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5:05 PM ET, January 26, 2023

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Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
Memo: BuzzFeed plans to rely on OpenAI to enhance quizzes and personalize content; a spokeswoman says the newsroom remains focused on human-generated journalism  —  CEO Jonah Peretti said publisher would use the technology to make more comprehensive quizzes, interactive content
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
In a memo to staff, Dotdash Meredith CEO Neil Vogel announces layoffs affecting 274 people, or ~7% of the outlet's workforce, across nearly all departments  —  Dotdash Meredith, one of the largest print and digital publishers in the country, is laying off 274 people, roughly 7% of its staff …
Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:
NBCU reports Q4 revenue rose 5.9% YoY to $9.89B as EBITDA fell 36.3% YoY to $817M; Peacock had 20M+ paid subscribers and its EBITDA loss grew 75% YoY to $978M  —  Parent company Comcast reported its broadband and pay TV subscriber figures for the latest period.
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Jennifer Maas / Variety:
Comcast and NBCUniversal executives expect Peacock's EBITDA losses to peak in 2023 at “around $3B” and “improve steadily from there”; Peacock lost $2.5B in 2022
Rick Porter / The Hollywood Reporter:
Nielsen's most-streamed titles on US TVs in 2022: Stranger Things, followed by NCIS, CoComelon, Ozark, and Encanto; streaming content consumption rose ~27% YoY  —  Nielsen's year-end rankings put the Netflix hit head and shoulders above every other title.  —  One of Netflix's biggest shows ever is …
Kareem Shaheen / New Lines Magazine:
Mainstream outlets made important missteps in the Hamline University controversy, particularly by not publishing the painting of Muhammad that sparked it all  —  The omission is curious because the drawings are central to both the reporting and the cause of academic freedom
Sarah Sluis / AdExchanger:
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Washington Post:
After layoffs, The Washington Post adds seven contributors to its opinion section and two visual team members to present content in “new and compelling formats”  —  The Washington Post's opinion section continues to grow under Editorial Page Editor David Shipley's direction adding seven new contributors today.
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
The New York Times launched its flagship TikTok account on January 24, after creating specialized accounts including for NYT Cooking and the Hard Fork podcast  —  On March 21, 2007, The New York Times announced itself on Twitter: “Word up!  It is I, the Gray Lady, with a ‘shoutout’ to all my hip young friends.
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Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Substack introduces private publications, search improvements, chat updates, post duplication, publication toggling, inline footnotes, LaTeX support, and more
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Meduza.io:
Russia designates Meduza an illegal, “undesirable organization”, meaning anyone who “cooperates” with the outlet, including sources, can face felony prosecution
Kat Tenbarge / NBC News:
Following Adult Swim, Hulu cuts ties with Rick and Morty co-creator and co-star Justin Roiland, who worked on two Hulu shows; both will continue without him
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
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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
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
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
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
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”