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5:40 AM ET, December 12, 2024

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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
The NYT Tech Guild and its 600+ members reach a tentative deal with management on a contract enhancing job security, setting flexible hybrid schedules, and more  —  The union, which represents some 600 tech workers at the publication, had been negotiating for a contract for more than two years.
Costas Pitas / Reuters:
Donald Trump picks former news anchor and hardline Republican Kari Lake to be the director of US government-funded media outlet Voice of America  —  U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday said he was picking Kari Lake, a former news anchor and a hardline Republican who failed to win …
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Sarah Basford Canales / The Guardian:
Australia's Albanese government to introduce a new plan that seeks to penalize Meta, Google, and other tech giants if they refuse to sign deals with publishers  —  Announcement expected on Thursday after Facebook's parent company Meta said it would opt out of a Morrison-era deal to pay for news
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The Guardian:
Guardian and Observer journalists hold a second 48-hour strike against The Observer sale to Tortoise Media; the Scott Trust has agreed to the sale in principle  —  Second two-day action follows news that the deal was agreed in principle last week by the Scott Trust
Dave Collins / Associated Press:
A US federal judge rejects Infowars' sale to The Onion in Alex Jones' bankruptcy, after Jones challenged the sale, leaving it to a trustee to decide next steps  —  A federal judge on Tuesday night rejected the sale of the conspiracy platform Infowars to The Onion satirical news outlet …
Kurt Wilms / YouTube Official Blog:
YouTube says viewers globally streamed 1B+ hours of content daily on TVs in 2024, including 400M+ hours of podcasts monthly; sports content watchtime grew 30%+  —  The living room was the place to be for entertainment this year: We watched J Balvin and Lana Del Rey rock Coachella …
Oliver Darcy / Status:
Sources say Paul Krugman opted to exit as NYT columnist after fundamental disagreements over the editing process with NYT Opinion Editor Kathleen Kingsbury  —  Paul Krugman grew frustrated at The New York Times over editing measures implemented in recent years under Opinion boss Kathleen Kingsbury.
Clayton Davis / Variety:
In a first, the 97th Academy Awards will stream live on Hulu, along with airing on ABC, giving it an unprecedented boost in accessibility and viewership  —  ABC also released the key art for the 97th Academy Awards ceremony  —  A long-overdue shake-up is coming to Hollywood's most celebrated night.
Aluf Benn / Columbia Journalism Review:
Haaretz Editor-in-Chief Aluf Benn vows that the Israeli news outlet will “not be silenced” after Israel's government bans advertising in the newspaper  —  We won't back down.  —  TEL AVIV—On November 24, Israel's cabinet unanimously adopted an unprecedented resolution to boycott an Israeli news organization.
 
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Nexstar Media, owner of NewsNation, The Hill, The CW, and local TV stations, plans layoffs that it says will affect less than 2% of its 13,000-member workforce
Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
Estates Gazette, a B2B magazine and information service covering UK commercial real estate, plans to close after 166 years, citing industry headwinds
Caroline Davies / The Guardian:
News Group Newspapers accuses Prince Harry of trying to turn his case against NGN into a “public inquiry” by calling irrelevant witnesses over “generic issues”
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Alexandra S. Levine / Bloomberg:
TikTok is offering users hundreds of dollars in Shop credits to spend time in the app, invite friends to join, and purchase products, ahead of a possible US ban
CNN:
US Senator Tom Cotton blocks an effort by Senate Democrats to pass the PRESS Act, which would shield journalists and sources, after Trump opposed it last month
Kathryn Watson / CBS News:
Former Florida congressman Matt Gaetz joins OANN to host a weeknight political talk show and co-host a weekly podcast with Dan Ball, starting in January 2025
 

 
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Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Trump signs an EO renaming the US Digital Service as the US DOGE Service, directing agency heads to form “DOGE Teams” of at least four employees within 30 days

Counterpoint Research:
Chinese smartphone sales fell 3.2% YoY in Q4 2024, the only negative quarter in 2024; Apple fell 18.2% to a 17.1% share and Huawei rose 15.5% to an 18.1% share

David Shepardson / Reuters:
Trump revokes Biden's 2023 executive order that sought to reduce the risks that AI poses to consumers, workers, and national security, fulfilling a GOP pledge
 
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