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3:45 PM ET, February 16, 2023

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Peter Kafka / Vox:
YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki plans to step down after nine years, to be replaced by Neal Mohan as SVP and head of YouTube; Wojcicki was Google's 16th employee  —  One of the most prominent women in tech — and one of Google's earliest employees — is leaving the company.
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Thousands sign a letter protesting The New York Times' coverage of trans people, coordinated with a letter from GLAAD; a NYT statement defends the outlet's work  —  This story has been updated with a statement from The New York Times.  —  In the past year, page A1 of The New York Times …
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Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:
Paramount reports 77M global streaming subscribers at the end of 2022, up from 67M in Q3, 56M Paramount+ subscribers, and 78.5M Pluto TV MAUs, up 6.5M from Q3  —  The conglomerate, led by CEO Bob Bakish, in its fourth-quarter results touts higher streaming revenue.
Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
Paramount plans to raise the price of Paramount+ with ads to $5.99 per month and the premium tier with Showtime to $11.99 per month in 2023
Reggie Ugwu / New York Times:
A look at the podcast industry, as a faltering ad market and recession fears increase the reluctance to fund projects without a path to short-term profitability  —  “The dumb money era is over” as layoffs, budget cuts and scuttled deals challenge a long-booming industry.
Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
Atlanta-based Capital B, the one-year-old nonprofit news outlet for Black Americans, which has raised $12M, announces plans for a second newsroom in Gary, IN  —  Capital B, the one-year-old nonprofit news startup for Black Americans, has announced plans to launch its second local newsroom in Gary, Indiana.
The Guardian:
France's BFMTV suspended presenter Rachid M'Barki in January and launched an internal probe into news packages linked to Israeli disinformation unit Team Jorge  —  Rachid M'Barki, one of channel's longest-serving hosts, suspended during inquiry into news packages linked to ‘Team Jorge’
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Meta launches Instagram Channels, a broadcast chat feature that lets select US creators share public, one-to-many text, images, and more with their followers  —  Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced today that the company is launching a new broadcast chat feature on Instagram called “Channels.”
Alyssa Lukpat / Wall Street Journal:
Ryan Seacrest is leaving ABC's Live with Kelly and Ryan after joining in 2017 and will be replaced by Kelly Ripa's husband, Mark Consuelos  —  He joined Kelly Ripa in the hosting chair in 2017 after his predecessor, Michael Strahan, left in dramatic fashion
 
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Ohio's attorney general says charges against NewsNation reporter Evan Lambert have been dismissed; Lambert was arrested on February 8 at a press conference
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Twitter updates its policies to allow cannabis ads targeting US states where cannabis is legal, promoting brands or providing info but not offering direct sales
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Ava Benny-Morrison / Bloomberg:
After outlets sought the names of SBF's bail guarantors, a judge reveals Stanford Law emeritus dean Larry Kramer and Stanford computer scientist Andreas Paepcke
Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:
Newsmax is complaining on air and online about DirecTV dropping the channel; any new deal can affect the terms of Newsmax's pacts with other pay TV providers
Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
AMC Networks Chairman James Dolan appoints his wife, Kristin Dolan, as the network's CEO, starting on February 27; Kristin is a former COO of Cablevision