Talking Biz News Today – Dec. 8, 2022

Some of Thursday’s top business news stories:

The Associated Press

New York Times journalists, other workers on 24-hour strike, by Alexandra Olson

As supply chains unclog, consumers enjoy (tentative) relief, by Tom Krisher and Paul Wiseman

CNN

Meta avoids showdown over news content in US after journalism bargaining bill shelved, by Brian Fung

Elon Musk is on the verge of losing his world’s richest person title, by Jordan Valinsky

The Wall Street Journal

Apple Plans New Encryption System to Ward Off Hackers and Protect iCloud Data, by Robert McMillan, Joanna Stern and Dustin Volz

China’s Xi Jinping to Meet Saudi Crown Prince in Pivotal Visit, by Stephen Kalin

CNBC

Manhattan renters face sticker shock with average rent at $5,200, by Robert Frank

Google, Oracle, Amazon and Microsoft awarded Pentagon cloud deal of up to $9 billion combined, by Jordan Novet

Reuters

Google to merge mapping service Waze with maps products teams, by Juby Babu

Twitter to hike Blue pricing to $11 for iPhone app users -report

News about business journalism:

Stanley, former Milwaukee paper biz editor, is retiring

Insider promotes two to executive editor

Globe and Mail tax and fiscal policy reporter Brethour moves to its editorial board

Dawn Wotapka’s Media Movers: The Block’s Walden Siew

Reuters hires Cerqueiro as capital markets correspondent

Hammond to cover the venture capital beat for the FT

Payne departs the FT for think tank Onward