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12:45 PM ET, December 23, 2021

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William Grimes / New York Times:
Joan Didion, whose career spanned traditional reporting, screenwriting, cultural criticism, and fiction, dies of Parkinson's disease at 87  —  She established a distinctive voice in American fiction before turning to political reporting and screenplay writing.
Sapna Maheshwari / New York Times:
Brands are flocking to TikTok with dedicated ad campaigns, attracted by its 1B users and its algorithm that can make an ad seem like just another video  —  Brands are flocking to the platform like never before, drawn by its more than 1 billion users and its algorithm, which can make an ad seem like just another video.
Jill Goldsmith / Deadline:
EU Commission grants antitrust clearance to Discovery's acquisition of WarnerMedia; Discovery expects the deal to close in mid-2022  —  Discovery, announced today that the European Commission has granted unconditional antitrust clearance of the company's proposed acquisition of AT&T's WarnerMedia business.
Rebecca Davis / Variety:
Studio executives and others predict China's film industry will decouple from the global film industry in 2022 as the country turns inward under Xi Jinping  —  The tea leaves aren't difficult to read: China and Hollywood can bid adieu to any attempts at in-depth cultural collaboration …
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
David Pierce / Protocol:
Interview with Automattic's Matt Mullenweg on working from his always-connected RV, making “the Berkshire Hathaway of the internet”, and betting on open systems  —  In the early days of the pandemic, Matt Mullenweg didn't move to a compound in Hawaii, bug out to a bunker …
Kristina Davis / San Diego Union-Tribune:
US judge orders a podcast to turn over unaired interviews as defendants' rights to due process outweigh 1A rights to protect sources and unpublished materials  —  Lawyers for six naval officers want the recordings to help defend their clients against criminal bribery charges
Reuters:
Belarus puts Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty on its list of extremist organizations, meaning Belarusian subscribers could face six years in prison  —  Belarus' interior ministry said on Thursday it has added United States broadcaster Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty to its list of extremist organisations.
The Economic Times:
India bans 20 YouTube channels and two websites for alleged “anti-India” propaganda from Pakistan, invoking its new IT Act's emergency powers for the first time  —  India banned 20 YouTube channels and two websites on Monday for allegedly running anti-India propaganda from Pakistan …
Claudia Eller / Variety:
Q&A with Bob Iger, as he prepares to leave Disney at the end of 2021, on his disinterest in running another company, Bob Chapek, investing in startups, and more  —  “I'm being resolute about it — this time around.  I haven't once second-guessed it or hesitated," he tells me.  “It's bittersweet.
Ryan Broderick / Garbage Day:
Analysis of Garbage Day's Substack metrics: 16K readers, about 10% of which pay to subscribe, driven mainly by announcements or coupons, not paywalled posts  —  Read to the end for a bunch of really good two-sentence horror stories  —  Tomorrow paying subscribers will get an interview in their inboxes with journalist Michael Hobbes.
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich settles his libel claim after journalist Catherine Belton and HarperCollins amended passages in her book, Putin's People  —  Chelsea FC owner Roman Abramovich has settled his libel claim against the journalist and publisher behind the book Putin's People.
 
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Chandini Monnappa / Reuters:
Sony Pictures India and Zee Entertainment merge, overtaking Disney's Star India as India's biggest TV player, led by Zee CEO Punit Goenka
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Kate Clark / The Information:
Redpoint Ventures, which has Stripe and Snowflake investments, plans to launch media outlet Start in early 2022 with a newsletter, podcast, and social posts
Mitchell Clark / The Verge:
Meta says over half of its Bulletin newsletter platform's 115 creators have over 1,000 free subscribers, “with many having more than 5,000 or 10,000”
Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
Fox says Jesse Watters was speaking metaphorically when he told a conference audience to “ambush” Dr. Fauci with a “kill shot”; Dr. Fauci calls for his firing
Todd Spangler / Variety:
AT&T plans to sell its Xandr programmatic advertising marketplace to Microsoft; the deal would not include the ad sales business supporting DirecTV