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3:40 PM ET, February 10, 2022

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Hugh Son / CNBC:
Binance invests $200M to help Forbes with its plan to go public via a SPAC in Q1 2022, making Binance one of Forbes' two largest owners after its listing  —  - Binance, the world's biggest cryptocurrency exchange, is making a $200 million strategic investment in Forbes, the 104-year old magazine and digital publisher, CNBC has learned.
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
New York appeals court temporarily stays an order by a state trial judge, allowing the NYT to publish and retain documents concerning Project Veritas  —  A state appeals court said that a judge's order preventing publication of the documents would not be enforced until a formal appeal could be heard.
Jordan Rose / Complex:
Snoop Dogg acquires Death Row Records from Blackstone-controlled company MNRK Music Group  —  Snoop Dogg has acquired Death Row Records from the Blackstone-controlled company MNRK Music Group.  —  According to a press release via Business Wire, the rap legend will be leading the brand for the coming years as its new owner.
Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
WaPo plans to add 70 newsroom positions this year, including nearly 20 roles focused on health and wellness and over 20 focused on climate and extreme weather  —  The plan, which includes the addition of at least 70 newsroom roles, also will expand coverage of social issues, technology and international investigations
Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
The bitcoin-related arrest of a writer who posted 47 times on Forbes.com highlights earlier use of Forbes' contributor network for scams, PR, or bad journalism  —  That “rapper” accused of billions in crypto fraud was also a Forbes contributor.  Is it finally time to move past the contributor network?
Wall Street Journal:
The US Senate follows the House in approving a bill barring companies from using forced arbitration in sexual assault or harassment claims; Biden will sign it  —  Some lawmakers want to ban such clauses for other complaints, such as racial discrimination  —  WASHINGTON—Companies would no longer …
PR Newswire:
Twitter misses with Q4 revenue of $1.57B, up 22% YoY, net income of $182M, down 18% YoY; 217M mDAUs, up from 192M YoY; FY 2021 revenue hit $5.08B, up 37% YoY  —  Annual Revenue Growth of 37% to $5.08 Billion and Average Monetizable Daily Active Usage (mDAU) Growth of 13% to 217 Million in Q4
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
UK culture secretary formally releases News UK from legal restrictions dating to 1981, which guaranteed the editorial independence of the Times and Sunday Times  —  The Culture Secretary has formally released News UK from its legal undertakings to keep The Times and The Sunday Times separate.
Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
BBC pulled a documentary on a crypto trader hours before it was due to air after a reporter questioned its main claims, another case of patchy crypto coverage  —  Programme about ‘self-made crypto-millionaire’ dropped amid questions over central claims  —  The BBC has pulled a documentary …
Ben Sisario / New York Times:
Sting sells his songwriting catalog, covering song copyrights and royalties as a songwriter, to UMG; the deal is estimated to be worth $250M or more  —  The deal, worth an estimated $250 million, covers his entire output as a songwriter, including solo work and hits by the Police like “Every Breath You Take.”
 
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Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
BBC alleges a rise in harassment of UK-based BBC News Persian journalists and their families in Iran in the past year in a complaint to the UN against Iran
Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
India's ShareChat and MX Player agree to merge their short-video apps, Moj and MX TakaTak; source says the deal is worth $900M
Reuters:
Mexico says it has arrested the three alleged perpetrators of the murder of journalist Lourdes Maldonado in January
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
In a deposition, James Bennet says that he included a direct apology to Sarah Palin in a response to CNN's questions, but the apology didn't make it past NYT PR