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3:55 PM ET, January 19, 2023

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Meg James / Los Angeles Times:
New Mexico prosecutors charge Alec Baldwin and the armorer of the movie “Rust” with involuntary manslaughter for cinematographer Halyna Hutchins' on-set death  —  New Mexico prosecutors said they are filing felony criminal charges against actor Alec Baldwin and the armorer …
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Right-wing YouTuber Steven Crowder, who has 5.94M subscribers on the platform, feuds with Ben Shapiro's The Daily Wire, which offered him a $50M four-year deal  —  Right-wing blowhard Steven Crowder is accusing Ben Shapiro's media empire of being in bed with Big Tech—fighting words that have ignited a heated public dispute.
Financial Times:
Patreon, Substack, and other “passion economy” startups are cutting staff and abandoning fundraising plans; Dealroom: investments fell 75% YoY to $801M in 2022  —  Once high-flying start-ups that serve online creators and influencers have been forced into a painful retrenchment …
Wall Street Journal:
Nexstar reaches a multiyear deal to broadcast the Saudi Arabia-funded LIV Golf tour on The CW Network; until now, LIV events have been available online for free  —  Partnership will determine the Saudi-funded golf tour's financial viability  —  LIV Golf, the controversial Saudi-funded golf tour …
Naman Ramachandran / Variety:
Amazon and DAZN sign a global distribution partnership that will make DAZN available as a Prime Video Channel for an extra monthly fee for Prime Video customers  —  Amazon and DAZN have signed a global distribution partnership that will see DAZN's direct-to-consumer sports streaming service available as a Prime Video Channel.
Noam Bardin / Post.News:
Social network Post announces its News Feed, with articles from verified news publishers such as Fortune, Reuters, Rolling Stone, and The Los Angeles Times  —  Hi Posters, Today we released a dedicated News Feed.  This will be the place where verified news publishers will live and allow …
Discussion: @marceelias and @brianstelter
Jake Kanter / Deadline:
The BBC's US head of digital journalism, Saeed Ahmed, quits after four months, raising more concerns about its international and domestic news channels merger  —  EXCLUSIVE: The BBC's head of digital journalism has quit after just four months, prompting further anxiety about the UK broadcaster's plans …
Discussion: TVNewser and @jake_kanter
Parker Molloy / The Present Age:
News media should've sent a signal to Twitter by not tweeting after the site suspended some journalists' accounts; Fox News once boycotted Twitter for 16 months  —  Fox once abandoned Twitter for 16 months in a vague, nonsensical protest.  News outlets with legitimate grievances …
Max Read / Read Max:
The most important thing a blogger can do to develop and retain an audience is to post regularly and frequently, as evidenced by Matt Yglesias' success  —  How to be a successful content entrepreneur  —  What is the secret to a successful career as a blogger/newsletter author/content creator?
Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
Ad revenue made up 15% of INN members' revenue in 2022, up from 3% in 2018; ~430 nonprofits made $66M in 2021 ad revenue vs. The New York Times' almost $500M  —  The business now represents nearly a third of total revenue for many  —  Although historically funded primarily by a mix …
Discussion: The Keyword
 
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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: WWE Executive Chairman Vince McMahon agrees to a multimillion-dollar settlement with a former wrestling referee who accused him of raping her in 1986
Rich Johnston / Bleeding Cool:
Amazon's layoffs have reportedly impacted up to 50% of staff at digital comic book publisher and distributor ComiXology, which the company acquired in 2014
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Zoe Samios / Sydney Morning Herald:
The Age in Melbourne, Australia, appoints news director Patrick Elligett as its editor, replacing Gay Alcorn, who stepped down in December 2022 after two years
Lauren Thomas / Wall Street Journal:
CoinDesk retains Lazard investment bankers to help the outlet explore its options, including a partial or full sale, after “numerous” indications of interest
Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
A California Superior Court judge throws out most of OANN's claims in a lawsuit filed in March 2022 over DirecTV dropping the network from its channel lineup
Discussion: Techdirt and Times of San Diego
Andy Maxwell / TorrentFreak:
The European Commission invites stakeholders to share experiences and potential solutions under existing laws to combat piracy of live events via IPTV services