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9:40 PM ET, February 20, 2022

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Sources: CNN probe found that Allison Gollust, then a top marketing exec, passed along Gov. Andrew Cuomo's preferred topics to producers before a 2020 interview  —  An internal investigation found that a top executive, Allison Gollust, had extensive communications with then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
Clare Malone / New Yorker:
Q&A with Dean Baquet on star journalists, the rise of off-the-cuff opinionating in journalism, not caring about the “unnuanced voices on Twitter”, and more  —  Ahead of his expected retirement, the Times' executive editor reflects on his newsroom's unprecedented growth …
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Dan Froomkin / Press Watch:
Dean Baquet is unable to acknowledge major flaws undermining his newsroom, casting himself as a savior of journalism against Twitter critics and young staffers  —  Even in the most unrevealing interviews, New York Times editor Dean Baquet's arrogance, cluelessness, and complete disregard for his critics …
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Sources detail the tumult inside Spotify's podcast division, which is yet to release any shows from marquee deals with Ava DuVernay and others after over a year  —  - Spotify inked deals with Ava DuVernay, Jordan Peele, and more but many of them have released no podcasts.
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New York Times:
Sources: the value of Spotify's deal with Joe Rogan, which covers three and a half years, was at least $200M, twice the $100M that reports suggested at the time  —  The deal that brought his podcast to Spotify is said to be worth over $200 million, more than was previously known.
Wall Street Journal:
How advertisers are dealing with Meta's ad price increases prompted by Apple's ATT changes, with some shifting their ad budgets to Google, Amazon, and TikTok  —  Privacy features prompt e-commerce businesses to slash ad spending; ‘Apple has changed the game’  —  Facebook was long one of the surest bets in digital advertising.
Timothy McLaughlin / The Atlantic:
Profile of Ronson Chan, chairman of the Hong Kong Journalists Association and an editor of Stand News, which closed after two editors were charged with sedition  —  In the summer of 2019, Ronson Chan, then an editor for the independent news outlet Stand News, took a delayed honeymoon to Germany with his wife.
Jon Allsop / Columbia Journalism Review:
Walter Cronkite School of Journalism …:
Digital media executive Sree Sreenivasan joins Arizona State University to lead CronkitePro, an education program for journalism and comms professionals  —  Sree Sreenivasan, an internationally acclaimed journalist, digital media executive and educator, will join Arizona State University's …
James Hibberd / The Hollywood Reporter:
Netflix announces four comedy specials to be hosted and produced by Dave Chappelle, with a focus on other veteran comedians  —  The controversial comic will host and produce four comedy specials focusing on other veteran comedians. … The streamer announced Friday the release …
 
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Harold Brubaker / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Philadelphia NPR station WHYY has had 49% turnover since January 2021 as staff complain about poor communication, organization, and focus on short news pieces
Joseph P. Fried / New York Times:
Martin Tolchin, a former New York Times reporter and the founding publisher and editor of The Hill, dies at 93
Hadeel Ibrahim / CBC News:
Postmedia, Canada's largest newspaper company, buys BNI, which publishes three daily newspapers and six weeklies in New Brunswick
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Diane Bartz / Reuters:
Digital Content Next, representing publishers including NYT, News Corp, AP, and more, urges the Senate Judiciary Committee to back two bills to rein in Big Tech
Ashley Carman / The Verge:
Spotify's acquisitions of Podsights and Chartable prepare it to compete better with YouTube, offering programmatic ads and robust analytics to creators
Iris Deng / South China Morning Post:
Tencent makes a ~$248M deal with Beijing Jetsen Technology, China's largest holder of film and TV licenses, for streaming rights to 6K+ films and TV series
Jordan Novet / CNBC:
Roku reports Q4 revenue of $865.3M, vs. $894M est., up 33% YoY, 60.1M active accounts, up 17% YoY, and 19.5B streaming hours, up 15% YoY; stock drops 24%+