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9:50 AM ET, July 21, 2022

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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Taliban agents detained and threatened Lynne O'Donnell, a veteran war reporter from Australia, and forced her to tweet retractions for prior accurate reporting  —  A veteran war reporter in Afghanistan was told she would go to jail if she didn't tweet an apology for her reporting.
Ryan Barwick / Marketing Brew:
Research: Reddit's brand-safety approach to monetization is cautious, labeling all subreddits as no_ads until a manual human review applies some_ads or all_ads  —  New research may pull back the curtain on Reddit's seemingly inconsistent approach to monetizing its communities.
Roshni Neslage / American Journalism Project:
American Journalism Project will give $3.15M to support three nonprofits: The City, ICT, and Verite, a sister newsroom of Mississippi Today launching this fall  —  Support will help nonprofits serving New Orleans, New York City and Native communities build sustainable growth models …
Dylan Smith / Digital Music News:
Warner Music Group becomes the first major label to adopt SoundCloud's user-centric payouts instead of the pro rata model used by Spotify  —  About three months after celebrating the anniversary of its fan-powered royalty model, SoundCloud has officially inked a global licensing deal with Warner Music Group.
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Memo: CNN CEO Chris Licht elevates Virginia Moseley to EVP of US-based editorial, in charge of newsgathering for TV and digital, and lays out other execs' roles  —  CNN's new chief expanded the news outlet's leadership team Wednesday, keeping some senior executives in place while adding new ones to the mix.
Ashley Wong / New York Times:
Hell Gate, a New York City news outlet owned by five journalists, launches a subscription for $6.99 per month or $70 per year to keep the website afloat  —  After years of being put through the wringer of New York City media, five journalists created Hell Gate, the blog-style news site run on their terms.
Cissy Zhou / Nikkei Asia:
Baidu's video streaming service iQiyi signs a content deal with Douyin, TikTok's sister app in China, ending a long dispute over alleged copyright infringement  —  Douyin users will be able to use iQiyi content to make their own short videos  —  Under a new agreement, users of short video platform Douyin …
Knight Foundation:
The Knight Foundation awards $20K grants to 25 newsrooms to upgrade their digital publishing tools; the program has given $1.5M to 75 newsrooms over three years  —  Twenty-five newsrooms will receive $20,000 grants to deploy an improved publishing solution, in third year of Knight initiative in partnership with News Revenue Hub
 
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Netflix ends customer service help via its @Netflixhelps Twitter account, established in February 2009, and says it will focus on helping via its own platforms
Josh Dzieza / The Verge:
A look at GPT-3-powered fiction writing tools like Sudowrite, which proposes plot twists, rewrites in specific tones, suggests metaphors, and more
Jay Peters / The Verge:
YouTube hires Rene Ritchie, a tech YouTuber and former iMore editor-in-chief, as its Creator Liaison, replacing Matt Koval, who left YouTube in February 2022
Haroon Siddique / The Guardian:
UK Justice Secretary Dominic Raab announces proposals for a three-stage test for courts in England and Wales to grant early dismissal requests for SLAPPs
 Earlier Picks: 
Sara Fischer / Axios:
FaZe Clan, an esports collective of gaming and lifestyle content creators, goes public via a $725M SPAC merger, below the initial ~$1B third-party valuations
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Evening Standard editor Charlotte Ross departs suddenly; deputy editor Jack Lefley becomes the newspaper's fourth editor or acting editor in just over two years
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Crunchbase has raised a $50M Series D led by Alignment Growth and says it attracts 75M+ unique visitors annually and recently surpassed 60,000 paying customers
The Guardian:
The Guardian reports £255.8M revenue for the year ending April 3, 2022, up 13% YoY, and £6.7M net operating inflow; digital revenue surpassed print, a first
Matthew Doig:
A Los Angeles Times editor who edited the story about a USC dean's drug use refutes claims made in a book by a reporter about editors trying to kill the story