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Dan Bongino, who stepped down as the deputy director of the FBI this month, says he will restart his podcast on February 2, streaming daily on Rumble (Reggie Ugwu/New York Times)
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January 12, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Dan Bongino, who stepped down as the deputy director of the FBI this month, says he will restart his podcast on February 2, streaming daily on Rumble (Reggie Ugwu/New York Times)
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CNBC names Sally Shin as its EVP of Growth and Partnerships; her previous tenure at CNBC included launching the tech-focused program Squawk Alley (Lauren Skowronski/CNBC)
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January 12, 2026 at 9:40 PM
CNBC names Sally Shin as its EVP of Growth and Partnerships; her previous tenure at CNBC included launching the tech-focused program Squawk Alley (Lauren Skowronski/CNBC)
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David Letterman calls CBS News a "wreck", and says its integrity "has been trampled on, pissed on, and eviscerated by these idiots that have taken it over" (Anna Betts/The Guardian)
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January 12, 2026 at 9:01 PM
David Letterman calls CBS News a "wreck", and says its integrity "has been trampled on, pissed on, and eviscerated by these idiots that have taken it over" (Anna Betts/The Guardian)
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Paramount says it will nominate directors for election at WBD's annual meeting, usually held in June, to vote against the approval of WBD's deal with Netflix (Mark Sweney/The Guardian)
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January 12, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Paramount says it will nominate directors for election at WBD's annual meeting, usually held in June, to vote against the approval of WBD's deal with Netflix (Mark Sweney/The Guardian)
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NYT editor Joe Kahn says the paper didn't withhold a story on the US plan to capture Nicolás Maduro at Trump administration's request, citing unverified details (Corbin Bolies/The Wrap)
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January 12, 2026 at 6:05 PM
NYT editor Joe Kahn says the paper didn't withhold a story on the US plan to capture Nicolás Maduro at Trump administration's request, citing unverified details (Corbin Bolies/The Wrap)
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A profile of David Ellison, who is trying to build a media empire that could dwarf even the Murdochs' with help from his father and Oracle founder Larry Ellison (Reeves Wiedeman/Vulture)
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January 12, 2026 at 4:20 PM
A profile of David Ellison, who is trying to build a media empire that could dwarf even the Murdochs' with help from his father and Oracle founder Larry Ellison (Reeves Wiedeman/Vulture)
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Eddy Cue says 2025 was a "record-breaking year" for Apple services: Apple TV set a monthly engagement record in December, with total hours viewed up 36% YoY (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
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January 12, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Eddy Cue says 2025 was a "record-breaking year" for Apple services: Apple TV set a monthly engagement record in December, with total hours viewed up 36% YoY (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
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In a letter to WBD shareholders, David Ellison says Paramount filed a lawsuit in the Delaware Chancery Court seeking information in its hostile takeover attempt (Lillian Rizzo/CNBC)
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January 12, 2026 at 2:35 PM
In a letter to WBD shareholders, David Ellison says Paramount filed a lawsuit in the Delaware Chancery Court seeking information in its hostile takeover attempt (Lillian Rizzo/CNBC)
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Ampere Analysis expects streamer content spending to grow 6% YoY in 2026 to $101B, crossing $100B for the first time; overall global content spend will grow 2% (Max Goldbart/Deadline)
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January 12, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Ampere Analysis expects streamer content spending to grow 6% YoY in 2026 to $101B, crossing $100B for the first time; overall global content spend will grow 2% (Max Goldbart/Deadline)
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Chartbeat data: global Google search referrals to publishers fell by 33% in the year ending November 2025, with US-specific organic search traffic down 38% (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette)
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January 12, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Chartbeat data: global Google search referrals to publishers fell by 33% in the year ending November 2025, with US-specific organic search traffic down 38% (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette)
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Golden Globes review: the show tried to expand its reach and profitability in often clumsy ways, and the host was nearly derailed by Polymarket predictions (Alison Herman/Variety)
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January 12, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Golden Globes review: the show tried to expand its reach and profitability in often clumsy ways, and the host was nearly derailed by Polymarket predictions (Alison Herman/Variety)
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Netflix's Adolescence won four Golden Globes at the 83rd awards, the most of any TV show, and KPop Demon Hunters won two; Apple's The Studio won best TV series (Variety)
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January 12, 2026 at 10:55 AM
Netflix's Adolescence won four Golden Globes at the 83rd awards, the most of any TV show, and KPop Demon Hunters won two; Apple's The Studio won best TV series (Variety)
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Reuters Institute survey: 38% of media leaders are confident about journalism in 2026, 44% say newsroom AI efforts are showing "promising" results, and more (Nic Newman/Reuters Institute)
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January 12, 2026 at 10:25 AM
Reuters Institute survey: 38% of media leaders are confident about journalism in 2026, 44% say newsroom AI efforts are showing "promising" results, and more (Nic Newman/Reuters Institute)
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Morgan Stanley survey of audio habits in the US: 50% to 60% of listeners aged 18 to 44 reported listening to AI-generated music for 2.5 to 3 hours per week (Luke Kawa/Sherwood News)
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January 12, 2026 at 9:05 AM
Morgan Stanley survey of audio habits in the US: 50% to 60% of listeners aged 18 to 44 reported listening to AI-generated music for 2.5 to 3 hours per week (Luke Kawa/Sherwood News)
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Good Hang with Amy Poehler won the inaugural Golden Globes podcast award, beating five other nominees, including Call Her Daddy, SmartLess and NPR's Up First (Todd Spangler/Variety)
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January 12, 2026 at 4:35 AM
Good Hang with Amy Poehler won the inaugural Golden Globes podcast award, beating five other nominees, including Call Her Daddy, SmartLess and NPR's Up First (Todd Spangler/Variety)
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Circana BookScan: US print book sales hit 762.4M units in 2025, up 0.3% YoY, settling at levels higher than before the pandemic; graphic novels saw a 9.2% rise (Jim Milliot/Publishers Weekly)
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January 12, 2026 at 1:50 AM
Circana BookScan: US print book sales hit 762.4M units in 2025, up 0.3% YoY, settling at levels higher than before the pandemic; graphic novels saw a 9.2% rise (Jim Milliot/Publishers Weekly)
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Google is introducing new personalized ads in AI mode, powered by Gemini, which allow advertisers to offer exclusives for users preparing to buy a product (Cristina Criddle/Financial Times)
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January 11, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Google is introducing new personalized ads in AI mode, powered by Gemini, which allow advertisers to offer exclusives for users preparing to buy a product (Cristina Criddle/Financial Times)
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The Television Academy sets Emmys rules to allow inquiries about AI use in submissions, and renames Outstanding Television Movie category to Outstanding Movie (Rick Porter/The Hollywood Reporter)
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January 11, 2026 at 7:01 AM
The Television Academy sets Emmys rules to allow inquiries about AI use in submissions, and renames Outstanding Television Movie category to Outstanding Movie (Rick Porter/The Hollywood Reporter)
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Chinese short-video app Kuaishou's stock has surged 88% over the past year, driven by the success of its Kling AI video generator, which has amassed 60M users (Bloomberg)
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January 10, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Chinese short-video app Kuaishou's stock has surged 88% over the past year, driven by the success of its Kling AI video generator, which has amassed 60M users (Bloomberg)
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How independent Venezuelan outlets, operating from exile and in alliance with reporters who remain in the country, managed to cover Maduro's ouster (César López Linares/LatAm Journalism Review)
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January 10, 2026 at 3:26 PM
How independent Venezuelan outlets, operating from exile and in alliance with reporters who remain in the country, managed to cover Maduro's ouster (César López Linares/LatAm Journalism Review)
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Researchers say GPT 4.1, Claude 3.7 Sonnet, Gemini 2.5 Pro, and Grok 3 can reproduce long excerpts from books they were trained on when strategically prompted (Alex Reisner/The Atlantic)
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January 10, 2026 at 7:26 AM
Researchers say GPT 4.1, Claude 3.7 Sonnet, Gemini 2.5 Pro, and Grok 3 can reproduce long excerpts from books they were trained on when strategically prompted (Alex Reisner/The Atlantic)
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PBS says it is ending PBS News Weekend, due to federal budget cuts; anchor John Yang says he'll be leaving PBS but many members of the show's team will remain (Alyssa Ray/The Wrap)
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January 10, 2026 at 4:51 AM
PBS says it is ending PBS News Weekend, due to federal budget cuts; anchor John Yang says he'll be leaving PBS but many members of the show's team will remain (Alyssa Ray/The Wrap)
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Italy fines Cloudflare €14.2M for refusing to block pirate sites on its 1.1.1.1 DNS service; CEO Matthew Prince says he will discuss it with US officials (Jon Brodkin/Ars Technica)
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January 10, 2026 at 1:41 AM
Italy fines Cloudflare €14.2M for refusing to block pirate sites on its 1.1.1.1 DNS service; CEO Matthew Prince says he will discuss it with US officials (Jon Brodkin/Ars Technica)
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California's Department of Finance director says Gov. Gavin Newsom doesn't plan to commit more funding in 2026 to a Google partnership to help local newsrooms (Titus Wu/Bloomberg Government)
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January 9, 2026 at 11:16 PM
California's Department of Finance director says Gov. Gavin Newsom doesn't plan to commit more funding in 2026 to a Google partnership to help local newsrooms (Titus Wu/Bloomberg Government)
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The San Francisco Standard hires Elizabeth Ralph to oversee its Opinion section; Ralph is currently editor of Politico Magazine and Politico managing editor (Chris Roush/Talking Biz News)
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January 9, 2026 at 9:36 PM
The San Francisco Standard hires Elizabeth Ralph to oversee its Opinion section; Ralph is currently editor of Politico Magazine and Politico managing editor (Chris Roush/Talking Biz News)
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