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8:05 PM ET, December 14, 2023

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James Bennet / The Economist:
Former NYT editor James Bennet chronicles how fewer jobs for young reporters, the NYT's business model, and new ideals have led to “illiberal bias” at the paper  —  America's media should do more to equip readers to think for themselves  —  Are we truly so precious?
Wall Street Journal:
President Vladimir Putin hopes to “find a solution” regarding detained WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich, who on December 14 lost another court appeal for release  —  Russian president says he hopes to ‘find a solution’ regarding Gershkovich and Paul Whelan, who are both in Russian custody
Wall Street Journal:
Some publishers estimate that Google's Search Generative Experience could cut referral traffic by 20% to 40% if the final version resembles recent iterations  —  Tech giant's AI-powered search product is being tested on roughly 10 million users; publishers rely on Google for traffic and see a gathering storm
Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Mother Jones and the Center for Investigative Reporting plan to merge in early 2024 with Monika Bauerlein as CEO and Clara Jeffery leading the combined newsroom  —  The combined newsroom will have more than 70 people.  —  Mother Jones and the Center for Investigative Reporting will merge next year …
Eileen AJ Connelly / The Wrap:
Endeavor Group invests in Chess.com, and Endeavor's entertainment agency WME signs with Chess.com to help develop unscripted content including documentaries  —  The site, which hosts 10 million games daily, also signed with Endeavor's WME with eyes on projects like documentaries, celeb “moments”
Jaspreet Singh / Reuters:
Sensor Tower: 51 of the top 100 US advertisers on Twitter in October 2022, when Elon Musk bought the company, have ceased ad spending on X as of November 2023  —  Big U.S. companies including Walt Disney and Comcast increased advertising spending on Instagram after pausing commercials on X last month …
Joseph Pimentel / Spectrum News 1:
The SCNG Guild's members held a one-day strike on December 14 amid protracted contract talks with Alden's Southern California News Group  —  LOS ANGELES, Calif. — The union representing Southern California newspaper reporters, photographers and others plans to hold a one-day strike Thursday, protesting working conditions and low pay.
Parker Molloy / The Present Age:
Two open letters, signed by dozens of Substack writers, criticize and defend the platform's approach to platforming and monetizing Nazis and white nationalists  —  Last month, The Atlantic published a piece by Jonathan Katz titled “Substack Has a Nazi Problem.”
Emma Roth / The Verge:
YouTube updates its TV app to show longer but less frequent ad breaks, after testing since September 2023, and adds a countdown timer in the bottom-right corner  —  The next time you sit down to watch YouTube on your TV, you might notice fewer ads breaking up the video you're watching.
CNBC:
Nelson Peltz's Trian Fund Management nominates him and former Disney CFO Jay Rasulo to Disney's board as the fund wages its proxy battle with the media giant  —  - Trian Fund Management said it was nominating Nelson Peltz and former Walt Disney CFO Jay Rasulo to the media company's board.
Dan Primack / Axios:
Vivendi is weighing splitting into three businesses: pay TV platform Canal+, ad agency Havas, and an investment firm that would include publisher Lagardère  —  French media and entertainment group Vivendi said that it's weighing a split into three separate businesses.
 
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