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10:45 AM ET, December 11, 2024

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 Top News: 
Dave Collins / Associated Press:
A US federal judge rejects Infowars' sale to The Onion in Alex Jones' bankruptcy, after Jones challenged the sale, leaving it to a trustee to decide next steps  —  A federal judge on Tuesday night rejected the sale of the conspiracy platform Infowars to The Onion satirical news outlet …
Oliver Darcy / Status:
Sources say Paul Krugman opted to exit as NYT columnist after fundamental disagreements over the editing process with NYT Opinion Editor Kathleen Kingsbury  —  Paul Krugman grew frustrated at The New York Times over editing measures implemented in recent years under Opinion boss Kathleen Kingsbury.
Kurt Wilms / YouTube Official Blog:
YouTube says viewers streamed 1B+ hours of content daily on TVs in 2024 globally, including 400M+ hours of podcasts monthly; sports content watchtime grew 30%  —  The living room was the place to be for entertainment this year: We watched J Balvin and Lana Del Rey rock Coachella …
Clayton Davis / Variety:
In a first, the 97th Academy Awards will stream live on Hulu, along with airing on ABC, giving it an unprecedented boost in accessibility and viewership  —  ABC also released the key art for the 97th Academy Awards ceremony  —  A long-overdue shake-up is coming to Hollywood's most celebrated night.
Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
Forbes Media names Sherry Phillips, who has been with Forbes for 28 years, as its new CEO, replacing Mike Federle, who was CEO for the past seven years  —  Forbes Media has named Sherry Phillips, who has been with the company for 28 years, as its new chief executive officer.
Discussion: Press Gazette
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
At an UBS event, HarperCollins CEO Brian Murray praised Spotify's entry into audiobooks and said that audiobooks continue to outsell e-books in terms of revenue  —  The future of audiobooks and AI's impact on the publishing industry were points of discussion for HarperCollins, whose CEO …
Diana Falzone / Mediaite:
Source: Newsmax's COO told staff that those covering Trump's Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth 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 …
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
CNBC plans to launch a new unit to create content aimed at audience niches, including wealth and women's leadership, led by veteran producer Max Meyers  —  CNBC has sketched out an intriguing strategy the network hopes will have it getting bigger by sweating the small stuff.
Discussion: Talking Biz News and @carney
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Nielsen's Gracenote unit plans to unveil a new service at CES in January 2025 to let users find live sports content across streaming and linear video services  —  The hottest sport on TV isn't football, basketball or even pickleball. … As more streaming services focus on offering sports …
Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
Estates Gazette, a B2B magazine and information service covering UK commercial real estate, plans to close after 166 years, citing industry headwinds  —  Commercial real estate B2B title says it was damaged “irreparably” by industry headwinds.  —  Estates Gazette, a B2B magazine …
Caroline Davies / The Guardian:
News Group Newspapers accuses Prince Harry of trying to turn his case against NGN into a “public inquiry” by calling irrelevant witnesses over “generic issues”  —  Counsel for News Group Newspapers accuses Duke of Sussex and co-claimant of calling irrelevant witnesses over ‘generic issues’
Discussion: GB News and Reuters
 
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Alexandra S. Levine / Bloomberg:
TikTok is offering users hundreds of dollars in Shop credits to spend time in the app, invite friends to join, and purchase products, ahead of a possible US ban
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
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
Discussion: 9to5Mac and Digital Trends
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
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%
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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
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
Rob Golum / Bloomberg:
Sirius XM's shares drop 9%+ after the company issued a 2025 revenue forecast below est., plans a cost-cutting drive, and expects to reduce debt by $700M
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
 

 
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Bloomberg:
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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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