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11:30 AM ET, December 16, 2020

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Ryan Mac / BuzzFeed News:
At an end-of-year, company-wide meeting, Facebook said it is working on TLDR, an AI tool that would summarize longform articles in bullet points  —  Facebook told employees on Tuesday that it's developing a tool to summarize news articles so users won't have to read them …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Digital Content Next, a representative for NYT, NPR, Vox, WaPO, and others, joins the Coalition for App Fairness, which is pushing for regulation of app stores  —  A group of major U.S. news publishers have joined the Coalition for App Fairness (CAF), the advocacy group pushing …
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Fox News says it has extended Laura Ingraham's contract with a “multi-year deal”  —  Fox News characterized the new pact as a “multi-year deal.”  Ingraham joined Fox News Channel full-time in October of 2017 after establishing herself with a long-running radio program.
Discussion: The Wrap, nexttv.com and TVNewser
Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge:
Google says its new Chromecast with Google TV will get an Apple TV app in early 2021, giving users access to TV+ originals and iTunes purchases  —  Coming in early 2021 to the Chromecast with Google TV  —  Google's latest Chromecast with Google TV is filling in one of its biggest missing apps …
Jason Gurwin / The Streamable:
Hulu + Live TV drops Sinclair's 23 local CBS affiliates, after failing to reach a deal in the latest carriage dispute  —  After being unable to reach a deal, Sinclair-owned CBS affiliates are no longer available on Hulu + Live TV.  —  Sinclair owns 23 local CBS affiliates, which tend to be outside the largest markets.
Angela Fu / Poynter:
Tiny News Collective, a LION Publishers and News Catalyst initiative, seeks to start 500 local newsrooms in three years by offering resources and training  —  The Tiny News Collective says it will provide participants the tools and resources they need to start their own local newsroom
Tatiana Siegel / Hollywood Reporter:
Sources: Biden is considering Bob Iger for a key ambassadorship, either to China or the UK, and Jeffrey Katzenberg is also being considered  —  The Disney executive chairman is at the top of the president-elect's wish list for a diplomatic assignment with the DreamWorks and Quibi mogul also in the mix.
Dade Hayes / Deadline:
Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment takes full control of Crackle Plus from co-owner Sony Pictures, which exercised its right to obtain $40M of CSSE stock  —  UPDATED with closing stock price.  Completing one of the more surprising media deals of late, Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Spotify signs a deal with NPR to distribute 26 podcasts in most of its 92 markets outside the US, with exceptions like Turkey and India  —  The streaming-audio company inked a deal with NPR to distribute 26 podcasts — including “NPR News Hour,” “Planet Money,” “Car Talk” and “Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!”
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Sources: Vox Media Studios is aiming for $100M in 2021 revenue with plans to double its number of shows to ~20 spanning 8 distributors including Apple TV+, HBO  —  Vox Media Studios, the video and audio production arm of Vox Media, is planning to bring in $100 million in 2021 revenue …
Nieman Lab:
Newsrooms should abolish the crime beat and reexamine how the criminal-legal system is covered, focusing on affected communities and people  —  “Let's be honest: Crime coverage is terrible.  It's racist, classist, fear-based clickbait masking as journalism."  —  Let's be honest: Crime coverage is terrible.
Naman Ramachandran / Variety:
BBC Studios will launch an ad-free streaming channel, BBC Select, on Amazon Prime Video and the Apple TV app in early 2021 for US and Canadian users  —  BBC Studios, the commercial subsidiary of U.K. broadcaster BBC, is launching ad-free streaming channel BBC Select on Amazon Prime Video Channels and the Apple TV app in early 2021.
LaToya Drake / The Keyword:
The Google News Initiative is funding 33 projects in the second round of its North American Innovation Challenge, focusing on diversity, equity, and inclusion  —  Today we are announcing an important list of projects selected for the second round of the Google News Initiative's North American Innovation Challenge.
Periscope:
Twitter says it will discontinue Periscope as a separate mobile app by March 2021, saying it's brought most of the core capabilities of Periscope into Twitter  —  Today, we're sharing that we have made the difficult decision to discontinue Periscope as a separate mobile app by March 2021.
 
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Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg:
Facebook attacks Apple in full-page newspaper ads, claiming upcoming iOS 14 changes that limit data gathering and targeted ads are bad for small businesses
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
The New Yorker added an editor's note to a 2018 story on a company supplying actors who replace missing family members, but the story should have been retracted
Joe Otterson / Variety:
HBO's Casey Bloys says they will honor Dave Chappelle's request and remove Chappelle's Show from HBO Max at the end of the year
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Taylor Lorenz / New York Times:
Celebrity blogger Perez Hilton says TikTok banned him without warning, thinks it was after pressure from TikTok stars, with whom he's feuded; TikTok denies this
Jason Lynch / Adweek:
Common Sense Networks is launching Sensical, a free, ad-supported streaming service for kids aged 2-12, early next year, starting with 15K short-form videos
Discussion: Variety
Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
Condé Nast names Anna Wintour chief content officer, in charge of its brands worldwide and of Vogue's 25 global editions; she will remain EIC of Vogue US
Sam Schechner / Wall Street Journal:
EU proposes bill forcing big tech firms to offer price transparency for online advertisers and one focused on illegal content under the penalty of large fines
Jessica Bursztynsky / CNBC:
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle sign an exclusive multiyear deal to host and produce podcasts for Spotify via their production company Archewell Audio
Freedom of the Press Foundation:
Report: arrests of journalists in the US grew to ~117 in 2020, up 1,200% YoY; the week of May 29 to June 4 had more arrests than previous three years combined
 

 
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Gaby Del Valle / The Verge:
NYC is partnering with Evolv, a weapons detection company that has faced scrutiny over its machines' accuracy, to test AI-based gun detectors on the subway

Sam Kim / Bloomberg:
South Korean national statistics data: chip output grew 65.3% YoY in February 2024, the most since late 2009, with demand for AI-related memory driving growth

Meredith Whittaker / LPE Project:
The TikTok divestment bill will not offer any meaningful privacy protection from China, but it will further entrench the dominance of US-based social networks

 
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