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12:10 PM ET, January 19, 2023

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Meg James / Los Angeles Times:
New Mexico prosecutors charge Alec Baldwin and the armorer of the movie “Rust” with involuntary manslaughter for cinematographer Halyna Hutchins's on-set death  —  New Mexico prosecutors said they are filing felony criminal charges against actor Alec Baldwin and the armorer …
Wall Street Journal:
Nexstar reaches a multiyear deal to broadcast the Saudi-backed LIV Golf tour on The CW Network; so far, LIV events have been available online free  —  Partnership will determine the Saudi-funded golf tour's financial viability  —  LIV Golf, the controversial Saudi-funded golf tour that launched …
Financial Times:
Patreon, Substack, and other “passion economy” startups are laying off staff and abandoning fundraising plans; Dealroom: investment fell 75% to $801M in 2022  —  Once high-flying start-ups that serve online creators and influencers have been forced into a painful retrenchment …
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Wikimedia launches an updated Wikipedia design, including improved search and accessibility, a refreshed table of contents, and easier language switching  —  Wikipedia, one of the world's top 10 most visited websites, and a resource used by billions every month, is getting its first makeover on the desktop in over a decade.
Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch:
Filing: Dish has 9.75M pay-TV subscribers in total in Q4 2022 and 2.33M Sling TV subscribers, down from 2.41M in Q3 and the same as its 2018 subscriber level  —  Sling TV, the DISH-owned streaming service, finished the year off with a substantial drop in subscribers, ending Q4 2022 with a loss of 77,000 subs.
Discussion: The Streamable
Jake Kanter / Deadline:
The BBC's US head of digital journalism, Saeed Ahmed, quits after four months, raising concerns about the BBC's international and domestic news channels merger  —  EXCLUSIVE: The BBC's head of digital journalism has quit after just four months, prompting further anxiety about the UK broadcaster's plans …
Discussion: @jake_kanter
Naman Ramachandran / Variety:
Amazon and DAZN sign a global distribution partnership which will make DAZN available as a Prime Video Channel for an additional fee for Prime Video customers  —  Amazon and DAZN have signed a global distribution partnership that will see DAZN's direct-to-consumer sports streaming service available as a Prime Video Channel.
Discussion: Broadband TV News
Rich Johnston / Bleeding Cool:
Amazon's layoffs are heavily impacting digital comic book publisher and distributor ComiXology, acquired in 2014, with reports of up to 50% of staff leaving  —  ComiXology staffers are reporting widescale redundancies today across the digital comics publisher and distributor, as well as its parent company, Amazon.
William Turvill / Press Gazette:
The UK's Sunday Times promotes deputy editor Ben Taylor to editor, replacing Emma Tucker, who was named editor-in-chief of the Wall Street Journal  —  Ben Taylor has been named as the new editor of The Sunday Times, stepping up to replace Wall Street Journal-bound Emma Tucker.
Lauren Thomas / Wall Street Journal:
CoinDesk retains Lazard investment bankers to help the outlet explore its options, including a partial or full sale, after “numerous” indications of interest  —  The company has ‘received numerous inbound indications of interest,’ CEO Kevin Worth said.  —  1x
 
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Zoe Samios / Sydney Morning Herald:
The Age in Melbourne, Australia, appoints news director Patrick Elligett as its editor, replacing Gay Alcorn, who stepped down in December 2022 after two years
Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
A California Superior Court judge throws out most of OANN's claims in a lawsuit filed in March 2022 over DirecTV dropping the network from its channel lineup
Discussion: Techdirt and Times of San Diego
Andy Maxwell / TorrentFreak:
The European Commission invites stakeholders to share experiences and potential solutions under existing laws to combat piracy of live events via IPTV services
Chavi Mehta / Reuters:
Spotify, Deezer, Proton, and others write to Margrethe Vestager, demanding the European Commission take action against Apple's “unfair practices”, like IAP fees
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Erin Woo / The Information:
Source: Twitter's Q4 2022 revenue fell ~35% YoY to $1.025B, 72% of its Q4 goal; the company hopes to generate $732M in Q1 2023, which would be down 39% YoY
Digiday:
Similarweb: Twitter referral traffic to a dozen major outlets fell 12% on average between November and December 2022; traffic to the New York Post and Fox grew
Aisha Majid / Press Gazette:
Edelman November 2022 survey: 37% of people in the UK said they trusted the media, up from 35% in November 2021, compared to ~43% in the US, up from 39% YoY
 

 
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Wall Street Journal:
Apple removes WhatsApp, Threads, Signal, and Telegram from its App Store in China, after orders from the country's regulators citing national security concerns

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
Sources: EU may accept Apple's proposal to open its NFC payments tech to rivals, and may close its antitrust probe in May, letting Apple avoid hefty fines

Ryan Morrison / Tom's Guide:
Microsoft researchers introduce VASA-1, an AI model that can create a realistic talking face video from a portrait photo and an audio file, in research preview
 
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