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2:55 AM ET, December 19, 2024

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Leo Schwartz / Fortune:
Sources: CoinDesk owner Bullish removed an article on Tron founder Justin Sun after complaints from his team; editorial chair Matt Murray resigned on Dec. 16  —  In late November, the leading crypto trade publication CoinDesk published a story about the latest antic by one of the industry's more outlandish figures.
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
A look at GOP attacks on local news outlets across the US, including the Lancaster County Board of Commissioners' harrassment of LNP reporter Tom Lisi  —  Republicans claim Tom Lisi's reporting is lies to promote a liberal agenda.  How should he respond?  —  On Feb. 1, Tom Lisi took a seat …
Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
Bloomberg EIC John Micklethwait calls paywalls “the safest way to guarantee journalistic jobs” and predicts AI would do more to change editing than reporting  —  John Micklethwait also revealed how Bloomberg uses AI in the newsroom.  —  Bloomberg editor-in-chief John Micklethwait …
Winston Cho / The Hollywood Reporter:
In a federal suit, two filmmakers and a photographers group challenge the constitutionality of fees and permits required for commercial work in national parks  —  Alexander Rienzie and Connor Burkesmith accuse the National Park Service of censoring speech by making filmmakers pay to shoot …
Discussion: FIRE and FIRE
Jatin Gandhi / Vishvas News:
Q&A with IFCN Director Angie D. Holan on fact-checking in India, which has the most number of signatory fact-checking orgs at 17, Trump's second term, and more  —  The year comes to a close for the International Fact Checking Network (IFCN) with nearly 180 signatory organisations across …
Discussion: @jatingandhi and @jatingandhi
BBC:
Analysis of Facebook data: audience engagement for Palestinian news outlets fell 77% since October 2023; the outlets say Meta severely restricted their reach  —  BBC Arabic, BBC World Service & BBC Monitoring  —  Facebook has severely restricted the ability of Palestinian news outlets …
Bloomberg:
Marc Benioff said there is “no deal on the table” to sell Time, which he has owned since 2018; a report in November said Antenna Group was in talks to buy it  —  “It's extremely important that we do have fair and balanced journalism, and that's why I'm very proud to be an owner of Time …
Katcy Stephan / Variety:
Amazon says Red One, which opened at just $32M in the US last month, had a record-breaking 50M worldwide viewers in its opening weekend on Prime Video  —  It's a December to remember for Prime Video.  Per the streamer, the Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans Christmas flick “Red One” …
Michael Schneider / Variety:
Channing Dungey, incoming WBD CEO of US networks, names Brett Paul as COO and Howard Lee as chief creative officer; Dungey is succeeding retiring Kathleen Finch  —  That includes expanding duties for her top lieutenant at Warner Bros. TV Group, Brett Paul, who will now also serve as chief operating officer for U.S. networks.
Wall Street Journal:
Several ABC News staffers say its Trump settlement sets a concerning precedent and sends a message that Disney is giving priority to its corporate interests  —  Staffers question decision by Disney; company was looking to avoid protracted legal battle  —  Disney's decision …
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Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
Sources: Disney worried that it had a flawed case in Trump's ABC lawsuit, and fighting it could hurt the Disney brand and damage press protections for others
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Tortoise formally signs the deal to buy The Observer, appoints acting editor Lucy Rock as the title's print editor, and launches a voluntary redundancy scheme
 
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