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9:45 PM ET, December 18, 2023

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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 …
Elsa Keslassy / Variety:
MGM+ partners with Lionsgate on a licensing deal to expand into Latin America as part of its international rollout, starting with Brazil and Mexico in January  —  Under the pact, the MGM+ offer will boast leading series and movies from Lionsgate and Starz, alongside iconic films …
Discussion: The Desk and The Wrap
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 …
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 …
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 …
Discussion: @jeremymbarr
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
Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
Dave Collins / Associated Press:
Alex Jones proposes paying Sandy Hook families $55M+ over 10 years, a fraction of 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 …
Lachlan Cartwright / The Daily Beast:
Sources: Appin co-founder Rajat Khare used law firms to threaten outlets in the US, UK, and other countries to kill stories about the Indian hack-for-hire firm  —  A tech guru is waging a war on major media outlets across three continents, hiring a “media assassin” law firm to kill stories connecting him to …
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 …
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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New York Times:
Disney, WBD, and other studios are licensing more content to Netflix in return for much-needed cash, but are holding back their most popular movies and shows
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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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+
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
Discussion: MediaPost
Amy Bell / Financial Times:
Games Workshop finalizes a deal with Amazon to develop Warhammer 40,000 series movies and TV shows, bringing the fantasy games to the screen for the first time
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Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Days after securing the rights to show the majority of English Premier League games, CEO Dana Strong says Sky plans to show up to 1,200 soccer matches per year
Discussion: Sky News and MediaPost
Clare Duffy / CNN:
As TikTok rolls out its new Creativity Program Beta, some creators say they're frustrated by its push to become a “mini YouTube” with videos of up to 10 minutes
Discussion: Forbes
CBC News:
Canada plans to distribute 63% of Google's CA$100M media fund each year to print and digital media, 7% to CBC/Radio-Canada, and 30% to other broadcasters