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12:25 PM ET, January 2, 2025

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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Reuters and Gannett plan to launch a content bundle in Q1 2025, sold by Reuters; the bundle won't include access to games and puzzles from Gannett's newspapers  —  - Customers can access Reuters' national and international coverage, combined via a bundle with Gannett's national news coverage …
Reuters:
The Palestinian Authority suspends the broadcast of Al Jazeera TV temporarily over “inciting material and reports that were deceiving and stirring strife”  —  The Palestinian Authority suspended the broadcast of Qatar's Al-Jazeera TV temporarily over “inciting material,” official news agency WAFA reported on Wednesday.
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Email: CNBC will seek $15/month for its streamer CNBC+; a pro tier will be $300/year, or $35/month; a bundle with Jim Cramer investment club will be $600/year  —  CNBC will seek $14.99 a month, or $99.99 a year, for access to a new targeted streaming service called CNBC+ that executives …
Lillian Rizzo / CNBC:
Altice USA customers lose access to MSG Networks due to a carriage dispute over fees between the cable TV operator and James Dolan's RSN  —  Altice USA customers lost access to MSG Networks early Wednesday due to a carriage dispute between the cable TV operator and James Dolan's regional sports channels.
Tatiana Siegel / Variety:
Justin Baldoni sues The New York Times for $250M over its Blake Lively story, which accused him of sexual harassment on the set of It Ends With Us and more  —  On June 2, 2023, Blake Lively began a text exchange with her “It Ends With Us” director and co-star Justin Baldoni that blamed …
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TMZ.com:
Blake Lively files a lawsuit in a New York federal court against Justin Baldoni and others, claiming mental pain and anguish, emotional distress, and lost wages
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
OpenAI missed its goal to launch Media Manager, an opt-out tool for creators, by 2025; sources: the tool was rarely viewed as an important launch internally  —  Back in May, OpenAI said it was developing a tool to let creators specify how they want their works to be included in — or excluded from — its AI training data.
Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch:
Spotify launches Partner Program in the US, UK, Canada, and Australia, letting popular podcast hosts monetize video content, after announcing it in November  —  Spotify announced Thursday the launch of its new “Partner Program” that lets popular podcast hosts monetize their video content.
Anthony D'Alessandro / Deadline:
Comscore and Deadline calculations show 2024 box office revenue in the US and Canada stood at $8.72B, down ~3% from 2023's $9B but above expectations of $8B  —  Even though there's still $2 billion to $3 billion missing in the post Covid annual domestic box office, there was plenty to be thankful …
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Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
UK monthly newspaper Byline Times puts 2,331 shares on sale for £85.81 each, valuing it at £9M, and says it generated £1M+ in revenue in 2024, up 22% YoY  —  The monthly newspaper said in an investor prospectus that it passed £1m in annual revenue last year.
Discussion: Byline Times
Duke University School of Law:
Books, movies, and music published in 1929, including William Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury, and sound recordings from 1924 enter the US public domain  —  On January 1, 2025, thousands of copyrighted works from 1929 will enter the US public domain, along with sound recordings from 1924.
 
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John Herrman / New York Magazine:
Meta saying it expects AI characters to populate its apps is its friendly rebrand of an effective but alienating overhaul meant to automate social interactions
Samantha Cole / 404 Media:
Pornhub now blocks users in 17 US states, including almost all of the South, after blocking Florida, Tennessee, and South Carolina due to age verification laws
Bloomberg:
Broadcast networks are seeking higher fees from their local affiliates, often citing the rising cost of sports rights; CBS and Fox have been the most aggressive
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Raquel Coronell Uribe / NBC News:
The US Treasury sanctions Iranian and Russian entities over attempted election interference, including a Moscow entity that imitated legitimate news outlets
Bloomberg:
Sources: Mobvista explores selling mobile ad platform Mintegral after getting interest from buyers like Bain Capital; Mobvista stock in HK surged ~190% in 2024
Hanna Park / CNN:
Aaron Brown, the CNN anchor who gained prominence for his coverage of the Sept. 11 attacks and his role in shaping CNN's evening news format, died Sunday at 76
 

 
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Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
Amit Yoran, the CEO of cybersecurity company Tenable, passed away after a battle with cancer; he previously held a number of roles, including president of RSA

Suzi Ring / Financial Times:
The UK CMA is testing an AI tool to help catch companies that collude when bidding for public contracts, amid a “significant risk of bid-rigging” by contractors

Jacqueline Sweet / The Spectator World:
Analysis of social media posts, AI art, Spaces comments, biographical details, and more suggests Adrian Dittmann is a German fan of Elon Musk living in Fiji
 
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