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6:20 PM ET, January 11, 2023

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Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
NBC broadcasting the tarnished Golden Globes again shows the awards are about business and Hollywood has dropped any pretense of celebrating artistic excellence  —  Amid a few awkward moments, the industry's stars mostly embraced the chance to accept film and TV trophies in hopes of a bump in business and award-season momentum.
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Gabe Cohn / New York Times:
A complete list of the 2023 winners at the 80th Golden Globe Awards hosted by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association  —  The winning films, TV shows, actors and production teams at the 2023 Golden Globe Awards.  —  Going into a typical awards show, the big question is, of course, who and what will win the top honors.
New York Times:
Noah Oppenheim is leaving NBC News in a reorganization; NBCUniversal appoints Rebecca Blumenstein, a top New York Times editor, as NBC News' editorial president  —  The appointment of Ms. Blumenstein, a deputy managing editor at The Times, is a part of a broad overhaul of the news division at NBCUniversal.
Helen Coster / Reuters:
Union email: Dow Jones, which owns The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, and MarketWatch, is laying off staff; no WSJ newsroom cuts are expected in this round  —  Dow Jones, a division of News Corp that includes the financial news outlets the Wall Street Journal, Barron's and MarketWatch …
Frank Landymore / Futurism:
CNET has been using AI, which it calls automation technology, to write financial explainer posts under a CNET Money Staff byline, apparently since November 2022  —  Next time you're on your favorite news site, you might want to double check the byline to see if it was written by an actual human.
The Information:
Sources: GroupM clients cut Twitter ad spend by 40%-50% since Elon Musk took over; Standard Media Index is seeing fewer January and February ad bookings in 2023  —  Twitter's ad business is not recovering.  —  Clients of WPP-owned GroupM, the world's largest ad-buying firm …
Makena Kelly / The Verge:
Sources: Parler's parent company laid off ~75% of its staff and most of its chief executives over the past few weeks, leaving the social app with ~20 employees  —  Parlement Technologies, the parent company of “censorship-free” social media platform Parler, has laid off a majority of its staff …
Sarah Whitten / CNBC:
Disney names Nike Executive Chairman Mark Parker as its next chairman and fights investor Nelson Peltz's effort to join its board; Parker succeeds Susan Arnold  —  - Disney has named Mark Parker, the executive chairman of Nike, its new chairman of the board.
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: in late 2022, Netflix stopped letting director-level staff see other employees' salaries, a major shift for a company offering rare pay transparency  —  Employees at the director level lost ability to view colleagues' pay data late last year  —  Employers List Wide Salary Ranges in Ways That Sidestep Pay Transparency Law
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Jessica Chasmar / Fox News:
US Representative Matt Gaetz introduces an amendment to allow C-SPAN cameras on the House floor during normal proceedings, replacing the “antiquated” pool view
 
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Dan Milmo / The Guardian:
The Guardian confirms the outlet was hit with a ransomware attack in December 2022 and that the personal data of UK staff was accessed, possibly via phishing
Dan Zak / Washington Post:
A look at Matt Yglesias' boring journey toward the political center, as 13,000+ Substack users pay $80/year for his slightly contrarian, mildly annoying takes
Tyler Coates / The Hollywood Reporter:
Netflix plans to stream the SAG Awards globally starting in 2024, as part of a multiyear deal; the 2023 ceremony will stream on Netflix's YouTube channel
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Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Cybersecurity reporter Eric Geller is no longer with Politico after an inflammatory December 31 tweet he sent and then deleted about the late Pope Benedict XVI
Sam Roberts / New York Times:
Blake Hounshell, who wrote The New York Times' On Politics newsletter, dies at 44; his family said he died “after a long and courageous battle with depression”
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
WWE co-CEO Stephanie McMahon resigns, less than a week after her father, Vince, fired three board members, replacing them with himself and two former executives
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Paresh Dave / Wired:
Google says it wouldn't force its device makers, browser, and wireless carrier licensees to distribute Gemini to US users for three years, in a proposed remedy

Wall Street Journal:
Gina Raimondo says holding back China in the chips race is a “fool's errand”, and investment, more than export controls, will keep US ahead of Beijing
 
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