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Ernesto Londoño / New York Times:
Federal prosecutors in Brazil charge Glenn Greenwald with cybercrimes, alleging he was part of a “criminal organization” hacking phones of public officials — Mr. Greenwald is accused of being part of a “criminal investigation” that hacked into the cellphones of prosecutors and public officials.
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Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
Glenn Greenwald calls Brazil's allegations an attack on journalism: “I did nothing more than do my job as a journalist—ethically and within the law” — The charges are “an obvious attempt to attack a free press in retaliation for the revelations we reported about …
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BBC, @russforus2020, @ashahshahani and The Week
Sara Fischer / Axios:
The Athletic raises $50M Series D sources say at a ~$500M valuation; cofounder says it will soon hit 1M subscribers and expects it to be profitable in 2020 — The Athletic, a subscription-based digital sports media company, has raised $50 million in a Series D funding round, executives tell Axios.
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Amelia Nitz / The Reporters Committee …:
Reporters Committee will launch its Local Legal Initiative in CO, OK, OR, PA, and TN to provide pro bono legal support to local journalists and news outlets — Lawyers will provide local news organizations in Colorado, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania and Tennessee with pro bono legal support
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Nieman Lab, The Philadelphia Inquirer, @dgambacorta, @evanwyloge, @billy_penn, @knightfdn, @cofoic, @spjoregon, @davidlauter, @leszaitz, @racheldissell and @rcfp
Financial Times:
Tony Hall will be regarded for keeping a steady ship amid several crises, but will leave his successor challenges on multiple fronts, including a hostile PM — Tony Hall's successor as director-general will be the BBC's 17th and, perhaps, one of the most important ever appointed to run …
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@emilybell, The Guardian, @financialtimes, @jayrosen_nyu, @emilybell, @jayrosen_nyu, @emilybell, @emilybell, @hughhewitt, @emilybell, The Guardian and New Statesman
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Sources: Business Insider, Vox Media, The Information, Axios, and Politico all turned profits in 2019, in several cases for the first time ever — Digital publishing is doing something it hasn't done en masse since the dawn of the Internet: make money. — Why it matters: Business Insider …
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@skidder, @jtemple, @rafat, @bkblick, @media_evan and @cnyari, more at Techmeme »
Netflix:
Netflix Q4 revenue grew 31% YoY to $5.467B and net income rose to $587M, surpassing 100M paid memberships outside the US; global paid net additions totaled 8.8M — Fellow shareholders, We had a strong finish to 2019, with Q4 revenue growing 31% year over year, bringing full year 2019 revenue …
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The Wrap and CNBC, more at Techmeme »
Sara Jerde / Adweek:
Bloomberg Media debuts Bloomberg Green, a vertical on climate change, with five ad partners, a daily newsletter, podcast, events, and an upcoming print magazine — Bloomberg Green goes live with a constantly updating data dashboard — Key insights: — Bloomberg Media went live …
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Bloomberg, Ad Age, Business Insider, Talking Biz News and @justin_b_smith
Allison Schiff / AdExchanger:
AppsFlyer, a mobile ad attribution platform, raises $210M Series D led by General Atlantic at a $1.6B valuation — AppsFlyer said Tuesday it closed a $210 million Series D round, bringing the app measurement firm's total funding to more than $293 million since 2014. It had previously raised a $56 million Series C in 2017.
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TechCrunch, Forbes and VentureBeat, more at Techmeme »
Joe Mandese / MediaPost:
GARM, an ad agency and digital media platform alliance, shares plan for creating brand-safe environments with tools for categorizing harmful content and more — As the world turns its eyes to Davos, Switzerland this week, a group of advertisers and agency executives are pushing to leverage …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Roku expands to Brazil by way of a partnership with AOC to launch the AOC Roku TV in two models, which will feature local streaming service Globoplay — Roku announced this morning it's expanding into Brazil, a sizable market that could have a notable impact on the streaming device maker's advertising business.
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BBC:
Disney+ to launch on 24 March in the UK and other parts of Europe, a week earlier than originally planned, for £5.99 per month or £59.99 per year — The new streaming service Disney+ is to launch on 24 March in the UK, a week earlier than originally planned.
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Business Insider, Fast Company, Reuters, @martinsfp, The Next Web, The Verge and Variety, more at Techmeme »
Brian Stelter / CNN:
Gary Marx and David Jackson, Chicago Tribune reporters who wrote the anti-Alden NYT op-ed, say they are reaching out to potential buyers of the paper — New York (CNN Business)Reporters at the Chicago Tribune are trying to find a new owner for their newspaper.
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Columbia Journalism Review, Axios, Poynter, @royalpratt, @jayrosen_nyu and Mediaite
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New York Times:
Journalists at the Chicago Tribune say they are worried that Alden Global Capital will impose draconian cuts, as it has elsewhere, hurting local journalism
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Axios, American Press Institute, The Guardian, Forbes, @jessicalessin, @jayrosen_nyu, @toddlighty, @jonathanalter, @toddlighty, @dk_newsdata, @blairkamin, @nickkristof, @scott_maxwell, @paulsalopek, @davidaxelrod, @danpriceseattle, Lefsetz Letter, MediaPost, @charlesornstein and @lourdesgnavarro
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