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10:35 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 …
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Matt Pearce:
The Gannett-Reuters deal aims to supplant The Associated Press, which has resisted journalism's financialization through its longstanding cooperative model  —  Gannett and Reuters come for one of the final corners for legacy media that had resisted the financialization of journalism.
David Shepardson / Reuters:
A US appeals court rules the FCC did not have legal authority to reinstate net neutrality rules; incoming FCC chair Brendan Carr opposed the 2024 reinstatement  —  A U.S. appeals court ruled on Tuesday the Federal Communications Commission did not have the legal authority to reinstate landmark net neutrality rules.
George Winslow / TV Technology:
NBCUniversal launches CNBC+, a streaming service priced at $14.99/month; the service includes a feed of the CNBC cable news channel and on-demand programming  —  New streaming service includes a live feed of the financial news channel  —  As Comcast prepares to spin off many of its cable networks …
Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch:
Spotify debuts a Partner Program in the US, the 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.
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.
Molly White / Citation Needed:
An in-depth look at Elon Musk's criticisms of Wikipedia, as he joins a growing right-wing chorus of voices attacking information sources outside their control  —  The world's richest man has joined a growing chorus of right-wing voices attacking Wikipedia as part of an intensifying campaign against free and open access information.
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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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
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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
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
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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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
 

 
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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

Aroon Deep / The Hindu:
India releases the draft Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025, meant to enforce the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, for public comments

Stephanie Stacey / Financial Times:
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