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12:50 PM ET, December 14, 2020

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Michael Levenson / New York Times:
Critics slam WSJ's opinion section after it published a column by Joseph Epstein calling Jill Biden “kiddo” and suggesting she drop her use of “Dr.” as a title  —  Many women said Joseph Epstein's suggestion in The Wall Street Journal was blatantly sexist and underscored …
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Paul A. Gigot / Wall Street Journal:
Paul Gigot, WSJ editorial page editor, equates the Biden team's reaction to an op-ed on Jill Biden's use of “Dr.” to Trump's “enemy of the people” tweets  —  Its strategists promote an identity politics campaign against an op-ed on Jill Biden's use of ‘Dr.’
Adam Piore / Columbia Journalism Review:
A deep, historical look at opinion pieces in news outlets, and how a large quantity of hot takes has served as a cheap, powerful attraction, sometimes at a cost
Ben Smith / New York Times:
Sources: Apple TV+ was making Scraper, a show about Gawker Media, with several episodes written, then Tim Cook sent an email about it and the project was killed  —  Big tech companies now exert huge influence over what stories get told.  The message is clear: Be careful who you offend.
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Voting machine company Smartmatic issued legal notices to Fox News, Newsmax, and OANN, demanding retraction of claims that its machines flipped votes to Biden  —  Florida-based electronic voting system company Smartmatic on Monday demanded three conservative media outlets retract their claims …
Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Jeff Zucker was recently made aware of investor interest in taking CNN private, as WarnerMedia is in talks with Zucker on whether to renew his contract  —  A month after the election, CNN holds leads in key ratings categories; President Jeff Zucker made aware of investor interest in network
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Reddit announces it has acquired short-form video app and TikTok rival Dubsmash  —  Reddit is where passionate communities come together for authentic exchanges about the topics that matter to them.  Video is increasingly core to how people want to connect, and as we continue to grow our community …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Facebook launches Collab, a TikTok-inspired music making app, on iOS in the US, after announcing a beta version in May  —  Collab, Facebook's experimental app for making collaborative music videos, is today launching out of private beta testing with a public release on the App Store.
Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
Paul Smalera, who was previously the founding editor of Medium's Marker, has been named EIC of The Business of Business, a new publication from Thinknum  —  Longtime business journalist Paul Smalera has been named editor in chief of The Business of Business, a new publication from Thinknum.
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Restoring the VOA after Trump's “wrecking ball” tactics won't be easy, but it's a key resource in the world's “information deserts” and is worth saving  —  When Sanford Ungar visited a small village in Bangladesh as the Voice of America director two decades ago …
Chris Stokel-Walker / Business Insider:
TikTok says it has partnered with Samsung to launch TikTok on TVs from 2018 or later in Europe, starting with the UK  —  - TikTok's will be available on TV for the first time.  — A partnership with Samsung means the app is available to download on certain smart TV models in Europe …
Gerry Smith / Bloomberg:
Sources: NBCU is considering making most seasons of The Office exclusive to the paid version of Peacock when the show arrives on the service next month  —  - NBC weighs putting most episodes behind a $5-a-month paywall  — Hit comedy about office workers set to leave Netflix on Jan. 1
 
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Janet W. Lee / Variety:
ViacomCBS breaks down workforce demographics for the first time: 63.8% of 16,612 domestic staff are white and less than 25% of executives are people of color
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Daily Mail pays Sir James Dyson and his wife Lady Deirdre Dyson £100K in libel damages after suggesting they had behaved badly towards their former housekeeper
New York Times:
Analysis of 7,124 English-language fiction books published by major publishing houses from 1950 to 2018 finds 95% of the authors were white
Leonid Bershidsky / Bloomberg:
Profile of Russian online investigative outlets Proekt and Istories, backed by crowdfunding and Western foundations, which have recently broken stories on Putin
Marissa Evans / Nieman Lab:
Trauma-informed reporting, often key for crime stories, will gain relevance post-pandemic; newsrooms need to be aware of potential secondhand trauma for staff
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Atlanta's all-Black creator houses are helping to build community and reverse a gap in an industry where Black influencers are underacknowledged and underfunded
Allegra Hobbs / Study Hall:
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Julia Alexander / The Verge:
Disney's stream of Disney+ announcements on Thursday finally delivered on ~$100B worth of acquisitions over 15 years of widely adored billion dollar franchises