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6:10 PM ET, December 13, 2024

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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Warner Bros. Discovery has decided not to renew its deal for new episodes of Sesame Street, though it will continue licensing library episodes through 2027  —  The Warner Bros. Discovery streaming service Max will continue to license library episodes of the long-running children's show …
Liam Scott / Voice of America:
RSF says 23 journalists remained jailed in Syria as of December 9, as press freedom groups call for accountability for those who had been in Assad's regime  —  When news broke about the fall of President Bashar al-Assad's government in Syria this week, photojournalist Paul Conroy found himself thinking …
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Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
The rebel group that now runs Syria's government says the search for Austin Tice, abducted in 2012, is ongoing and offers to “cooperate directly” with the US
MacArthur Foundation:
The MacArthur Foundation announces $20M in grants in its effort to revitalize local news, including $2.275M to Tiny News Collective and $4M to LION Publishers  —  The MacArthur Foundation today announced $20 million to support newsrooms and provide journalism infrastructure as part of its commitment to revitalize local news.
Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway seek up to eight figures from new partners, possibly CNN, for Pivot and other podcasts; their Vox deal ends in 2025  —  The podcaster duo have worked with Vox Media since the launch of their business-focused program  —  Hello, hello.  Welcome back to Soundbite.
Dade Hayes / Deadline:
Vice Media launches a sports division and shifts its Vice TV cable network to a sports-first approach, with plans to air seven sports series early in 2025  —  Vice Sports will look to capitalize on still-healthy viewer appetite for sports fare, but the initiative does not signal an intent as of now to go after any top-tier live rights.
Ben Mullin / @benmullin:
Memo: Chuck Lane, deputy opinion editor for The Washington Post, is leaving the newspaper after 24 years to join The Free Press  —  News: Chuck Lane, deputy opinion editor for The Washington Post, is leaving the newspaper. He'll be joining The Free Press, I'm told.
Graham Fraser / BBC:
The BBC complains to Apple after Apple Intelligence's notification summary falsely suggested the BBC had published an article saying Luigi Mangione shot himself  —  The BBC has complained to Apple after the tech giant's new iPhone feature generated a false headline about a high-profile murder in the United States.
Pew Research Center:
A survey of US teens aged 13 to 17 shows 73% use YouTube daily, 57% TikTok, 50% Instagram, and 20% Facebook; 17% use X daily, down from 23% in 2022  —  YouTube, TikTok, Instagram and Snapchat remain widely used among U.S. teens; some say they're on these sites almost constantly
Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:
The EU finds it breached its own privacy rules in a 2023 ad campaign on X that intended to sway opinion for a proposal to force messaging apps to scan for CSAM  —  The European Union's executive body is facing an embarrassing privacy scandal after it was confirmed on Friday that a Commission ad campaign on X …
 
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Mauro Orru / Wall Street Journal:
The UK CMA opens a formal probe into BlackRock's acquisition of UK data provider Preqin over concerns that the £2.55B deal could stifle competition in the UK
Taylan Bilgic / Bloomberg:
Turkey's antitrust regulator fines Google $75M in an ad tech probe, says the company favored its own supply-side platform at the expense of its rivals
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Patrick Coffee / Wall Street Journal:
The failure of the Kroger-Albertsons merger likely curbs the companies' efforts to grow digital ad businesses to compete better with bigger rivals like Walmart
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U.S. Press Freedom Tracker:
In 2024, police arrested or detained US journalists at least 48 times, more than in 2022 and 2023 combined; nearly half of arrests were by New York City police
Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:
The WGA demands studios take “immediate legal action” against companies that used writers' work to train AI, in a letter to CEOs of Disney, Netflix, and others
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
An interview with Business Insider CTO Harry Hope on BI's use of AI, including AI-powered search and ad tools, shifting away from mass audience, and more
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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Sources: Patrick Soon-Shiong told LA Times opinion leaders not to publish an editorial critical of Trump's cabinet picks without publishing an opposing view
 

 
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Upmanyu Trivedi / Bloomberg:
The UK CMA says Apple and Google committed to making app store changes to ensure fairness to developers and consumers, and asks market players for their views

Cissy Zhou / Nikkei Asia:
Chinese AI companies like Alibaba and Tencent are releasing new models and spending millions on “red envelope” freebies to woo users ahead of the Lunar New Year

Sophie McEvoy / GamesIndustry.biz:
Tencent-owned Finnish video game maker Supercell reports 2025 revenue down 4% YoY to €2.65B, EBITA up 6% YoY to €932M, and 290M monthly active players
 
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