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12:25 PM ET, February 22, 2023

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Charlotte Klein / Vanity Fair:
Dozens of New York Times staff object to the NewsGuild of New York head's letter affirming the right to criticize the newspaper, amid a feud over trans coverage  —  Some of the paper's top reporters signed a letter objecting to the Guild's response to newsroom leaders.
David Folkenflik / NPR:
NPR plans to lay off ~10% of its workforce, or at least 100 people, and eliminate most vacant positions, citing reduced ad revenue, particularly for podcasts  —  HEADLINE: NPR says it's cutting jobs by 10% as ad revenue drops  —  NPR's chief executive announced the network would lay off roughly 10% …
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Bloomberg:
Sources: Viacom18, which bought Indian Premier League cricket streaming rights for $2.7B in 2022, plans to stream the games for free with ads  —  Billionaire Mukesh Ambani's conglomerate will stream Indian Premier League cricket games for free, according to people familiar with the matter …
Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:
Stockholm-based streaming service Viaplay launches in the US for $5.99 per month; Viaplay reported more than 7.3M subscribers at the end of 2022  —  The service promises thousands of hours for $5.99 per month, including the exclusive U.S. premieres of such Nordic hit series as ‘Trom,’ ‘Furia,’ ‘Threesome’ and ‘Exit.’
David Marchese / New York Times:
Q&A with YouTube star Emma Chamberlain about shifting her focus to podcasting, her Spotify deal, the pressures of being a YouTube creator, and what's next  —  At only 21, Emma Chamberlain is already a veteran of YouTube fame.  Starting at 16, Chamberlain began making and sharing videos …
Manori Ravindran / Variety:
BritBox International reports 3M subscribers across the US, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and Finland, up from 2.6M in March 2022  —  BritBox International has reached three million subscribers across its eight international markets, Variety can reveal.
Bloomberg:
Turkey's telecom watchdog BTK blocks Eksi Sozluk, one of the country's biggest social media websites, and fines three TV channels over their earthquake coverage  —  Turkey's media watchdog fined three TV channels over their coverage of this month's earthquakes, the latest move by the state …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Ahead of its Stream On event, Spotify launches an AI-powered feature called DJ, offering curated music and spoken commentary in a “stunningly realistic voice”  —  Ahead of Spotify's upcoming Stream On event, where the company is expected to announce a redesigned home feed and other updates …
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Greg Bensinger / Reuters:
Over 200 e-books in Amazon's Kindle Store listed ChatGPT as an author as of mid-February 2023, as some worry that generative AI could commoditize book writing  —  Until recently, Brett Schickler never imagined he could be a published author, though he had dreamed about it.
 
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Andrew Chung / Reuters:
SCOTUS declines to hear Wikimedia's challenge of the NSA's warrantless Upstream surveillance of foreign targets, leaving in place a lower court's 2015 dismissal
Eduardo Suárez / Reuters Institute:
An interview with Nick Waters, a journalist on the Bellingcat team that collects, verifies, and archives social media evidence of war crimes in Ukraine
James Hercher / AdExchanger:
Walmart's ad revenue grew nearly 30% YoY to $2.7B in 2022, led by Walmart Connect in the US and Flipkart Ads, and over 20% YoY in Q4 2022
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The New York Times Company:
A.O. Scott, The New York Times' co-chief film critic, is moving to the outlet's Book Review to write about “literature, ideas, and intellectual life”
Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
Source and memo: Max Cutler, Spotify's head of audio talk shows and partnerships who oversaw deals with creators like Joe Rogan, is leaving to start a company
Mike Petro / Buffalo News:
The Buffalo News plans to close its downtown production facility later in 2023 and move print operations to Cleveland, affecting ~160 jobs across eight unions
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
SCOTUS rejects Anthony Novak's appeal that claimed Ohio police violated his constitutional rights by arresting him for his satirical Facebook posts about them
 

 
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Richard Lawler / The Verge:
Okta fixes a flaw present since July 23, 2024 that, under specific conditions, let users log in with any password if the account's username had 52+ characters

Jeffrey Dastin / Reuters:
Intel scraps forecast of selling $500M+ worth of Gaudi AI accelerator chips in 2024, with CEO Pat Gelsinger citing chip transition and slower uptake to software

Chance Miller / 9to5Mac:
Popular photo editing company Pixelmator says it has signed an agreement to be acquired by Apple, pending regulatory approval

 
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