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8:30 AM ET, January 26, 2023

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Axios:
Meta plans to reinstate Donald Trump's Facebook and Instagram accounts in the coming weeks with “new guardrails to deter repeat offenses”, after a two-year ban  —  - “We've always believed that Americans should be able to hear from the people who want to lead the country,” Clegg told Axios.
Washington Post:
India has taken extraordinary measures to prevent citizens from seeing the BBC's Narendra 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 …
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Newley Purnell / Wall Street Journal:
Twitter reinstates some Hindu nationalist accounts popular in India, including some denigrating Muslims, and blocks links to a BBC documentary on Narendra 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
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Meta pays BuzzFeed to generate creator content for Facebook and Instagram and to train online creators to grow, as part of a ~$10M deal reached in 2022  —  Partnership marks latest iteration of yearslong relationship between digital publisher and social-media giant
Philip Stafford / Financial Times:
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Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette strike, the first prolonged newspaper strike in decades, still has no end in sight after 100 days and four negotiating sessions  —  When staff at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette walked off the job in October, they became the first newspaper to strike in decades.
Connie Guglielmo / CNET:
CNET's EIC reflects on the outlet's AI use and lessons learned, like ensuring that bylines and disclosures are visible and plagiarism checks are done properly  —  New tools are accelerating change in the publishing industry.  We're going to help shape that change.
Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
Penske Media's new unit Penske Media Eldridge acquires Golden Globes and other awards events owner Dick Clark Productions from Todd Boehly's Eldridge Industries  —  Penske Media Eldridge has acquired Dick Clark Productions in a deal that marks a major expansion for the parent company of Variety …
John Hopewell / Variety:
Roots Group, the real estate developer behind Madrid Content City, Netflix's first European production hub, plans to build a Guadalajara Content City in Mexico  —  MIAMI — Spain's Roots Group, the real estate developer behind Madrid Content City, the site of Netflix's European Production Hub …
Chris Dolmetsch / Bloomberg:
Former Fox News booker Laura Luhn sues Fox News and former co-president Bill Shine, claiming negligence because they ignored decades of Roger Ailes abusing her  —  Fox News and former top executive Bill Shine were sued by a onetime booker for the network who says she was subjected to decades …
The Guardian:
Margaret Sullivan, former Washington Post columnist and New York Times public editor, joins The Guardian US as a media, politics, and culture weekly columnist  —  GNM press office  —  Beginning this week, Margaret Sullivan, one of America's leading journalists and media commentators …
 
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Bloomberg:
Sinclair Broadcast's Diamond Sports Group heads toward an $8.6B debt restructuring in bankruptcy court and bets on its new direct-to-consumer streaming service
Bryce Elder / Financial Times:
FT Alphaville closes its Mastodon server and reflects on why running a social media site is a bad idea, including due to reputational, legal, and security risks
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Variety:
US short seller Hindenburg Research says Adani Group, India's largest corporation and aspiring media empire, is “pulling the largest con in corporate history”
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
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