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CNBC: Altice USA announces the sale of Cheddar News to the media company Archetype, owned by PE firm Regent; source: the deal is structured as an “earn out” deal -
Eugene Weekly: Eugene Weekly in Oregon cancels its print edition for now after discovering it had been “the victim of embezzlement at the hands of someone we once trusted” -
Paul Farhi / Washington Post: A profile of Francesca Street, whose Chance Encounters love stories for CNN.com appeared five times on Chartbeat's list of 2023's most-engaging stories -
Chartbeat Blog: A list of 2023's most engaging stories: CNN had the most entries on the list, and most prominent themes were “catastrophe”, “memorial”, and “human connection” -
Angela Fu / Poynter: Research: the US news industry cut 2,681 jobs from January to November 2023, not including buyouts, more than in all of 2022 or 2021, and 130+ newspapers closed -
Mike Masnick / Techdirt: The New York Times' lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft relies on a false belief that copyright can limit the right to read and process data -
TheRighting: Analysis: 17 of the top 20 right-wing news websites saw their unique visitors decline YoY in November 2023; Hannity grew 122% YoY and Infowars grew 46% YoY -
Colin Mann / Advanced Television: Podcast listening on the BBC Sounds app rose 34% YoY through November 2023; this year's numbers include smart speaker data starting in April -
Bloomberg: A US judge rejects X's bid to block California's AB 587, which seeks to control toxic social media posts by requiring companies to disclose moderation policies -
Leyla Latypova / The Moscow Times: How Russia's independent media fared in 2023: imprisoned media workers grew from 11 to 28 as wartime censorship laws forced some outlets to cease all operations -
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast: Newsmax ratings, which exploded after Fox ousted Tucker Carlson, have gradually declined; Q4 primetime ratings fell 14% QoQ but they remain higher than in 2022 -
Washington Post: Sources: India pressed Apple to come up with alternative explanations for warning Indian journalists and opposition politicians of state-sponsored iPhone hacks -
Financial Times: Insider Intelligence: LinkedIn's ad revenue, which rose 10.1% YoY to nearly $4B in 2023, could grow 14.1% YoY in 2024, as brands seek to reallocate X ad spend