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4:45 PM ET, November 15, 2022

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Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Sources: tech news website Protocol, launched by former Politico owner Robert Allbritton in February 2020, will close later this week and lay off its ~60 staff  —  New York CNN Business —  Protocol, the upstart technology news website launched by former Politico owner …
Alex Sherman / CNBC:
David Zaslav says the ad market is weaker than at any point in 2020 and that HBO went from making $2B in 2019 to losing ~$3B in 2021 as content spending surged  —  - Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav spoke Tuesday at RBC's 2022 Global TIMT Conference in New York.
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Jeff Kotuby / The Streamable:
WBD CEO David Zaslav says the company will be “very disciplined” when the NBA's TV contracts expire after the 2024-2025 season; “We don't have to have the NBA”
Matt Novak / Gizmodo:
The New York Times' bizarre SBF profile presents the disgraced founder through a gauzy lens, fails to challenge him, and gives him the benefit of the doubt  —  FTX filed for bankruptcy on Friday, leaving reasonable people to wonder how a cryptocurrency platform founded in 2019 …
Axios:
Sources: the consortium in exclusive talks to buy Forbes includes investment firms GSV Ventures and SUN Group, in a deal that values Forbes at ~$800M  —  After a chaotic path ended in a failed SPAC IPO earlier this year, Forbes Media is now in exclusive talks to sell to a consortium of investors …
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Isabel Debre / Associated Press:
Israel says the US DOJ opened an investigation into the fatal shooting of Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, calling the probe a “grave mistake”  —  Israel's Defense Minister Benny Gantz said Monday the U.S. Department of Justice has launched an investigation …
Noam Bardin / Post:
Waze founder Noam Bardin unveils Post, a social network where users can buy individual articles from publishers, tip creators, and more, with a waitlist signup  —  Remember when social media was fun, introduced you to big ideas and cool people, and actually made you smarter?
Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch:
Netflix is rolling out a feature to let account owners identify and remotely log out of devices they do not recognize or no longer want signed in  —  Want to kick your ex off your Netflix account without having to change your password?  A new Netflix feature will make that possible.
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
The editor of the UK's Tortoise says podcasting is profitable for the slow news publisher and the “bedrock of everything we do”, despite huge investment costs  —  The editor of Tortoise Studios, Ceri Thomas, has told Press Gazette how podcasts went from an experiment …
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Lorenzo Tondo / The Guardian:
Trial of Italian journalist Roberto Saviano begins after Prime Minister Meloni sued him for defamation for calling her a “bastard”
Vince Grzegorek / Cleveland Scene:
Nonprofit outlet Signal Cleveland launches today with $7.5M in funding; the work of Documenters, who cover public meetings, will be under the outlet's umbrella
Discussion: Axios and Poynter
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
VOA removed without explanation a story about undiplomatic comments made by the Vietnamese prime minister after complaints from a Vietnamese embassy official
Christopher Palmeri / Bloomberg:
Disney plans to air the first two episodes of Andor on Hulu, ABC, FX, and Freeform cable channels starting November 23 as a way to promote Disney+
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New York Times:
Iran hired a US private investigator to surveil Iranian American journalist Masih Alinejad in a failed 2021 kidnap plot; the investigator helped the FBI instead
Seb Joseph / Digiday:
Document: GroupM warns clients Twitter is a “high risk” media buy due to senior executive resignations, Blue check abuse, and possible consent decree violations
Jack Mirkinson / Discourse Blog:
CNN's “interview” with Jeff Bezos, where he gave the broad but non-specific promise that he plans to give most of his money to charity, is shameful PR nonsense
Larry Edelman / The Boston Globe:
The Boston Globe announces NPR SVP for News Nancy Barnes will be its next editor, succeeding Brian McGrory on February 1 to become the first woman in the role
 

 
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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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