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Sam Tobin / Reuters:
Prince Harry's phone-hacking lawsuit against News Group Newspaper will go to trial in January 2026, with the parties' legal costs set to exceed £38M — Prince Harry and other high-profile British figures' privacy lawsuits against the Daily Mail newspaper's publisher will go to trial in early 2026 …
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Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
CNN confirms Kaitlan Collins as its chief White House correspondent; she will become CNN's first prime-time anchor to also serve as its top White House reporter — For the first time, a prime-time anchor will also serve as the network's lead White House reporter.
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Takashi Mochizuki / Bloomberg:
Sony buying Kadokawa would help reduce its reliance on outside publishers for anime IP and build out its own portfolio to support PlayStation and other products — Sony Group Corp. is flirting with one of the biggest takeovers in the history of Japan's storied entertainment sector. But first...
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
A group published a project on Hugging Face that seemingly granted brief access to OpenAI's Sora, protesting what it calls duplicity and “art washing” by OpenAI — A group appears to have leaked access to Sora, OpenAI's video generator, in protest of what it's calling duplicity and “art washing” on OpenAI's part.
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Mia Sato / The Verge:
A lawsuit between two Amazon influencers over allegations of copyright infringement shows the challenges of defining originality and ownership in content — One Amazon influencer makes a living posting content from her beige home. But after she noticed another account hocking the same minimal aesthetic …
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Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:
The Animation Guild reaches a tentative three-year deal with streaming services and studios for members in the LA area with AI protections and wage increases — The negotiations with Hollywood studios and streamers, which stalled over AI, was framed as a “do-or-die” moment by union members.
Mark Mwachiro / Adweek:
Norah O'Donnell plans her last CBS Evening News broadcast as anchor for January 24, 2025 — The third place newscast is undergoing a major overhaul in 2025 — Norah O'Donnell's tenure as CBS Evening News anchor will end on Friday, Jan. 24. — The network made the internal announcement on Friday …
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Jason Koebler / 404 Media:
X files an objection to including X accounts belonging or related to Infowars in the outlet's bankruptcy auction, arguing it has ownership of all X accounts — On Monday, X filed an objection in The Onion's bid to buy InfoWars out of bankruptcy. In the objection, Elon Musk's lawyers argued that X has …
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Carlos Greer / Page Six:
In his new memoir, former ABC News anchor Kendis Gibson claims that a toxic work culture and racism at the network contributed to a suicide attempt in 2018 — A new memoir by former “World News Now” anchor Kendis Gibson depicts a workplace culture at ABC News fraught with alleged hazing …
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Carmen Reinicke / Bloomberg:
Conservative video streaming platform Rumble hires Guy Beahm, aka Dr Disrespect, to lead Rumble Gaming; RUM rises 13%+ to its highest level since May 2024 — - Amazon's Twitch platform banned Guy Beahm four years ago … Guy Beahm will stream both free and premium content on the platform …
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Marc Fisher / Nieman Reports:
A look at the changes made by hard-right TV mogul David Smith at The Baltimore Sun and the anxiety over his plans for the paper inside the shrunken newsroom — David Smith built a television empire on sensational, crime-saturated newscasts. Then he bought Maryland's premier newspaper.
Ben Smith / Semafor:
Public figures are asking their PR advisers to reach out to podcasters like Joe Rogan and other right-leaning platforms after Trump's success in the US election — The News — Corporate executives and other public figures emerged from this month's election with a new task for their handlers …