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12:55 PM ET, January 3, 2024

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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
T-Mobile plans to bundle Hulu's ad-supported tier with its Go5G Next plan from January 24; Netflix and Apple TV+ are already free on the Go5G Next plan  —  The mobile carrier already offers complimentary Netflix and Apple TV+ on its Go5G Next plan. … The telecom giant says that it is …
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Sarah Krouse / Wall Street Journal:
Antenna: 6.3% of US customers cancelled major streaming services in November 2023, up from 5.1% YoY; 24% canceled three or more services over the past two years
Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Source: The Messenger is expected to lay off roughly two dozen out of ~300 employees this week; the company says it is “in the midst of a second-round raise”  —  The company, an aggressive entrant to the digital news space, is expected to cut roughly two-dozen employees later this week.
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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
In an email, Cheddar furloughs at least some employees, effective immediately, and bars them from further work, blaming unforeseen internal and external factors  —  The “post-cable” news network said “unforeseen internal and external factors” caused the sudden work stoppage.
Casey Newton / Platformer:
Casey Newton says Platformer will meet with Substack, hoping Substack will remove pro-Nazi content, and Platformer plans to leave if Substack fails to do so  —  A New York Times lawsuit won't be the last challenge to LLMs' free-riding.  PLUS: A note on Substack and Nazis  —  ∙ Paid
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Athan Stephanopoulos plans to leave as CNN's chief digital officer at the end of January, the second turnover of digital executives at CNN since WBD took over  —  Athan Stephanopoulos will leave his role as chief digital officer of CNN as the news outlet's new chief starts to implement …
Ray Schultz / MediaPost:
Quebec City's Le Soleil newspaper, founded in 1896, ends its print edition, going fully digital; the newspaper started printing on Saturdays only in March 2020  —  Le Soleil, a newspaper based in Quebec City, has published its last print edition and is now going entirely digital.
Discussion: CBC News
Kelly Garrity / Politico:
Donald Trump plans to forgo the CNN's GOP primary debate in favor of a town hall on Fox moderated by Fox anchors Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum  —  The former president has yet to debate other Republican primary candidates.  —  Former President Donald Trump will participate …
Aleks Chan / The Guardian:
The Guardian US raised $2.2M in its 2023 year-end fundraiser, up 25% from the previous record and the most successful raise since its first appeal six years ago  —  The Guardian US had its most successful end of year fundraiser ever, raising more than $2m to support our journalism in 2024
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
The UK Editors' Code of Practice Committee rejects calls to extend the discrimination clause in the code to cover Jews, Muslims, those with ADHD, and others  —  Leading editors have rejected new calls to extend the discrimination clause of the Editors' Code of Practice to cover groups.
Christopher Williams / Telegraph:
Sources: The Telegraph delays its restructuring until January 31, after UK officials asked to wait until Ofcom reviews RedBird IMI's takeover  —  ‘Hive down’ delayed until after Ofcom delivers review of Abu Dhabi-backed takeover  —  A corporate restructuring of The Telegraph viewed …
Discussion: @pressgazette
 
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