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11:15 AM ET, December 21, 2023

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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Sources: WBD CEO David Zaslav met with Paramount Global CEO Bob Bakish on December 19 to discuss a possible merger; Zaslav has also spoken with Shari Redstone  —  Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav met with Paramount Global CEO Bob Bakish on Tuesday in New York City to discuss a possible merger …
Emily Schmall / New York Times:
A look at the hurdles for women in journalism in India, where they face family resistance, harassment, and increasingly, legal threats under the Modi government  —  Journalists have been targeted for harassment, and some women are only allowed to speak to the press if they have a male chaperone.
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Business Insider:
Ozy Media sues Ben Smith, Semafor, and BuzzFeed, alleging Smith used the failed BuzzFeed/Ozy merger to sabotage Ozy and steal its business model for Semafor  —  - A dishy lawsuit from Ozy accuses Ben Smith of killing the company only to steal its business model for Semafor.
Discussion: @jeremymbarr
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Bloomberg:
Sources: Paramount Global is in talks to sell its BET network to a management-led investor group that includes BET CEO Scott Mills and Chinh Chu, for under $2B
Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch:
Medallion, a blockchain platform for artists to connect with fans, raised a $13.7M Series A, after launching music NFTs in the UK, Australia, and Germany  —  Medallion is a platform for artists to have a dedicated digital hub for promoting album releases, tour dates and merch drops …
Discussion: Billboard
Katherine Blunt / Wall Street Journal:
Rebecca Smith, a longtime Wall Street Journal reporter who exposed Enron's financial deceit and co-wrote a book about the energy company's collapse, dies at 68  —  Smith worked at The Wall Street Journal for more than 20 years covering the electricity industry
Patrick Coffee / Wall Street Journal:
Most big brands haven't yet created AI-specific roles despite many marketers fearing AI will change their jobs; Coca-Cola promoted two execs to new AI roles  —  Many marketers believe artificial intelligence will change their jobs forever.  But most big brands haven't created roles to oversee that process …
more at Techmeme »
Gina Chua / Semafor:
Semafor's Executive Editor details building and experimenting with custom bots to explore how newsrooms could leverage generative AI to improve their work  —  The Scene  —  The big news — albeit somewhat old news — is that large language models can work with small data.
Cliff Harvey Venzon / Bloomberg:
The Philippines suspends the Duterte-linked Sonshine Media Network International's radio and TV shows for 30 days over allegations of violating its franchise  —  - Regulator acted on Congress resolution on Sonshine Media  — SMNI show regularly features former President Duterte
Elsa Keslassy / Variety:
French TV network TF1 plans to launch AVOD TF1+ on January 8; the service will include Top Chrono, an AI-powered feature that creates summaries of sports games  —  As CEO of Canal+ for more than a decade, Rodolphe Belmer pushed the pay TV giant to make original scripted content …
Morgan Sung / TechCrunch:
A look at the first annual VTuber Awards, a five-hour, live awards show for virtual YouTubers, hosted from an enclosed green box in WePlay's Los Angeles studio  —  Anime cat girls are at the forefront of tech innovation  —  On stream, Filian took the stage at the center of a colossal arena …
Will Sommer / Washington Post:
A reporter's departure from The Dallas Morning News and a front-page retraction prompt a union grievance and suspicion that managers bowed to political pressure  —  At the Morning News, a sarcasm-drenched email interview with the county district attorney led to a rare and humiliating front-page retraction of a story.
 
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Victoria Arancio / ABC News:
A helicopter pilot and a photographer for TV station WPVI in Philadelphia died on December 19, following a helicopter crash in Washington Township, New Jersey
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Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
After Spotify began offering complimentary audiobooks to millions of subscribers in October 2023, authors demand more transparency about how they will be paid
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New York's AG sues Sirius XM for allegedly making canceling subscriptions to its online radio services hard, including via a “frustrating” six-part conversation
 

 
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Wall Street Journal:
Gina Raimondo says holding back China in the chips race is a “fool's errand”, and investment, more than export controls, will keep US ahead of Beijing

Reuters:
Albania bans TikTok for a year from January 2025, part of a broader plan to make schools safer following the killing of a 14-year-old near a school in November

Bloomberg:
Preqin data: Southeast Asia's AI startups raised just $1.7B across 122 deals so far in 2024, out of ~$20B across 1,845 deals for the whole Asia-Pacific region
 
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