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BuzzFeed stock jumped 120% on January 26, bringing its market value to nearly $300M, its biggest gain since going public in December 2021, on its OpenAI news — BuzzFeed Inc. shares surged by a record on news that the digital-media company plans to use OpenAI to bolster some of its content creation.
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Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Source: T.J. Holmes and Amy Robach, the anchors of the third hour of ABC's Good Morning America, are negotiating network exits after their romance surfaced — New York CNN — — T.J. Holmes and Amy Robach, the anchors of the third hour of ABC's flagship morning show “Good Morning America …
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Clare Malone / New Yorker:
Sources question The Washington Post CEO Fred Ryan's strategy, after top executives left in 2022, union distrust grew, and layoffs hit beside new job postings — After a decade of growth, the paper is laying off staff and was reportedly on track to lose money last year.
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Charlie Hall / Polygon:
Dungeons & Dragons' publisher abandons its plan to modify the Open Gaming License and publishes the Systems Reference Document under a Creative Commons license — A full retreat by Hasbro and Wizards of the Coast — Dungeons & Dragons publisher Wizards of the Coast will abandon attempts to alter the Open Gaming License (OGL).
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City, University of London launches a Centre of Podcasting Excellence and the UK's first dedicated Master of Arts in Podcasting, which starts in September 2023 — City, University of London is launching the UK's first dedicated MA in Podcasting and a Centre of Podcasting Excellence.
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
How luxury journalism at The Financial Times, The Times, and New Statesman Media Group is booming thanks to high-end advertisers and wealthy subscribers — How the FT, Times and New Statesman Media Group built a strong commercial offering in luxury. — No part of the media business is recession-proof.
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Josh Taylor / The Guardian:
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission opens an investigation into 100+ influencers after 150+ tips they might not be disclosing sponsored content — Consumer watchdog received over 150 tip-offs about influencers who reportedly failed to disclose affiliations with products they were promoting
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Jennifer Schuessler / New York Times:
The New York Public Library acquires Joan Didion and John Dunne's joint personal literary archives, including letters, photos, manuscripts, and family records — The joint archive of Didion and her husband, John Gregory Dunne, includes manuscripts, photographs, letters, dinner party guest lists and other personal items.
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Nicole Sperling / New York Times:
Despite some big deals signed at the Sundance Film Festival, movie buyers are being much more selective in 2023, as theater audiences and content budgets shrink — The kind of independent movies that the festival showcases have struggled at the box office, spurring worries about what the market would be like this year.
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CNN:
The US DOJ announces charges against three people for plotting to kill New York-based Iranian American journalist Masih Alinejad, who has been targeted by Iran — The Justice Department announced new arrests Friday in a plot to kill a New York-based journalist and human rights activist who is critical of the Iranian government.
Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:
Charter reports a loss of 144K pay TV subscribers in Q4 2022, up 148% compared with the 58K loss in Q4 2021, ending 2022 with a total of over 15.1M subscribers — The cable giant's mobile business continued to accelerate as the company added 615,000 mobile lines.
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Anne Kauranen / Reuters:
A Finnish court finds two journalists at Finland's largest daily guilty of revealing classified intelligence in a 2017 report, sentencing one to pay a fine — A Finnish court on Friday said two journalists at Finland's largest daily Helsingin Sanomat were found guilty of revealing classified …
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