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11:20 PM ET, December 28, 2022

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Rachyl Jones / Observer:
Reuters will let staff work from home three days a week in 2023 as part of its deal with NewsGuild, which represents 300 Reuters journalists and photographers  —  Reuters employees can work from home three days a week.  —  Thomson Reuters Corp. and NewsGuild, which represents …
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West Virginia Public Broadcasting dismissed Amelia Knisely, a part-time reporter who covered child welfare issues, after pressure from the US agency she covered  —  CHARLESTON — West Virginia Public Broadcasting has parted ways with one of its reporters after alleged retaliation …
Theo Wayt / The Information:
Source: Amazon has discussed a standalone app for watching sports, decluttering the Prime Video app; Andy Jassy recently reaffirmed Amazon's streaming ambitions  —  Amazon has discussed doing a stand-alone app for watching sports content, people briefed on the conversations told The Information.
Rebecca Rubin / Variety:
Avatar: The Way of Water passes $1B in global ticket sales in 14 days, $317.1M in North America and $712.7M overseas; Spider-Man: No Way Home hit $1B in 12 days  —  “Avatar: The Way of Water” has sailed past $1 billion in global ticket in just 14 days, becoming the fastest movie this year to cross the coveted box office milestone.
Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
Steamboat Willie, the 1928 film that introduced Disney's Mickey Mouse, will lose copyright protection in 2024; trademarks may complicate the mouse's other uses  —  The version of the iconic character from “Steamboat Willie” will enter the public domain in 2024.  But those trying to take advantage could end up in a legal mousetrap.
Chris Thomas / Reuters:
Filings: Indian billionaire Gautam Adani will control 64.71% of NDTV, after its founders Radhika and Prannoy Roy decided to sell a 27.26% stake and retain 5%  —  Indian billionaire Gautam Adani will control 64.71% of New Delhi Television Ltd (NDTV.NS) as the company's founders have decided …
Rick Porter / The Hollywood Reporter:
Analysis: for linear TV dramas and comedies, 40%-50% of the seven-day audience watches the show on the same day it airs, 20%-25% on DVR, and 30-40% on streaming  —  Analyzing available data and speaking with research and ad execs, THR attempts to pin down how much viewing happens on various platforms.
Kate Conger / New York Times:
Some Twitter users are reporting widespread service interruptions; Downdetector: the issues mainly affect its website and started around 7pm ET on Wednesday  —  The issues surfaced several days after Elon Musk said he had shut down one of the company's major data centers.
Sophie Zeldin-O'Neill / The Guardian:
A look at the growing popularity of live podcast shows, up 2,000%+ since 2013, which podcasters and radio show hosts say help expand their listenership  —  Funny, frank and intimate ... in recent years, the live versions of audio shows have shot up by 2,000%.  Now, comedians are selling out auditoriums nationwide
Jake Kanter / Deadline:
Sources: the BBC, which is merging its domestic and international news channels, plans to replace its robot studio cameras from 2013, after several viral fails  —  EXCLUSIVE: The BBC is set to replace the robot cameras in its news channel studio after a string of viral tech fails over the past decade.
Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A US appeals court revives a lawsuit accusing Google and others of violating children's privacy state laws by tracking their YouTube activity for ad targeting  —  A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday revived a lawsuit accusing Alphabet Inc's (GOOGL.O) Google and several other companies of violating …
 
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