Mediagazer: Sources: ex-CNN boss Jeff Zucker has agreed to acquire newsletter startup Front Office Sports, his first acquisition since launching the $1B RedBird IMI fund (Sara Fischer/Axios)

Sara Fischer / Axios:

Sources: ex-CNN boss Jeff Zucker has agreed to acquire newsletter startup Front Office Sports, his first acquisition since launching the $1B RedBird IMI fund — Former CNN boss Jeff Zucker has agreed to acquire newsletter startup Front Office Sports, Axios has learned.

Carly Thomas / The Hollywood Reporter:

California Governor Gavin Newsom vetoes a WGA- and SAG-AFTRA-backed bill that would have given unemployment benefits to striking workers like writers and actors — The legislation was an attempt by Democratic state lawmakers to help striking actors, writers and Southern California hotel workers.

Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:

National World, run by ex-Mirror boss David Montgomery, buys Midland News Association, which was UK's largest independent regional publisher before the deal — National World also bought technology solution Press Computer Systems. — David Montgomery's National World has bought Midland News Association …

Discussion: @josiahmortimer, @provnewshistory, @pressgazette, expressandstar.com and HoldtheFrontPage

Laura Wagner / Washington Post:

A profile of More Perfect Union, a nonprofit labor-advocacy publication with a $5.5M annual budget, 28 employees, and a video-first approach on social media — In behind-the-scenes planning talks, More Perfect Union played a role in the president's visit to a picket line.

Dade Hayes / Deadline:

Q&A with YouTube Chief Business Officer Mary Ellen Coe on NFL Sunday Ticket “exceeding expectations”, Multiview interest, the Charter-Disney dispute, and more — - YouTube Chief Business Officer Mary Ellen Coe On NFL Sunday Ticket “Exceeding Expectations”, Unexpected Disney-Charter Plugs & More

Discussion: Awful Announcing, The Streamable and Cord Cutters News

Nicole Sperling / New York Times:

Profile of Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, who has been SAG-AFTRA's executive director and chief negotiator since 2021, as talks with the studios begin again on Monday — Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, the lead negotiator for SAG-AFTRA, will be a key player as the guild begins talks with the studios again on Monday.

Discussion: Variety

Phyllis Zorn / Marion County Record:

The mayor of Marion, Kansas suspends the police chief who led the raid on the Marion County Record — Six and a half weeks after raids on the Marion County Record — and six weeks after warrants for those raids were taken back — Marion mayor David Mayfield has suspended police chief Gideon Cody.

Discussion: Associated Press, KBSL-TV, USA Today, Washington Post, @steven_zac, Poynter, The Messenger, New York Times, Media Nation, CBS News, Newser, The Hill and Boing Boing

New York Times:

The number of fact-checking sites has declined worldwide, as social media platforms reduce disinformation efforts and false AI content keeps fact-checkers busy — The momentum behind organizations that aim to combat online falsehoods has started to taper off.

Discussion: @corrie_pikul, @brookingsfp, @mausellmoli, @nytimesbusiness, @nytimesbusiness, @caulfieldtim, @carnage4life@mas.to and Meta Journalism Project, more at Techmeme »

Jeff Baumgartner / Light Reading:

Filing: LG suspends including IP-based broadcast signaling standard ATSC 3.0 in its 2024 lineup of US TVs due to a “challenging and uncertain patent landscape” — Citing a ‘challenging and uncertain patent landscape,’ LG has suspended the inclusion of ATSC 3.0 tech in its 2024 TV lineup.

Discussion: @alexhcranz@threads.net, TechRadar, @matthewkeyslive, FCC, The Verge, Radio & Television … and TVNewsCheck, more at Techmeme »

Dade Hayes / Deadline:

Byron Allen, one of the many parties trying to acquire ABC from Disney, says Disney's internal deliberations are the main factor delaying a formal sale process — - ‘May December’ Writer Samy Burch Finally Boards Promo Train Post-Strike At New York Film Festival; Director Todd Haynes …

Financial Times:

French billionaire Xavier Niel plans to put his 40%+ stake of Le Monde in a foundation in 2023 and says he wants the newsroom “to be as independent as possible” — Billionaire to place shares bought from Czech tycoon Daniel Křetínský in foundation by year end

Discussion: @labboudles

Mark Kleinman / Sky News:

Sources: Axel Springer notified Goldman Sachs of its desire to participate in a forthcoming auction for The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Telegraph newspapers — The publisher of Bild and owner of the Politico website has registered its interest in bidding for the Daily and Sunday Telegraph newspapers, Sky News can reveal.

Discussion: The Guardian, @umacf24, @crimbleethel, @jillbelch, @markkleinmansky, Bloomberg and Financial Times