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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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X sues the National Music Publishers' Association and its members, claiming they conspired to force X into group licensing deals at inflated rates (The Hollywood Reporter)
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January 9, 2026 at 9:13 PM
X sues the National Music Publishers' Association and its members, claiming they conspired to force X into group licensing deals at inflated rates (The Hollywood Reporter)
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Two former Polygon editors say they are launching Mothership, a new game publication, on January 26, to analyze games through the lens of gender and identity (Danielle Riendeau/Game Developer)
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January 9, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Two former Polygon editors say they are launching Mothership, a new game publication, on January 26, to analyze games through the lens of gender and identity (Danielle Riendeau/Game Developer)
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How Craigslist has stayed relevant for users as a place to find jobs, housing, and personal connections without relying on algorithmic feeds or public profiles (Jennifer Swann/Wired)
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January 9, 2026 at 8:06 PM
How Craigslist has stayed relevant for users as a place to find jobs, housing, and personal connections without relying on algorithmic feeds or public profiles (Jennifer Swann/Wired)
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A district court judge denies Texas AG Ken Paxton's request for a restraining order preventing Samsung from collecting data on TV watchers (Ryan Autullo/Bloomberg Law)
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January 9, 2026 at 7:41 PM
A district court judge denies Texas AG Ken Paxton's request for a restraining order preventing Samsung from collecting data on TV watchers (Ryan Autullo/Bloomberg Law)
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Sources: Paramount is seeking a strategic partner to invest in MTV as it aims to refocus MTV on music; Nielsen: MTV averaged <200K viewers in primetime in 2025 (Lucas Shaw/Bloomberg)
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January 9, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Sources: Paramount is seeking a strategic partner to invest in MTV as it aims to refocus MTV on music; Nielsen: MTV averaged <200K viewers in primetime in 2025 (Lucas Shaw/Bloomberg)
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The Golden Globes signs a deal with Polymarket, which will provide stats and predictions about the awards show at the official 2026 viewing party (Jordan Moreau/Variety)
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January 9, 2026 at 4:41 PM
The Golden Globes signs a deal with Polymarket, which will provide stats and predictions about the awards show at the official 2026 viewing party (Jordan Moreau/Variety)
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Under its contract with Artists Equity, Netflix will pay the crew a bonus if The Rip performs well, a departure from its usual refusal to make back-end payments (Nicole Sperling/New York Times)
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January 9, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Under its contract with Artists Equity, Netflix will pay the crew a bonus if The Rip performs well, a departure from its usual refusal to make back-end payments (Nicole Sperling/New York Times)
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Filings: X's UK revenue fell 58.3% YoY from £69.1M in 2023 to £28.9M in 2024; pre-tax profits fell from £2.2M in 2023 to £767,000 in 2024 (Mark Sweney/The Guardian)
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January 9, 2026 at 12:51 PM
Filings: X's UK revenue fell 58.3% YoY from £69.1M in 2023 to £28.9M in 2024; pre-tax profits fell from £2.2M in 2023 to £767,000 in 2024 (Mark Sweney/The Guardian)
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Nicaraguan journalists who fled their country for Costa Rica amid a press freedom crisis say the regime's threats, harassment, and blackmail have followed them (Committee to Protect Journalists)
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January 9, 2026 at 12:06 PM
Nicaraguan journalists who fled their country for Costa Rica amid a press freedom crisis say the regime's threats, harassment, and blackmail have followed them (Committee to Protect Journalists)
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Under Bari Weiss and anchor Tony Dokoupil, CBS Evening News has become state propaganda, costing CBS News respect as mass media's audience shrinks (Jeff Jarvis/Katie Couric Media)
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January 9, 2026 at 5:16 AM
Under Bari Weiss and anchor Tony Dokoupil, CBS Evening News has become state propaganda, costing CBS News respect as mass media's audience shrinks (Jeff Jarvis/Katie Couric Media)
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Sources: Bari Weiss has kept Anderson Cooper's unaired 60 Minutes piece about Trump's decision to accept South African refugees in a prolonged editorial process (Oliver Darcy/Status)
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January 9, 2026 at 3:26 AM
Sources: Bari Weiss has kept Anderson Cooper's unaired 60 Minutes piece about Trump's decision to accept South African refugees in a prolonged editorial process (Oliver Darcy/Status)
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A look at the visual investigations of the Minneapolis ICE shooting by The NYT, WaPo, and Bellingcat, and how they helped people trying to make sense of events (Laura Hazard Owen/Nieman Lab)
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January 9, 2026 at 2:25 AM
A look at the visual investigations of the Minneapolis ICE shooting by The NYT, WaPo, and Bellingcat, and how they helped people trying to make sense of events (Laura Hazard Owen/Nieman Lab)
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A US House committee votes to subpoena a journalist after he posted a biography of the alleged Delta Force leader who led the Caracas operation in Venezuela (The Washington Post)
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January 9, 2026 at 1:35 AM
A US House committee votes to subpoena a journalist after he posted a biography of the alleged Delta Force leader who led the Caracas operation in Venezuela (The Washington Post)
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