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12:40 PM ET, February 21, 2023

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 Top News: 
Mike Allen / Axios:
Last week, US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy gave Tucker Carlson exclusive access to 41,000 hours of Capitol surveillance footage from the January 6 riot  —  House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has given Fox News' Tucker Carlson exclusive access to 41,000 hours of Capitol surveillance footage from the Jan. 6 riot, McCarthy sources tell me.
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Washington Post:
A live blog of oral arguments before SCOTUS in Gonzalez v. Google, stemming from a Islamic State attack in Paris in 2015, and Twitter v. Taamneh on Wednesday  —  By Robert Barnes and Cat Zakrzewski  —  Updated just now  —  The Supreme Court on Tuesday will hear oral arguments in Gonzalez v. Google …
Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Polk Awards: The New York Times wins three, CoinDesk wins for its FTX report, The Stanford Daily's Theo Baker becomes the youngest recipient yet at 18, and more  —  The Times was honored for its coverage of the war in Ukraine and a photo of war victims, as well as for its reporting on private schools for Hasidic Jews in New York.
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
James O'Keefe resigns as head of Project Veritas, after he clashed for weeks with its board, following staff complaints alleging “outright cruel” conduct  —  The founder of the right-wing nonprofit resigned without striking a severance deal, The Daily Beast has learned.
New York Times:
CNN says Don Lemon will return on February 22; in a memo, Chris Licht says the anchor “has agreed to participate in formal training” over his sexist comments  —  CNN's chairman, Chris Licht, said in a Monday night memo that the anchor “has agreed to participate in formal training” …
Jack Mirkinson / The Nation:
The New York Times' anti-trans coverage parallels its notorious failings over gay rights and AIDS under Abe Rosenthal, who led the newspaper from 1969 to 1986  —  The paper's anti-trans coverage parallels its failings over gay rights and AIDS.  But the Times appears determined not to learn from its own history.
Kelly McBride / Poynter:
Al Tompkins, a local broadcast reporter in Kentucky and Tennessee and a teacher at the Poynter Institute for 25 years, plans to retire at the end of March  —  He taught and advised tens of thousands of journalists to craft better stories.  —  Al Tompkins is known throughout the world …
Michael Schneider / Variety:
TV Guide Magazine launches streaming-focused print monthly TV Insider, with more editorial content and no channel grids, after starting TVInsider.com in 2015  —  There aren't many new print publications being launched in this tough media climate, but the company behind TV Guide Magazine is trying just that.
Discussion: Mr. Magazine and MediaPost
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
SCOTUS rejects the appeal of Anthony Novak, who claimed his rights were violated when Ohio police arrested him for satirical Facebook posts he made about them  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday turned away an Ohio man's claim that his constitutional rights were violated …
Discussion: Insider and Bloomberg
 
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Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
Christopher Hope, an associate editor of politics at the Daily Telegraph, plans to leave later in 2022 to join GB News as head of politics and political editor
Agence France-Presse:
The Dainik Dinkal, the only newspaper of Bangladesh's main opposition party, shuts down after the country's press council upheld a government suspension order
Jake Kanter / Deadline:
Sources: BBC News told presenters to relax their formal dress code since their “sweaty and dirty” look when they're away from the studio can be more trustworthy
Marisa Dellatto / Forbes:
New Mexico prosecutors drop firearm enhancement charges against Alec Baldwin and Rust armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, removing the chance of a five-year sentence
 Earlier Picks: 
Max Tani / Semafor:
Memo: NYC public radio station WNYC doesn't plan to renew The Takeaway, launched in 2008 to rival NPR's Morning Edition, after its contract ends in June 2023
Gary Baum / The Hollywood Reporter:
New York AG's November 2022 report details how former CBS CEO Leslie Moonves' trusted lieutenants worked to quash sexual misconduct claims to protect their boss
Dánae Vílchez / Committee to Protect Journalists:
Q&A with Nicaragua's La Prensa publisher Juan Lorenzo Holmann, incarcerated in August 2021 and unexpectedly released and deported to the US on February 9, 2023
Jason Garcia / Nieman Lab:
A look at the close collaboration between Ron DeSantis' administration and The Florida Standard as he cultivates a network of sympathetic conservative outlets
Phineas Rueckert / Forbidden Stories:
Leaked docs detail reputation management company Eliminalia's tactics to remove public-interest info from the internet, like via fake sites and copyright claims