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3:15 PM ET, January 9, 2023

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Sara Fischer / Axios:
The Intercept is spinning off as an independent nonprofit from its parent First Look Media and lays off an undefined number of staff  —  The Intercept, a progressive nonprofit investigative news outlet, is spinning 0ff as an independent nonprofit from its parent, First Look Media, according to a memo sent to staff obtained by Axios.
Max Tani / Semafor:
A look at Punchbowl News' relationship with Kevin McCarthy, as its newsletters and Jake Sherman's Twitter helped drive the narrative around the race for Speaker  —  The crazy fracas on Capitol Hill Friday night had a few winners: C-SPAN, of course; the right-wing House Freedom Caucus …
CNBC:
Email: Disney CEO Bob Iger asks hybrid staff to return to corporate offices four days a week starting March 1, touting the importance of in-person collaboration  —  - Disney CEO Bob Iger told hybrid employees on Monday they must return to corporate offices four days a week starting March 1, according to an email obtained by CNBC.
Dade Hayes / Deadline:
OpenAP, Fox, NBCUniversal, Paramount, TelevisaUnivision, Warner Bros. Discovery, and the Video Advertising Bureau form a committee to push Nielsen alternatives  —  Media ratings collective OpenAP, along with national programmers Fox, NBCUniversal, Paramount, TelevisaUnivision …
Axios:
Alex Barker / Financial Times:
A look at the Murdoch family's succession wrangling, questions about plans to reunite Fox and News Corp, and whether heir apparent Lachlan will get a free hand  —  The proposed Fox-News Corp merger could portend a realignment of the interests of Rupert Murdoch's children
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Netflix's worldwide ad president Jeremi Gorman says the company is pleased with the growth of its ad tier and is planning single-show sponsorships and more  —  Netflix is “pleased with the growth that we're seeing” in its ad-supported tier since its launch nine weeks ago, said Jeremi Gorman, president of worldwide advertising.
Shaad D'Souza / The Guardian:
Designers for major tours, including Lady Gaga's Chromatica Ball and Lorde's Solar Power, discuss creating social media-friendly sets and other considerations  —  From Lorde to Rosalía, today's biggest stars deliver shows that seem precision-engineered for social media.
Sara Guaglione / Digiday:
An analysis of US publishers' self-reported employee diversity data from 2020 to 2022: media businesses are slowly getting less white and less male-dominated  —  This article is part of a limited editorial series, called The 2023 Notebook, and is designed to be a guide to marketing and media buying in the new year.
Bloomberg:
Sources: Twitter cuts staff in its already diminished trust and safety team handling global content moderation and in a unit for hate speech and harassment  —  Twitter Inc., under new owner Elon Musk, has made deeper cuts into its already radically diminished trust and safety team handling …
 
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Instagram will replace the Shop shortcut with one for Reels in the navigation bar at the bottom of the app next month and give Compose button the center spot
Eric Ducker / New York Times:
A look at music trailerization, the practice of reworking existing tracks to maximize their impact in TV and movie previews
Alex Kantrowitz / Big Technology:
The economic downturn is hurting the creator economy, one of the most-hyped sectors of the past decade, in particular since its middle class hasn't yet emerged
Karen Hao / Wall Street Journal:
The Cyberspace Administration of China will start regulating “deep synthesis” tech like AI-powered image, audio, and text-generation software on January 10
Austin Karp / Sports Business Journal:
Sports accounted for 94 of the 100 most-watched US telecasts in 2022, of which a record 82 were NFL games; no scripted show made the top 100 for the second year
 Earlier Picks: 
Katy Waldman / New Yorker:
An interview with NYT reporter Maggie Haberman about her book Confidence Man, her “contextual scoops”, why she sees herself as a Trump “demystifier”, and more
William Turvill / Press Gazette:
A look at the expansion of British news outlets into the US, looking for more ad revenue per user and a larger audience to compensate for years of print decline
Andy Maxwell / TorrentFreak:
A US judge partly grants a summary judgment in YouTube's favor in a 2020 class action copyright lawsuit filed by musician Maria Schneider, as the case continues
Discussion: Plagiarism Today, ScreenRant and 901am
Matt Tamanini / The Streamable:
fuboTV raises its subscription prices by $5 to $75/month for the Pro plan and $85/month for the Elite plan, the company's second increase in eight months
Roxanna Asgarian / The Texas Tribune:
In January, a US appeals court will weigh a citizen journalist's First Amendment rights against qualified immunity, which shields public officials from lawsuits
David Satin / The Streamable:
Some doubt YouTube will get its money's worth from its $2B NFL Sunday Ticket deal; one analyst estimates YouTube TV will need 4.5M new subscribers to break even