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2:35 PM ET, February 13, 2023

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David Folkenflik / NPR:
Sources: WVPB dismissing reporter Amelia Knisely came after years of pressure on the station by Governor Jim Justice's administration and some state legislators  —  Late last fall, West Virginia Public Broadcasting's Amelia Ferrell Knisely reported one story after another about allegations …
Max Tani / Semafor:
A look back at Spotify betting hundreds of millions of dollars on podcasts, which CFO Paul Vogel says were a “big drag on our business in 2022”  —  By 2021, Spotify had paid to sign some of the biggest names in podcasting, and it was ready to start squeezing its competitors.
Tiffany Hsu / New York Times:
How a slowing digital ad market, Apple's ATT changes, tech companies' internal turmoil, weak content moderation, and more are contributing to a junk ad epidemic  —  Scrolling past ads has rarely been enjoyable.  But in recent months, people say the experience seems so much worse.
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Jonathan Vanian / CNBC:
Meta's ad targeting restrictions and Amazon's ad product investments are leading brands to shift their budgets to Amazon; Amazon's ad unit grew 19% YoY in Q4  —  - Facebook's more limited targeted capabilities coupled with Amazon's investment in ads products is leading a growing number of brands to shift their ad budgets.
Seth Mydans / New York Times:
Cambodian PM Hun Sen orders the shutdown of the Voice of Democracy, one of the country's last independent outlets, intensifying a long-running media crackdown  —  The leader, Hun Sen, was not satisfied with an apology he received from the outlet after it wrote about his son, a lieutenant general.
Charlotte Van Campenhout / Reuters:
An advertising joint venture by Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefonica, and Vodafone to rival Meta and Google wins unconditional EU antitrust approval  —  Deutsche Telekom (DTEGn.DE), Orange (ORAN.PA), Telefonica (TEF.MC) and Vodafone (VOD.L) on Friday secured unconditional EU antitrust approval …
Jason Gurwin / The Streamable:
NBCUniversal confirms that new Xfinity customers will not receive Peacock Premium for free, starting in April; existing customers will pay starting on June 26  —  Earlier this month, Peacock ended its free tier for new subscribers, now another major change is happening at the Comcast streaming service.
Wired:
Publishers worry that Microsoft's and Google's search chatbots, which summarize key info from articles, may undermine their businesses and spread misinformation  —  Microsoft's new search interface can serve up key information from articles, removing the need to click—and potentially undermining publisher business models.
Kat Tenbarge / NBC News:
Sex educators, adult stars, and sex workers complain about Instagram, saying Meta's moderation has gotten more punitive and less predictable since SESTA-FOSTA  —  Cherie DeVille lives in perpetual fear of losing her 3.7 million Instagram followers.  —  DeVille is a well-known porn star who also has an OnlyFans account.
 
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Ben Mullin / @benmullin:
In a staff email, Washington Post publisher Fred Ryan says the paper does not “anticipate further job eliminations at this time”
The Guardian:
UK DCMS Committee report: BBC chairman Richard Sharp made “significant errors of judgment” by not publicly divulging that he facilitated a Boris Johnson loan
Clare Duffy / CNN:
Pathmatics estimates the monthly revenue from Twitter's top 1,000 advertisers fell 60%+ from around $127M in October 2022 to just over $48M by January 25, 2023
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Louise Matsakis / Semafor:
Sources: TikTok's Internal Audit team that spied on journalists had wide investigative powers with little oversight; ByteDance says it's restructuring the team
Alex Williams / New York Times:
Marianne Mantell, who co-founded Caedmon, a groundbreaking label that issued recordings of writers reading their words, the precursors to audiobooks, dies at 93
Harry Lambert / New Statesman:
A look at the UK's Evening Standard and Independent under owner Evgeny Lebedev; while the Indy is profitable, the media outlets have lost £150M over 11 years
Christopher Palmeri / Bloomberg:
Sources: Fox turned down $2B+ unsolicited offers for Tubi, which the company acquired for $440M in 2020; Tubi lost ~$50M in Q4 and grew sales 25% YoY to $200M+