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2:20 AM ET, January 22, 2024

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Sony sent a termination notice to Zee Entertainment to call off a $10B merger between its Indian media unit and Zee, cites unmet conditions as the reason  —  Japan's Sony Group (6758.T) said on Monday it has sent a termination notice to Zee Entertainment (ZEE.NS) to call off a $10 billion merger …
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A look at Sony India's troubled merger with Zee Entertainment, which has still not closed despite being approved by Indian regulators last summer  —  The Japanese conglomerate sought to save Zee deal but has failed to complete the merger  —  In 2021, Sony secured a deal that seemed …
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and Variety
A.J. Perez / Front Office Sports:
The Arena Group tells Sports Illustrated staff that it will be “laying off staff that work on the SI brand” since Authentic Brands revoked the SI license  —  Staffers at Sports Illustrated were notified on Friday of massive layoffs—some immediately, others in short time.
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Hollywood Reporter:
Authentic Brands says it will ensure that Sports Illustrated and its editorial arm “continues to thrive”; Arena Group says it is still in talks with Authentic
Yair Rosenberg / The Atlantic:
How a cascade of media failures led to misleadingly truncated quotes from Israeli officials about Gaza being cited in the BBC, NPR, The New York Times, and more  —  Journalists and jurists point to damning quotes from Israel's war cabinet as evidence of genocidal intent.  But the citations are not what they seem.
Carl Franzen / VentureBeat:
Nightshade, a free tool that lets artists “poison” AI models being trained on their artwork without permission, is now available to download for Mac and PC  —  It's here: months after it was first announced, Nightshade, a new, free software tool allowing artists to “poison” …
Liam Scott / Voice of America:
CPJ: China leads the world in imprisoned media workers; of the 44 journalists imprisoned in the country in 2023, 19 are Uyghurs  —  Nearly half of the 44 journalists imprisoned in China in 2023 were Uyghurs, according to a report released Thursday.  —  Data from the Committee to Protect Journalists …
Ted Johnson / Deadline:
Donald Trump's campaign refused to let NBC News correspondent Vaughn Hillyard travel as a pool reporter, leading to NBC News' access being cut off for the day  —  Donald Trump's campaign refused to agree to let an NBC News correspondent travel with him on New Hampshire campaign stops today …
Michael Schaffer / Politico:
Reuters' worldwide deletion of an article due to an Indian court order raises the issue of “forum shopping” by libel plaintiffs in a globalized news environment  —  Free speech on the internet took a huge hit when the news agency Reuters took down an important hacking investigation …
Harry McCracken / Technologizer:
In an unpublished manuscript, David Bunnell, who co-founded PC Magazine, PC World, and Macworld, details the origins of the enduring media brands from the 1980s  —  Introduction by Harry: David Bunnell (1947-2016) didn't create the idea of computer magazines.  But he may have done more than anyone to turn them into a big business.
Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
An interview with The Guardian US director of consumer revenue about how the publisher raised a record $2.2M in its 2023 year-end fundraiser  —  Roughly one-third of all digital reader revenue at The Guardian now comes from the United States.  —  Earlier this month, The Guardian U.S. announced …
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
How Business Insider UK became one of the country's biggest business news brands by audience, growing its newsroom from 7 in 2014 to 70 journalists now  —  Business Insider UK bureau chief and deputy executive editor say brand has got more creative and mature.
 
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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
After concerns about Trump ally David Smith's purchase of The Baltimore Sun, a partner in the deal says personal politics would not affect The Sun's journalism
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The Los Angeles Times Guild staged the paper's first newsroom union work stoppage on January 19 to protest planned job cuts, with 300+ members participating
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