independent Marblehead, Massachusetts news outlets launched in 2022 to fill the void left by Gannett making the Marblehead Reporter go regional
Vincent Manancourt / Politico:
The Irish DPC fines Meta €390M over GDPR breaches related to its ad and data handling practices, giving the company three months to comply; Meta plans to appeal
Chris Welch / The Verge:
Roku plans to launch its own TVs in spring 2023 across two brands, Roku Select and a higher-end Roku Plus, ranging from 24 inches for $119 to 75 inches for $999