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5:00 PM ET, January 11, 2023

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New York Times:
Noah Oppenheim is leaving NBC News as part of a reorganization; Rebecca Blumenstein, a top editor at NYT, will become the president of editorial for NBC News  —  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.
Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
The return of the tarnished Golden Globes, broadcast by NBC, shows Hollywood has dropped any pretense that the awards celebrate excellence, not business  —  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 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.
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 …
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
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  —  The company will also livestream the 2023 ceremony on its YouTube page ahead of its multi-year partnership with the Screen Actors Guild.
Frank Landymore / Futurism:
CNET has been using automation, or AI, to produce financial explainer posts with “CNET Money Staff” bylines, apparently starting in 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.
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  —  Media firm says personal data of UK staff members was accessed in ‘highly sophisticated’ cyber-attack last month
Thomas Seal / Bloomberg:
Sports streaming service DAZN reports revenue up 79% to $1.56B in 2021, but losses grew 79% to $2.3B due to $1.9B in sports rights costs, up from $1.2B in 2020  —  Losses at DAZN Group Ltd., the sports streaming platform backed by billionaire Len Blavatnik, swelled 79% to $2.3 billion in 2021 as it poured money into top soccer rights.
 
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Dan Zak / Washington Post:
A look at Matt Yglesias' boring journey towards the political center, as 13,000+ Substack users pay $80/year for his slightly contrarian, mildly annoying takes
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
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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
Rest of World:
A profile of Trilogy Media, featuring two creators who prank scam callers and earn revenue from YouTube and Facebook ads, YouTube memberships, and fan donations
Insider:
Sources detail Cheddar News unrest fueled by a series of employee departures, a pivot to social media, ethically questionable journalism, plagiarism, and more
Aisha Majid / Press Gazette:
A Reuters survey of 303 news leaders in 53 countries: 44% are confident about their company's 2023 business prospects, 72% worry about news avoidance, and more
 

 
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Alex Heath / The Verge:
Meta details Llama 3: 8B- and 70B-parameter models, a focus on reducing false refusals, and an upcoming model trained on 15T+ tokens that has 400B+ parameters

David Pierce / The Verge:
Google announces internal reorganizations, including an AI-focused Platforms and Devices group overseeing Pixel, Android, Chrome, and more, led by Rick Osterloh

Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer:
Europol and 19 countries make 37 arrests and disrupt phishing-as-a-service platform LabHost in a year-long operation with help from Microsoft, Intel, and others
 
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