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11:50 AM ET, December 17, 2024

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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Filing: Trump sues Des Moines Register and pollster Ann Selzer for “brazen election interference” and fraud over the final poll showing Harris leading in Iowa  —  The Des Moines Register published pollster Ann Selzer's final poll showing Harris leading in Iowa by 3 points, despite Trump's eventual 13-point victory
Melissa Clarke / ABC:
Australia's ABC names former Nine CEO Hugh Marks as managing director, starting March 10, 2025; Marks oversaw the AU$4B merger of Nine and Fairfax Media in 2018  —  In short:  —  The ABC's next managing director will be former Nine Entertainment chief executive Hugh Marks.
Axios:
Sources: NYT's Cliff Levy and Meta's Anne Kornblut withdrew from consideration to become The Washington Post's executive editor after hearing its strategy  —  - One person involved in the search told us Lewis' pitch was foggy and uninspiring. … Other candidates include current interim executive editor Matt Murray.
Julian Fowler / BBC:
A UK court finds the Police Service of Northern Ireland and the Metropolitan Police unlawfully spied on two Belfast journalists to identify their sources  —  The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) and Metropolitan Police acted illegally by spying on two Belfast journalists' to identify their sources.
Oliver Darcy / Status:
Memo: LAT opinion staff express concern over Soon-Shiong's new policy forcing editorials critical of Trump to be presented side-by-side with an opposing view  —  Patrick Soon-Shiong, the owner of the Los Angeles Times, has dismayed staffers as he curtails critical coverage of Donald Trump.
On Substack:
Substack partners with The Free Press to build an enterprise offering, including custom branding and large editorial teams support, with a private beta in 2025  —  Partnering with The Free Press to better support media organizations  —  The Free Press, a media organization founded …
CNN:
Syrian locals say a man filmed by CNN being released by rebels from a Damascus jail was a former intelligence officer with the deposed Syrian regime  —  A man who was filmed by CNN being released by rebels from a Damascus jail was a former intelligence officer with the deposed Syrian regime …
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
SoundCloud launches a cheaper paid plan for artists for $3.25/month or $39/year, with limitations on features like track uploads, distribution, and monetization  —  Music streaming platform SoundCloud announced Tuesday that it is introducing a new, cheaper paid plan for artists simply called Artist …
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Axios:
Sources: Refinery29 laid off staff, and its CEO Cory Haik has left, as it closes in on eight months under new ownership; Sundial has not named an interim CEO  —  Sundial Media Group has not named an interim CEO.  — The former Vice Media executive was named CEO when Sundial Media Group agreed …
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos deactivated his account on X, where he had 2.3M+ followers, over the weekend after ABC News settled Trump's lawsuit
The Boston Globe:
The Everett Leader Herald, a weekly newspaper publishing for 139 years, will shut down and pay $1.1M to settle a defamation lawsuit with Everett Mayor  —  The Everett Leader Herald will shut down after 139 years as part of the settlement  —  Everett Mayor Carlo DeMaria will receive $1.1 million …
Jack Kenmare / SPORTbible:
The European Super League, dropped in 2021, relaunches as the Unify League, promising free, ad-supported streaming of soccer matches via its own service  —  It would feature 96 clubs in total.  —  The European Super League has relaunched as ‘The Unify League’ and it sounds like they are ready …
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
YouTube is testing the ability for some US creators to reply to comments on their videos using voice notes in its iOS app  —  YouTube is experimenting with a new way to engage fans by giving creators the ability to post voice notes and reply to comments on their videos, the company announced on Monday.
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Joseph Cox / 404 Media:
Amnesty International: Serbian authorities used phone hacking startup Cellebrite's tools to unlock a journalist's phone before infecting the device with malware
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Mark Zuckerberg says Threads now has 100M+ DAUs, revealing its DAU figure for the first time, and 300M+ MAUs, up from 275M+ MAUs in November 2024
Danielle Kaye / New York Times:
A US judge sentences Ozy Media co-founder Carlos Watson to almost 10 years in prison for trying to defraud investors and lenders by lying about Ozy's finances
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Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
ByteDance asks SCOTUS to block the US law that could ban TikTok on January 19; when asked about the law, Trump says he has a “warm spot” in his heart for TikTok
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
DeepMind unveils Veo 2, a next-gen video-generating AI model that can create 2+ minute long clips in resolutions up to 4K, behind a waitlist as part of VideoFX
Rachel Metz / Bloomberg:
OpenAI makes ChatGPT Search available to logged-in users, not just subscribers, and says users can set ChatGPT Search as their browser's default search engine