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12:15 PM ET, January 25, 2023

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Newley Purnell / Wall Street Journal:
Twitter restored several Hindu nationalist accounts popular in India, including some denigrating Muslims, and blocked posts linking to a BBC documentary on Modi  —  Human-rights groups say they have seen a rise in anti-Muslim material on the platform  —  Elon Musk's Unconventional Management Style: Former Employees Share Stories
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Washington Post:
Indian authorities have taken extraordinary measures to stop people from seeing the BBC's Modi documentary, including cutting electricity and detaining students  —  NEW DELHI — The film had already been banned, the social media posts censored.  Now, the students huddled without light …
New York Times:
Rupert Murdoch withdraws his News Corp and Fox Corp merger plan after significant investor pushback; James Murdoch questioned the deal in letters to both boards  —  News Corp, one of his companies, said Rupert Murdoch had determined that a merger was “not optimal for shareholders of News Corp and Fox at this time.”
Nellie Andreeva / Deadline:
Adult Swim cuts ties with Rick and Morty co-creator Justin Roiland after felony domestic violence charges surface; his voice role will be recast  —  Justin Roiland, co-creator, executive producer and star of Adult Swim's flagship animated series Rick and Morty, is no longer in business …
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
DirecTV drops Newsmax after carriage fee negotiations hit a standstill; the current contract between the two companies expires on January 25  —  The conservative cable outlet was cut loose after the two sides failed to agree on terms, taking away a chunk of Newsmax's cable footprint.
Variety:
Hindenburg Research accuses Adani Group, India's largest corporation and an aspiring media empire, of “pulling the largest con in corporate history”  —  Hindenburg Research, a firm that engages in short-selling of company stocks in anticipation of a share price decline …
Bryce Elder / Financial Times:
FT Alphaville closes its Mastodon server and reflects on why running a social media site is a bad idea, including reputational, legal, and security risks  —  Extinction looms for FTAV's Mastodon presence  —  A few months ago, FT Alphaville thought it might be fun to host a Mastodon server.
Alex Ritman / The Hollywood Reporter:
Vice Media Group signs a deal with Saudi-owned MBC Group to create bespoke, Arabic-language content and provide training; Vice opened a Riyadh office in 2021  —  The youth media brand will create bespoke Arabic content for the government-owned Middle East behemoth.
Discussion: Observer and Variety
Bloomberg:
Sinclair Broadcast's Diamond Sports Group heads toward a debt restructuring in bankruptcy court as it tries to become a direct-to-consumer streaming service  —  America's largest owner of local sports channels is heading toward a complex $8.6 billion debt restructuring in bankruptcy court …
Discussion: The Streamable
Reed Richardson / GIJN:
Reporters Shield, a legal support and defense fund for investigative journalists and outlets worldwide, launches with $9M from USAID and $2M in private support  —  Between 2015 and 2000, Poland's daily newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza received more than 55 legal threats as a result of its work …
William Turvill / Press Gazette:
UK national newspaper cover prices increased 14% over the past year, affected by the rising price of paper; the steepest increases have been introduced by Reach  —  But still only one newspaper is more expensive than the average pint of lager.  —  National newspaper cover prices …
Washington Post:
About 75% of The Washington Post newsroom's eligible employees are now union members, the highest percentage in decades, after a signup surge in recent months  —  Amid a wave of job cuts in the tech and media sectors, The Post's long-expected reductions punctuate a period of uncertainty
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Oliver Darcy / CNN:
The Washington Post lays off 20 newsroom employees and shuts down its gaming vertical Launcher; Executive Editor Sally Buzbee says 30 open roles won't be filled
 
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Kristin Robinson / Billboard:
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Leah Nylen / Bloomberg:
The DOJ sues Google, joined by California and seven other US states, calling for the breakup of its ad tech business that allegedly monopolizes the US ad market