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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Flipboard plans to fully integrate with ActivityPub and is testing the move with select accounts, like Semafor, Medium, Polygon, Kotaku, Digiday, and The Verge — Instagram Threads isn't the only app joining the decentralized social web, which includes Twitter/X rival Mastodon and other apps …
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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Amazon is in talks with Diamond Sports Group about an investment and a multiyear streaming partnership; Diamond would keep operating its cable networks — E-commerce giant would partner with Diamond on streaming as part of deal under discussion — Amazon is in talks to invest …
Jon Porter / The Verge:
The European Commission opens a DSA investigation into X, focusing on “illegal content and disinformation”, ad transparency, “deceptive design”, and data access — X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, may have broken the European Union's tough new Digital Service Act rules …
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Wall Street Journal:
The trial of Hong Kong media mogul and activist Jimmy Lai begins; Lai faces possible life imprisonment if convicted on charges of collusion with foreign forces — Media mogul faces up to life in prison if convicted under national security law — HONG KONG—The most high-profile case …
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Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Puck announces a sports vertical, to be led by veteran SBJ reporter John Ourand; a source says Puck's $13M Series B over the summer valued the company at $70M+ — New York CNN — — Puck is stepping into the sports arena. — The buzzy digital subscription publication that offers readers …
Max Tani / Semafor:
Sources: The Messenger editors clashed with publisher Jimmy Finkelstein in November after a directive to remove Donald Trump “trial coverage” from the homepage — The Scoop — During former President Donald Trump's civil fraud trial in New York last month …
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The Guardian:
Sources: the UK's Labour party won't oppose plans to weaken press regulation as its leaders court rightwing media owners like Rupert Murdoch before the election — The party has made it clear that Keir Starmer had no intention of reviving the second stage of the Leveson inquiry
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@edwinhayward, @fisherandrew79, @ta_mills, @akankwaku, @premnsikka, @ScepticalScot1@mastodon.scot and @Wen@mastodon.scot
Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
Newsquest's head of editorial AI Jody Doherty-Cove says the UK regional publisher now has seven “AI-assisted reporters” publishing “thousands” of articles — The company's head of editorial AI said it had published “thousands” of AI-assisted articles.
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Streaming TV appears to have entered its franchise era; Netflix plans spinoffs of the Addams Family, Peaky Blinders, and action movie Extraction, among others — Sequels and prequels have already taken over the movie business. Now they're coming for TV. — Good afternoon from Los Angeles …
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Dave Collins / Associated Press:
Alex Jones proposes paying Sandy Hook families $55M+ over 10 years, far below the $1.5B awarded; the families seek to liquidate his assets and media company — Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' latest bankruptcy plan would pay Sandy Hook families a minimum total of $55 million over 10 years …
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Savannah Maher / Marketplace:
How new local ownership, in one year, revived The Deming Headlight, after Gannett turned the small-town New Mexico newspaper into “a ghost paper” without staff — The Deming Headlight's office shares a downtown block with a barber, a hearing aid supplier and quinceañera dress shop …
The Hollywood Reporter:
WWD names Eugenia Miranda Richman as its EIC, effective January 26, reporting to Fairchild Editorial Director Jim Fallon; Richman was previously SheKnows' EIC — In her new role, Richman will oversee the editorial team in the development of its breaking news and business content and guide …
Bloomberg:
Disney seems to have more than its share of boomerang executives, which include Tom Staggs and Kevin Mayer, both once seen as potential successors to Bob Iger — A number have returned or are angling to come back — from retired Chief Executive Officer Bob Iger, who resumed his duties a year ago …
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