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3:25 AM ET, December 24, 2023

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Liam Reilly / CNN:
The Washington Post Guild reaches a tentative deal on a new contract, guaranteeing employee essential rights, securing raises, and nearly doubling salary floors  —  The Washington Post Guild, the union that represents roughly 1,000 of the newspaper's staffers, reached a tentative agreement Friday …
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Andrew Beaujon / Washingtonian:
The Washington Post Guild says “the company seems to have exceeded its buyout goal”  —  Managers “are attempting to bribe some colleagues to stay,” the Washington Post Guild told members Tuesday.  —  More people than expected have volunteered to take buyouts from the Washington Post …
Ken White / The Popehat Report:
Substack brands itself as avoiding value judgments, but its justification for allowing certain offensive speech is full of value judgments, chosen to make money  —  Dealing With Nazis, Or Not, Can Be A Brand.  Substack's Monetizing It.  —  Substack has Nazis, because of course it does.
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Richard Lawler / The Verge:
Substack co-founder Hamish McKenzie doubles down on not moderating Nazi content, after 200+ authors criticize the company for “platforming and monetizing Nazis”
New York Times:
Sources: Apple discussed multiyear deals worth $50M+ with publishers including NBC News, Condé Nast, and IAC to train its generative AI systems on news articles  —  The company has discussed multiyear deals worth at least $50 million to train its generative A.I. systems on publishers' news articles.
Stephanie Sugars / U.S. Press Freedom Tracker:
A look at instances of the US criminalizing routine journalism in 2023, from arrests or detainments to courts demanding that journalists identify their sources  —  Stephanie Sugars from Freedom of the Press Foundation  —  Charges criminalized routine newsgathering, from seeking comment to protecting sources
Current:
An excerpt from the book What Works in Community News on the digital nonprofit NJ Spotlight News, which launched in May 2010 and was acquired by NJ PBS in 2019  —  Amid the crisis in local news, there are signs of hope as new media outlets arise to address community concerns and deliver vital information.
Discussion: Media Nation
Paul Sawers / TechCrunch:
Spotify pulls support for two music festivals in France, in protest against a new tax that would impose a levy of 1.5% to 1.75% on all music streaming services  —  Spotify is pulling support for two music festivals in protest against a controversial new tax directed at music-streaming platforms operating …
Tory Shepherd / The Guardian:
Australian ABC radio journalist Antoinette Lattouf files an unlawful termination claim, saying she was fired over her social media posts on the Israel-Hamas war  —  Journalist's submission seeks a declaration the ABC breached the Fair Work Act, compensation and a penalty for the broadcaster
Etan Vlessing / The Hollywood Reporter:
Lionsgate unveils a deal to spin off its studios business, comprising its TV and movie divisions and a 20K-title library, via a SPAC merger at a $4.6B valuation  —  The Hollywood giant has tied up with a blank check company to create a separately traded public company and eventually separate its studio businesss from Starz.
Reuters:
Some analysts say a WBD and Paramount merger would likely leave the companies “worse off”: billions deeper in debt and saddled with dying traditional TV assets  —  Warner Bros Discovery (WBD.O) and Paramount Global (PARA.O) are likely to be “worse off” together as a merger …
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Ashley Joannou / Canadian Press:
Local News Research Project: 36 local news outlets closed in Canada in 2023 through December 1; 29 were community papers and seven were private radio stations  —  Online News Act: Canada caps how much private broadcasters will get from Google deal  —  Jessica Wallace stood in Ottawa's Rideau Hall …
 
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BBC:
Investigation: Russia-linked The DC Weekly, which features AI-written “news” stories and “reporters” with fake names and photos, fueled a false Zelenskyy claim
Winston Cho / The Hollywood Reporter:
A jury awards VFX company Rearden ~$600K after finding Disney knew the company may be infringing on copyright by using MOVA Contour to make Beauty and the Beast
Discussion: ComingSoon.net, Reuters and The Wrap
Robinhood Newsroom:
Robinhood's Sherwood Media acquires UK-based Chartr Limited, a “data-driven media company and newsletter publisher”, to complement Sherwood's Snacks newsletter
 Earlier Picks: 
Arlene Getz / Committee to Protect Journalists:
At least 68 journalists have been killed in the first 10 weeks of the Israel-Hamas war, more than have ever been killed in a single country over an entire year
Christopher Dring / GamesIndustry.biz:
Sony reaches an “updated licensing agreement” with Warner Bros. Discovery to keep over 1,300 Discovery TV shows on PlayStation “for at least the next 30 months”
Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
Slow news outlet Tortoise Media reports a £4.6M loss before taxes in 2022, up 45% YoY, revenue up 15% YoY to £6.24M, and 73 employees