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7:35 PM ET, February 22, 2024

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Jonathan Vanian / CNBC:
Reddit files to list its IPO on the NYSE, reporting revenue up 20% YoY to $804M in 2023, net loss down 43% YoY to $90.8M, 73M DAUs, and a $3.42 global ARPU  —  - Reddit on Thursday filed to go public.  — Its market debut will mark the first major tech initial public offering of the year …
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Abner Li / 9to5Google:
Google strikes a deal with Reddit, reportedly for $60M/year, giving Google access to the Reddit Data API to surface more Reddit content and train AI models  —  Google today announced an “expanded partnership” with Reddit that sees it get access to the forum website's data for training and other product uses.
Wall Street Journal:
Internal memo: Vice Media “will no longer publish content on vice.com” and may partner with established media companies to distribute its content  —  Cuts follow failed effort by owner Fortress to sell embattled digital publisher and its brands  —  Vice Media said it would stop …
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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Internal memo: Vice Media executives plan to lay off hundreds of its 900+ employees over the next week, and the company is in advanced talks to sell Refinery29  —  Vice Media, which emerged from bankruptcy last year, is planning to cut hundreds of its more than 900 employees, according to people familiar with the matter.
Tampa Bay Times:
Tim Burke is charged with 14 crimes related to alleged computer hacks at Fox News, including six counts of accessing a protected computer without authorization  —  Burke, a nationally recognized media consultant, is scheduled to appear in federal court Thursday in Tampa.
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Dr Richard Fletcher / Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism:
Analysis: at 2023's end, 48% of the top news websites in the US, the UK, and eight others had blocked OpenAI's crawler and 24% had blocked Google's AI crawler  —  In this factsheet we describe the proportion of top news websites in ten countries that block AI (artificial intelligence) crawlers.
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Substack says 3M+ customers subscribe to paid newsletters on its platform, up from 2M in February 2023, and credits its recommendations feature for the growth  —  - The company said it plans to expand the recommendations feature, which helps writers promote other newsletters in its network …
Jessica Testa / New York Times:
A look at Alex Cooper's media movies beyond Call Her Daddy, as her company Unwell adds new podcasts and hosts, develops merch, and begins producing live events  —  The success of Alex Cooper's “Call Her Daddy” podcast has birthed a new media company.  Can this millennial solve the riddle of what Gen Z wants?
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
A look at German tabloid Bild, whose paid tier, Bildplus, has 707K digital subscribers and has grown subscribers by buying rights to boxing matches not on TV  —  Bundles and sports livestreams help, but journalism drives most subscriptions for Bild.  —  The head of the digital subscriptions strategy …
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Sheila Dang / Reuters:
Google plans to integrate Gemini into its Performance Max ad placement tool, helping brands generate longer headlines, after adding Gemini to Google Workspace
Stanley Widianto / Reuters:
Meta says “we understand Meta will not be required to pay for news content that publishers voluntarily post to our platforms” in Indonesia under a new law
Lucas Manfredi / The Wrap:
Amazon says there are “no changes” coming to Freevee, following reports that the company plans to shutter its FAST service in the coming weeks
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Instagram debuts its marketplace tool to connect brands and creators for partnerships or ads in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the UK, Japan, India, and Brazil
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Lachlan Cartwright / The Hollywood Reporter:
A look at Dana Walden's reorganization of ABC News, which is an effort to stabilize the unit and showcase her mettle as a top decision-maker at Disney
Meg James / Los Angeles Times:
The first trial in the death of a cinematographer on the set of Rust begins; weapons handler Hannah Gutierrez pleads not guilty to involuntary manslaughter
Sara Fischer / Axios:
BuzzFeed sells Complex, acquired for $300M in 2021, to livestream shopping platform Ntwrk for $108.6M; BuzzFeed plans to lay off 16% of its workforce