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11:10 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 …
Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Sources: NBC Sports prepares a bid to win back NBA rights; the NBA can't begin formal negotiations with companies other than WBD and Disney before April 2024  —  - NBC Sports is prepared to make an aggressive offer to win back NBA rights after more than 20 years without them.
Selome Hailu / Variety:
Nielsen: Fox's Super Bowl broadcast averaged 113M viewers, up 1% over 2022's game, across all platforms; Fox reports ~7M streamed the game, up 18% YoY  —  Fox's telecast of Super Bowl LVII on Sunday night brought in an average 113 million viewers, according to Nielsen.
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.
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.
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
Aaron Mok / Insider:
Report: TikTok is planning to let creators charge $1 or more for videos and is working on the Creator Fund 2.0, which could pay creators with 100K+ followers  —  - TikTok creators could soon start charging fans to watch their videos, per The Information.  — The company hopes a paywall …
Jennifer Maas / Variety:
Paramount Global says Showtime co-presidents Jana Winograde and Gary Levine are stepping down and the Showtime team will merge with MTV Entertainment Studios  —  That didn't take long at all: Just after revealing that Showtime co-presidents Jana Winograde and Gary Levine are stepping …
Samantha Cole / VICE:
A look at the torrent of deepfake porn harassment targeted at female creators, as a Twitch streamer admits to buying deepfakes of streamers after he was caught  —  After Atrioc was caught buying non-consensual, pornographic deepfakes of fellow Twitch streamers, the abuse against women targeted has been endless.
 
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J. Clara Chan / The Hollywood Reporter:
Roku signs an exclusive deal with family studio pocket.watch to stream four specials, including one with YouTube star Ryan Kaji, and one original series
Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
Staff memo: Bloomberg Media CEO M. Scott Haven says the outlet's 2022 revenue grew 16% YoY and its paywall is on course to reach 500K+ subscribers in H1 2023
Ben Mullin / @benmullin:
Staff email: Washington Post Publisher Fred Ryan says the newspaper doesn't “anticipate further job eliminations” and has “ambitious plans to accelerate” growth
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