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4:30 PM ET, February 16, 2023

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The Daily Beast:
Memo: New York Times Executive Editor Joe Kahn defends the outlet's trans coverage and warns staff and contributors against attacking colleagues or campaigning  —  “We do not welcome, and will not tolerate, participation by Times journalists” in protests over the paper's coverage of trans issues, its executive editor wrote.
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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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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.
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Paramount reports Q4 revenue up 2% YoY to $8.1B, operating income down 93% YoY to $182M, TV Media down 7% YoY to $5.9B, and DTC up 30% YoY to $1.4B  —  The New York owner of the CBS broadcast network and the Paramount movie studio said that the costs of generating gains in streaming crimped …
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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 that has raised $12M, announces plans for a second newsroom in Gary, Indiana  —  Capital B, the one-year-old nonprofit news startup for Black Americans, has announced plans to launch its second local newsroom in Gary, Indiana.
Alyssa Lukpat / Wall Street Journal:
Ryan Seacrest is leaving ABC's talk show Live with Kelly and Ryan after joining in 2017; Disney says he 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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The Guardian:
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Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:
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