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7:50 PM ET, December 16, 2024

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Todd Spangler / Variety:
ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos deactivated his account on X, where he had 2.3M+ followers, over the weekend after ABC News settled Trump's lawsuit  —  ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos deactivated his account on X, formerly Twitter, where he had more than 2.3 million followers.
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Some media lawyers say ABC had a good chance of beating Trump at trial, but risked severe reputational damage when internal emails are scrutinized in discovery
Hadas Gold / CNN:
Trump says he plans to sue The Des-Moines Register over its final poll of Iowa voters by Ann Selzer, saying he wants to “straighten out the press”  —  New York CNN —  —  President-elect Donald Trump had not been terribly successful in suing media organizations until this weekend …
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David Enrich / New York Times:
How Trump and his allies are using actual or threatened lawsuits to crack down on unfavorable media coverage, even before Trump moves back into the White House  —  The small flurry of threatened defamation suits is the latest sign that the incoming Trump administration appears poised …
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
DeepMind unveils Veo 2, a next-gen video-generating AI model that can create 2+ minute long clips in resolutions up to 4K, behind a waitlist as part of VideoFX  —  Google DeepMind, Google's flagship AI research lab, wants to beat OpenAI at the video generation game — and it might just, at least for a little while.
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Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
YouTube is testing the ability for some US creators to reply to comments on their videos using voice notes in its iOS app
Discussion: The Verge
Sean Craig / The Daily Beast:
CNN is investigating after a Syrian fact-checking group said that a Syrian man may have given a “false identity” during a segment depicting his apparent release  —  CNN says it is investigating the identity of a Syrian man who may have given the network a “false identity” …
Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Virgin Music Group, which is owned by UMG, strikes a deal to acquire Downtown Music Group Holdings for $775M, with the deal expected to close in H2 2025  —  Downtown Music Group includes FUGA, Downtown Artist & Label Services, Curve Royalties and more.  —  Virgin Music Group …
Rachel Metz / Bloomberg:
OpenAI makes ChatGPT Search available to all logged in users, not just subscribers, and says ChatGPT Search can be set as their browser's default search engine  —  The product, called ChatGPT Search, will be available to any user who is logged in with an account for the chatbot across …
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Danielle Kaye / New York Times:
Ozy Media co-founder Carlos Watson is sentenced to almost 10 years in prison for trying to defraud investors and lenders by lying about the company's finances  —  A federal jury in July found Mr. Watson, who started the digital media company in 2013, guilty of trying to defraud investors and lenders.
Isabella Simonetti / Wall Street Journal:
Major news outlets like Fox, MSNBC, and CBS are leveraging their reporters' personal TikTok accounts rather than the companies' own to reach younger audiences  —  Some big brands have been slow to join the platform but now are experimenting with ways to reach a new audience
Max Tani / Semafor:
Kamala Harris' deputy campaign manager and digital chief says the campaign tried to book Harris on sports shows and podcasts but was rejected by the top names  —  The News  —  Soon after Vice President Kamala Harris became the Democratic nominee, deputy campaign manager Rob Flaherty turned his attention to sports.
 
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Khloé Kardashian will launch her video podcast Khloé in Wonder Land on Jan. 8 on X, as part of its Originals on X initiative, with a 24-hour exclusivity window
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