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6:30 PM ET, January 3, 2019

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Hadas Gold / CNN:
Netflix faced a tough balancing act when Saudi officials claimed an episode of Hasan Minhaj's Patriot Act violated local law  —  London (CNN Business)What's the price of censoring one episode of a Netflix show in Saudi Arabia?  —  Though Netflix has not released specifics on the number …
Lexi Mainland / Los Angeles Times:
Podcasts are helping news organizations increase audience engagement, reach a younger demographic, and make a profit  —  I get emotional watching movies on airplanes.  It doesn't matter what the story line is or how many times I've viewed it stoically on terra firma.  At 40,000 feet, I submit to tears.
Discussion: @aliciahannah and KTLA
Michael Calderone / Politico:
Former NYT Editor Jill Abramson says Fox News host Howard Kurtz took her new book “totally out of context” and attempted to “Foxify” it  —  FORMER NEW YORK TIMES EDITOR JILL ABRAMSON SAYS Fox News host Howard Kurtz took her forthcoming book, Merchants of Truth …
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Departed White House staffers, including John Kelly and Rex Tillerson, validate stories about the Trump administration, despite Trump's claims of “fake news”  —  The Trump White House isn't big on sharing information or answering questions asked on behalf of the public.
Li Yuan / New York Times:
Inside Beijing-based Beyondsoft and its “censorship factories”, with 4,000+ staff monitoring online content for media companies eager to please China's censors  —  Thousands of low-wage workers in “censorship factories” trawl the online world for forbidden content …
Jesse Damiani / The Verge:
Netflix's interactive format for films like Bandersnatch makes content harder to pirate, increases viewer engagement, and generates insightful data about users  —  Light spoilers for Black Mirror's interactive episode Bandersnatch ahead.  —  On Friday, December 28th, after months of speculation …
Tatyana Shumsky / Wall Street Journal:
Analysts say Spencer Neumann's focus as Netflix CFO will be to convince investors that expensive original content will pay off with subscriptions and profits  —  Spencer Neumann must convince investors that Netflix's billions of investments in original content will grow subscribers and earnings, analysts say
Lucinda Southern / Digiday:
Ahead of its launch on January 14, 42% of slow news startup Tortoise's founding members are under 30, and 25% live outside the UK  —  One criticism leveled at reader-funded journalism is that it can mean only the elite have access to quality information.  But slow-news membership outlet Tortoise …
Washington Post:
Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega has launched a wave of repression against political dissidents, jailing journalists and shuttering publications  —  MANAGUA, Nicaragua — Reporters for an online news site are writing their stories in secret locations.  Editors of the country's only 24-hour news network have been jailed.
Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch:
The US Senate confirms FCC commissioners Brendan Carr and Geoffrey Starks, bringing the five seats to three Republicans and two Democrats, for five-year terms  —  The Senate has officially confirmed the incoming FCC commissioners, Brendan Carr and Geoffrey Starks have been officially confirmed by the Senate for their five-year terms.
 
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
The Telegraph hires William Sitwell, the former Waitrose Food magazine editor who stepped down over comments made to a vegan freelancer, as a restaurant critic
Brian Stelter / CNN:
In a farewell memo to NBC newsroom, analyst William Arkin says the media is “hostage” to Trump at the expense of coverage of other areas
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Meg James / Los Angeles Times:
A carriage dispute forces 33 Tribune Media stations off the air, affecting about 6M Charter cable customers, including 1.5M around Los Angeles