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A series published by this company was the “first story as a journalist, and probably also the last” by Hamza Syed. After its acquisition by The New York Times, this company investigated a voter fraud scheme in Bladen County. In a SNL sketch parodying a work by this company, a Cecily Strong character interviews an elf named Kris Kringle. A girl struggles to pronounce (*) “MailChimp” in ads appearing in early episodes of this company’s namesake podcast, whose 2024 episodes focus on the history of Guantánamo Bay. The HBO docuseries The Case Against Adnan Syed recapped a case covered in the first season of this company's podcast. For 10 points, the killing of Hae Min Lee was investigated by what company's namesake journalism podcast hosted by Sarah Koenig? ■END■
ANSWER: Serial Productions [prompt on The New York Times before mention by asking “What subcompany of the New York Times?”] (the podcast in the first line is The Trojan Horse Affair)
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