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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Filing: Trump sues Des Moines Register and pollster Ann Selzer for “brazen election interference” and fraud over the final poll showing Harris leading in Iowa — The Des Moines Register published pollster Ann Selzer's final poll showing Harris leading in Iowa by 3 points, despite Trump's eventual 13-point victory
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Axios:
Sources: NYT's Cliff Levy and Meta's Anne Kornblut withdrew from consideration to become The Washington Post's executive editor after hearing its strategy — - One person involved in the search told us Lewis' pitch was foggy and uninspiring. … Other candidates include current interim executive editor Matt Murray.
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Melissa Clarke / ABC:
Australia's ABC names former Nine CEO Hugh Marks as managing director, starting March 10, 2025; Marks oversaw the AU$4B merger of Nine and Fairfax Media in 2018 — In short: — The ABC's next managing director will be former Nine Entertainment chief executive Hugh Marks.
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Oliver Darcy / Status:
Memo: LAT opinion staff express concern over Soon-Shiong's new policy forcing editorials critical of Trump to be presented side-by-side with an opposing view — Patrick Soon-Shiong, the owner of the Los Angeles Times, has dismayed staffers as he curtails critical coverage of Donald Trump.
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Julian Fowler / BBC:
A UK court finds the Police Service of Northern Ireland and the Metropolitan Police unlawfully spied on two Belfast journalists to identify their sources — The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) and Metropolitan Police acted illegally by spying on two Belfast journalists' to identify their sources.
On Substack:
Substack partners with The Free Press to build an enterprise offering, including custom branding and large editorial teams support, with a private beta in 2025 — Partnering with The Free Press to better support media organizations — The Free Press, a media organization founded …
Luke Bouma / Cord Cutters News:
Sinclair announces a distribution deal with FOX Television Stations to add Sinclair's free OTA network, TBD TV, to FOX's market affiliates from January 15, 2025 — Sinclair Broadcast Group today unveiled a significant distribution deal with FOX Television Stations, set to bring Sinclair's free …
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Radio & Television … and Sinclair, Inc.
Financial Times:
The UK opens a consultation on AI and copyright, and aims to offer an “opt out” copyright exception, force companies to open models to scrutiny, and more — Consultation could see easier access to copyrighted works but require tech groups to be clearer on what they have used
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TechCrunch, Billboard, The Guardian, Advanced Television, GOV.UK, The Bookseller, GOV.UK, CNBC and The Mirror, more at Techmeme »
Axios:
Sources: Refinery29 laid off staff, and its CEO Cory Haik has left, as it closes in on eight months under new ownership; Sundial has not named an interim CEO — Sundial Media Group has not named an interim CEO. — The former Vice Media executive was named CEO when Sundial Media Group agreed …
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@rinaindc, @seangriffey, Kerry Flynn on LinkedIn, @mediaevan.bsky.social and @annamerlan.bsky.social
The Boston Globe:
The Everett Leader Herald, a weekly newspaper publishing for 139 years, will shut down and pay $1.1M to settle a defamation lawsuit with Everett Mayor — The Everett Leader Herald will shut down after 139 years as part of the settlement — Everett Mayor Carlo DeMaria will receive $1.1 million …
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masslive.com, @mainstneighbors, @sharmantv, WCVB, @somervilletales, @suenbcboston, Boston Herald and r/Journalism
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
SoundCloud launches a cheaper paid plan for artists for $3.25/month or $39/year, with limitations on features like track uploads, distribution, and monetization — Music streaming platform SoundCloud announced Tuesday that it is introducing a new, cheaper paid plan for artists simply called Artist …
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Variety and Music Week
Jack Kenmare / SPORTbible:
The European Super League, dropped in 2021, relaunches as the Unify League, promising free, ad-supported streaming of soccer matches via its own service — It would feature 96 clubs in total. — The European Super League has relaunched as ‘The Unify League’ and it sounds like they are ready …
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
ABC News will never live down its capitulation after paying $15M to help establish Trump's library and $1M in legal fees, and it should have used 1A protections — ABC News not only settled a defamation suit with Trump. It paid out $15 million. What?
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
YouTube adds a tool to let creators authorize third parties, including Amazon, Anthropic, Apple, Meta, Microsoft, and OpenAI to train AI models on their videos — YouTube on Monday announced it will give creators more choice over how third parties can use their content to train their AI models.
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