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10:50 AM ET, December 11, 2022

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Russell Lewis / NPR:
Longtime sportswriter Grant Wahl dies at 48, after collapsing while covering the Argentina-Netherlands quarterfinal at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Doha, Qatar  —  Longtime soccer sportswriter Grant Wahl died on Friday while covering the Argentina-Netherlands quarterfinal at the 2022 World Cup in Doha, Qatar.
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Twitter:
Twitter to relaunch Blue on December 12 for $8/month on the web and $11/month on iOS with a checkmark after account review, 1080p uploads, edit button, and more  —  we're relaunching @TwitterBlue on Monday - subscribe on web for $8/month or on iOS for $11/month to get access to subscriber-only features, including the blue checkmark 🧵 https://twitter.com/...
Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
Vox Media plans to stop licensing its Chorus content management system to publishers; the current six clients will have 18 months to migrate off the platform  —  Publishers using the platform will have 18 months to migrate their content  —  The digital media company Vox Media …
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
Matt Taibbi and Bari Weiss have performed revelatory journalism about themselves as they promote lies and conservative misinformation through “Twitter Files”  —  But it is actually a tool of progressive power.  While you were hypnotized by viral memes, a cabal …
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Jeremy Littau / @jeremylittau:
[Thread] The “bombshell” Twitter Files show the value of skeptical editors who strengthen stories by poking holes in reporting that uses cherry-picked examples
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Sources: Alameda secretly loaned $43M to LLCs tied to The Block CEO Michael McCaffrey, used in part to buy and run the crypto news site; McCaffrey resigns  —  The Block, a media company that says it covers crypto news independently, has been secretly funded for over a year with money funneled …
Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
Oscar-oriented films flatline at the box office because people have grown comfortable watching them at home, but studios still seem to be grasping for answers  —  The kind of critically praised dramas that often dominate the awards season are falling flat at the box office, failing to justify the money it takes to make them.
James Fallows / Breaking the News:
More questions for ProPublica about its COVID-19 lab leak report and its Editor's Note following criticism, after ProPublica declines to comment on its process  —  Its officials say they will ‘have no further comment’ on their gravely flawed Lab Leak article.  Here is what I would ask them, if I could.
Poynter:
Asian American Journalists Association report for July to September 2021: in the top 20 TV markets, 24% of local US stations did not have AAPI reporters on air  —  The Asian American Journalists Association found that in the top 20 markets, 24% of stations do not have any AAPI reporters on air.
Kanis Leung / Associated Press:
A Hong Kong court sentences Apple Daily founder Jimmy Lai to five years and nine months in prison over two fraud charges linked to lease violations  —  A Hong Kong court sentenced a pro-democracy media tycoon to five years and nine months in prison on Saturday over two fraud charges linked …
Molly White / @molly0xfff:
[Thread] Bloomberg, The New York Times, Dow Jones, and The Financial Times intervene in FTX's bankruptcy case, requesting to unseal customer and creditor lists  —  A group of media outlets—Bloomberg, the NYT, Dow Jones & Co, and the Financial Times—just filed a motion to intervene in the FTX case, requesting that FTX be required to unseal customer and creditor lists.
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Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
CBS held its scoop about Brittney Griner's imminent release for a week, at the White House's request, and a source says another news outlet held it for a day  —  The first news organization to pin down the news of the WNBA star's release from a Russian prison agreed to a White House request to delay the story
Garett Sloane / Ad Age:
Source: Twitter is pitching last-minute heavily discounted ad packages for World Cup content, which may signal ad revenue trouble for the Super Bowl and Oscars  —  The platform's World Cup troubles with brands could create worries about other real-time marketing events like the Super Bowl
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