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5:05 PM ET, January 12, 2024

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Casey Newton / Platformer:
Platformer is leaving Substack and migrating to Ghost, saying the outlet doesn't believe Substack will publicly commit to proactively removing pro-Nazi material  —  After much consideration, we have decided to move Platformer off of Substack.  Over the next few days, the publication …
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Chavi Mehta / Reuters:   Insider Intelligence: US political ad spend is expected to rise to $12.32B in 2024, up ~30% from 2020, with traditional media accounting for 71.9% of all spend
Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell says that Fox is not accepting MyPillow ads; a source says ads are paused because Lindell has not paid for his ads since August 2023  —  Lindell said he's been ‘canceled,’ but a source with knowledge of the situation said he just hasn't paid his bills
Tom Gerken / BBC:
Many prominent voice actors say they weren't told about the SAG-AFTRA's deal with Replica Studios setting out how AI-generated voices can be used in video games  —  Prominent voice actors say they weren't told about a landmark deal setting out how voices generated by artificial intelligence (AI) can be used in games.
Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Sources: RedBird IMI CEO Jeff Zucker met Ofcom officials to make a last pitch and win them over RedBird's Telegraph takeover, ahead of a crucial Ofcom report  —  Jeff Zucker meets Ofcom ahead of its report on whether takeover backed by Abu Dhabi cash should proceed
Phillip Nieto / Mediaite:
A US judge orders Trump to pay $392,638 in legal fees to The New York Times over a “frivolous” 2021 lawsuit he brought against NYT and three of its reporters  —  A New York state judge ordered former President Donald Trump to pay The New York Times a six-figure legal fee …
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
CNN, Fox, and MSNBC carried Trump's conference after his NY fraud trial live, a reminder of his media advantage and readiness to exploit his trials  —  The coverage was a stark reminder that the former president's legal troubles offer an outsize media platform as he pursues the Republican nomination.
Neha Gupta / WAN-IFRA:
Project Oasis, a research initiative focusing on European digital-native media outlets, finds those with sales staff average 6x more revenue than those without  —  Digital native companies with dedicated sales teams and solid gender diversity are more successful than those that do not …
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John Koblin / New York Times:
Peacock will become the first streamer to exclusively show an NFL playoff game, which cost NBCU $100M+, on January 13; the game airs free in KC and Miami
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Sources: Pixar may lay off up to 20% of its workforce; Pixar says that number is too high and that the layoffs are not imminent, but will occur later in 2024
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Internal memo: Audible is laying off about 5% of its employees, or just over 100 staffers; a source says the layoffs do not affect Audible's content teams
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Michael Flaherty / Axios:
ValueAct says its investment plan for Disney is centered on the company's parks being high-return assets and the expectation that the streaming wars are ending
Katie Strang / The Athletic:
Emmy Awards organizer NATAS says ESPN won 30+ Emmys using fake names in its “College GameDay” entries; ESPN blames “a misguided attempt” and returns the awards
Michael Hardy / Texas Monthly:
Houston Landing journalists write to the board to reverse CEO Peter Bhatia firing EIC Mizanur Rahman and an investigative reporter; Bhatia cited a “reset”
 

 
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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
 
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