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9:45 PM ET, December 10, 2024

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Diana Falzone / Mediaite:
Source: Newsmax's COO told staff that those covering Pete Hegseth, Trump's secretary of defense nominee, needed to “focus on the positive” or face termination  —  Newsmax instructed staff to lay off Pete Hegseth, the Fox News host Donald Trump nominated to serve as his secretary of defense …
CNN:
US Senator Tom Cotton blocks an effort by Senate Democrats to pass the PRESS Act, which would shield journalists and sources, after Trump opposed it last month  —  Senate Republicans on Tuesday blocked an effort by Democrats to pass a bipartisan bill that would give journalists greater …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Daily Wire Co-CEO Jeremy Boreing says the outlet is looking to possibly partner with a larger company or raise capital, but isn't actively looking for a buyer  —  - Semafor reported Sunday that Fox Corp. was eyeing potential acquisitions of conservative podcast companies, including Daily Wire.
Emma Roth / The Verge:
A California District Court judge orders Automattic to stop blocking WP Engine's access to WordPress.org resources and interfering with WP Engine's plugins  —  WP Engine just won a preliminary injunction against WordPress.com parent company Automattic.  On Tuesday, a California District …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
The Free Press hires WSJ editor-turned-banker Dennis Berman as its first publisher and president and media product veteran Daniel Hallac as chief growth officer  —  - She launched The Free Press as independent publishing was becoming more sustainable.
Juli Clover / MacRumors:
Spotify informs users its Car Thing “is discontinued and no longer operational”, after announcing plans to discontinue the product in May 2024  —  Spotify today shut down all Car Thing accessories, several months after announcing plans to discontinue the product.
Discussion: BGR, Digital Music News and TechCrunch
Kathryn Watson / CBS News:
Former Florida congressman Matt Gaetz joins OANN to host a weeknight political talk show and co-host a weekly podcast with Dan Ball, starting in January 2025  —  Former Rep. Matt Gaetz, who was President-elect Donald Trump's first pick to be attorney general before removing his name from consideration …
Associated Press:
The US DOJ watchdog releases a report saying the DOJ in Trump's first term failed to follow its own rules when it seized reporters' records in a leak probe  —  Federal prosecutors sidestepped some Justice Department rules when they seized the phone records or emails of reporters as part …
Aamna Mohdin / The Guardian:
Analysis: GB News accounted for 47% of mentions of Muslims or Islam on UK news channels from October 2022 to September 2024; BBC News, 32%, and Sky News, 21%  —  Exclusive: CfMM report over two-year period says channel's ‘negative’ focus on Islam borders on an ‘obsession’
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
YouTube is testing a new multiplayer feature for two games, under its collection of lightweight, free “Playables” games on desktop and mobile devices  —  YouTube is experimenting with multiplayer mini-games under its collection of lightweight, free games dubbed “Playables.”
Quentyn Kennemer / The Verge:
YouTube redesigns the YouTube Kids app to make it look and behave more like the standard YouTube app and lets users browse through videos in portrait mode  —  The YouTube Kids mobile app is getting a redesign that both makes it look and behave more like the standard YouTube app …
Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch:
YouTube rolls out its auto-dubbing feature, which generates translated audio tracks, to hundreds of thousands of channels focused on knowledge and information  —  YouTube announced on Tuesday that its auto-dubbing feature, which allows creators to generate translated audio tracks for their videos …
 
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Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Instagram rolls out “trial reels”, which let creators experiment by publishing videos only to users who don't follow them, after testing the feature in May 2024
Elias Leight / Billboard:
Source: Sony Music removes its catalog from African streaming service Boomplay over late royalty payments; several labels and distributors report similar issues
Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
SiriusXM names Wayne Thorsen as COO and unveils a strategic plan focused on costs, including $200M in annualized savings, and on its car subscription business
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Jon Blistein / Rolling Stone:
Over 350 musicians sign Fight for the Future's open letter demanding that major labels drop a lawsuit over Internet Archive's efforts to preserve 78-rpm records
Max Tani / Semafor:
The incoming GOP-led Congress and White House, with help from Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy's DOGE, could redouble efforts to defund NPR and other public media
Josh Parry / BBC:
Interviews with 30+ current and former PinkNews employees detail multiple incidents of alleged sexual misconduct by founders Benjamin Cohen and Anthony James
Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
In a letter to subscribers, Wired UK says it is dropping from a bimonthly to a quarterly print schedule, as it unites its global newsroom into a single team
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Bloomberg:
Google debuts Gemini 2.0 and plans to test the model in search and AI Overviews, saying it enables “agents that can think, remember, plan, and even take action”

Igor Bonifacic / Engadget:
Apple rolls out iOS 18.2, iPadOS 18.2, and macOS Sequoia 15.2, with Apple Intelligence features including ChatGPT integration, Image Playground, and Genmoji

Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer:
A global outage has hit Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and WhatsApp, starting at approximately 12:40pm ET; Meta says it's “99% of the way” to resolving the issue
 
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