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10:35 AM ET, December 11, 2023

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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Tucker Carlson launches the Tucker Carlson Network, or TCN, a $9 per month streaming service with access to “5 brand-new shows, speeches, films, and more”  —  The former Fox News host is promising a slate of programming for $6 per month.  —  Tucker Carlson is planning …
Shelby Talcott / Semafor:
Sources: NBC has demanded Donald Trump's campaign remove a video with audio deceptively edited to seem like it's from an NBC reporter after the third GOP debate  —  The Scoop  —  NBC News has demanded that Donald Trump's campaign remove a video that includes audio deceptively edited to seem …
Randy Nelson / data.ai:
TikTok reaches $10B in gross revenue, including $3.8B in revenue in 2023 so far, $3.3B in 2022, and $1.7B in 2021, the fifth app to do so and the first non-game  —  The short video social phenomenon has added nearly $4 billion this year alone, and it's all from virtual coins used to purchase gifts for the platform's content creators.
Discussion: TechCrunch
Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Sources: Shari Redstone has held talks with Skydance to sell a controlling stake in National Amusements, the parent company of MTV, CBS, and Paramount's studio  —  Ms. Redstone waged a bitter battle for control of National Amusements, the parent company of MTV, CBS and the Paramount movie studio.
Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple plans to give added weighting to streams of songs mixed in Dolby Atmos from 2024, possibly leading to higher royalties, to push Spatial Audio  —  - Service will more heavily weigh songs offered in Dolby Atmos  — Push could encourage more music labels to adopt the format
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Crypto news outlet Decrypt signs a letter of intent to merge with decentralized media company Rug Radio and form a yet-to-be named holding company  —  Decrypt, the news company that covers crypto and web3, has signed a letter of intent to merge with Rug Radio, a decentralized media company for web3 creators, executives told Axios.
Discussion: @decryptmedia, Decrypt and @rugradio
Nellie Andreeva / Deadline:
The final season of HBO's Succession receives nine Golden Globe nominations, a record for a TV program  —  Co-Editor-in-Chief, TV  — Bulgaria's Stephan Komandarev & Eli Skorcheva Want To Help Older People Get The Dignity They Deserve With 'Blaga's Lessons' - Contenders International
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Hilary Lewis / The Hollywood Reporter:
The Golden Globes announces nominees for its 2024 awards, set to air on CBS, including new categories for stand-up and Cinematic and Box Office Achievement
Kate Dwyer / New York Times:
Progressive magazine The Nation plans to publish monthly instead of every other week starting in January 2024 and expand issues to 84 pages, up from 48  —  The progressive publication will move to the new schedule in January, and each issue will be 84 pages instead of 48.
Calum Jaspan / Sydney Morning Herald:
Veteran Australian publisher and Schwartz Media owner Morry Schwartz steps down as chair, saying opposition to coverage of the Israel-Hamas war was not a factor  —  Veteran publisher Morry Schwartz, owner of Schwartz Media, which produces The Saturday Paper, The Monthly and 7am Podcast, has stepped down as the company's chair.
John Koblin / New York Times:
USA Network and others, once rich with original scripted shows, now air endless reruns, part of a downward spiral increasingly leading advertisers to pull money  —  Many of the most popular channels have largely ditched original dramas and comedies, morphing into vessels for endless reruns.
 
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Washington Post:
Sources detail Disinfo Lab: run by an Indian intelligence officer and behind a covert influence operation on social media discrediting Narendra Modi's critics
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Moonbug Entertainment, the studio behind CoComelon, plans to restructure, produce fewer CoComelon episodes in 2024, and slow down its spinoff channel creation
Associated Press:
X lifts the permanent ban on Infowars host Alex Jones, after Elon Musk conducted a 24-hour poll, resulting in 70.1% voting in favor of restoring Jones' account
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Penelope Green / New York Times:
Maria Emilia Martin, who founded Latino USA, now the longest-running public radio show in the country covering Latino communities, died on December 2 at 72
Mike Fleming Jr / Deadline:
Dave Robb, a longtime investigative reporter and considered the dean of the Hollywood labor beat who most recently worked for Deadline, died on December 8 at 74
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Daphne Keller / @daphnehk:
[Thread] Texas' and Florida's online speech rules for platforms cannot be justified, as less restrictive tools that give users control over online content exist
Dasha Litvinova / Associated Press:
Russia places journalist and author Masha Gessen on a wanted list after opening a criminal case on charges of spreading “false information” about Russia's army
Gene Maddaus / Variety:
A judge certifies a class action lawsuit alleging Disney paid 9,000 women less than male staff, the largest lawsuit certified under California's Equal Pay Act