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7:40 AM ET, December 20, 2023

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David Folkenflik / NPR:
Prince Harry's and Hugh Grant's lawsuits against News Corp's UK papers accuse new Washington Post CEO Will Lewis of phone hacking coverups between 2010 and 2012  —  When Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos wanted an assured hand to right the newspaper's shaky finances, he turned to Will Lewis …
Discussion: @davidfolkenflik
John Herrman / New York Magazine:
OpenAI's deals with publishers, like the one the company recently inked with Axel Springer, offers a glimpse of how AI and the media might eventually intersect  —  This past week, Axel Springer, the German media conglomerate that owns Politico and Business Insider, signed a “multiyear licensing deal” …
Bloomberg:
Sources: ByteDance's 2023 sales surged to $110B+, broadly matching 2022's 30% growth rate, despite economic turbulence in China and scrutiny in the US and India  —  - TikTok's Chinese owner expects revenue growth of about 30% … The world's most valuable startup's growth broadly matched …
Alicja Ptak / Notes From Poland:
Poland's new government dismisses the management of TVP, Polskie Radio, and the Polish Press Agency; TVP's website and news channel TVP Info are now offline  —  Controversy has erupted around Poland's public media, with members of the conservative former ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party …
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Reuters:
Poland's parliament debates how to restore impartiality to public media; critics say some outlets fell under political influence and TVP Info aired propaganda
Discussion: Notes From Poland
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Media monitoring and analytics company Meltwater raised ~$65M from PE firm Verdane for an 11% stake at a $592M valuation, down from $1B+ in December 2020  —  Meltwater, which first made its name around media monitoring and then got active in business intelligence using AI and big data analytics techniques, is picking up a new investor.
Discussion: Verdane
Charlotte Klein / Vanity Fair:
A deep dive into The New York Times' big bet on its Games team, which grew from ~15 people in 2015 to ~100, about the same size as the newspaper's Business desk  —  Wordle.  Connections.  Spelling Bee.  Ye olde Crossword.  The Times is home to beloved brainteasers that are helping boost the paper's bottom line.
Pamela McClintock / The Hollywood Reporter:
Gower Street Analytics predicts 2024 global movie ticket sales of $31.5B, down 5% YoY, and 2024 North American box office revenue of $8B, down 11% YoY  —  Leading London-based box office analytics firm Gower Street attributes the downturn to Hollywood's historic labor strikes and the resulting slowdown in production.
Discussion: Deadline, Bloomberg, Variety and SlashFilm
Liz Bowie / The Baltimore Banner:
The Baltimore Banner names Bob Cohn as its CEO, following Imtiaz Patel's departure in July 2023; Cohn was the president of The Atlantic and now The Economist  —  The Montgomery County resident has helped drive digital transformation and revenue growth at The Atlantic and The Economist
Yona Tr Golding / Columbia Journalism Review:
Q&A with Human Rights Center Investigations Lab co-founder Alexa Koenig on the promises and challenges of OSINT for journalism, OSINT ethics training, and more  —  On October 17, the parking lot outside Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza, where hundreds of displaced Palestinians had amassed, was hit by an explosive of uncertain origin.
Brady Snyder / Android Central:
Google plans to limit the types of election-related queries for which Bard and SGE respond to, starting in early 2024, in preparation for elections worldwide  —  The move is intended to curb misinformation as the 2024 election nears  —  What you need to know
 
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