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2:10 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 …
Financial Times:
Patreon, Substack, and other “passion economy” startups are cutting staff and abandoning fundraising plans; Dealroom: investments fell 75% YoY 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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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 …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Wikimedia updates Wikipedia's design for the first time in over a decade, improving search, accessibility, the table of contents section, and 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.
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: TVNewser and @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.
Parker Molloy / The Present Age:
News media should have sent a signal to Twitter by halting tweets after some journalists' accounts were suspended; Fox News once boycotted Twitter for 16 months  —  Fox once abandoned Twitter for 16 months in a vague, nonsensical protest.  News outlets with legitimate grievances …
Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
Ad revenue now makes up 15% of total revenue for INN members, up from 3% in 2018; ~430 nonprofit outlets generated $66M in ad revenue in 2021 vs. $500M for NYT  —  The business now represents nearly a third of total revenue for many  —  Although historically funded primarily by a mix …
Discussion: The Keyword
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
 
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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
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
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
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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
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
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple has renewed discussions with OpenAI about using its technology to power some features in iOS 18; talks with Google on using Gemini remain ongoing

Ryan Vlastelica / Bloomberg:
Alphabet closes above a $2T market cap for the first time, reaching a valuation of $2.15T after rising 10% on April 26, its biggest one-day jump since July 2015

Dustin Volz / Wall Street Journal:
Sam Altman, Satya Nadella, Sundar Pichai, Jensen Huang, and others join a board for advising the DHS on deploying AI safely within US critical infrastructure
 
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