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Ann Telnaes / Open Windows:
Ann Telnaes, a Pulitzer-winning cartoonist at WaPo since 2008, quits, saying WaPo killed her cartoon showing Bezos and other execs currying favor with Trump  —  Democracy can't function without a free press  —  I've worked for the Washington Post since 2008 as an editorial cartoonist.
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Jason Koebler / 404 Media:
After backlash, Meta says newly viral AI profiles on Facebook and Instagram were created in 2023 in “an early experiment”, and it is deleting the profiles  —  Earlier this week, Meta executive Connor Hayes told the Financial Times that the company is going to roll out AI character profiles …
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Apple offers Apple TV+ for free to anyone with an Apple ID this weekend, the first time it has offered such a promotion  —  Apple is allowing anyone to access its Apple TV+ streaming service for free from Friday through Sunday.  The company announced the weekend of free streaming earlier …
Rodney Ho / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Georgia Public Broadcasting introduces a new logo and unveils a five-year strategic plan, including growing its donor base by 25% from the current 87,000  —  Under Bert Wesley Huffman for 18 months, the statewide media operation preps for the future.  —  Georgia Public Broadcasting …
Trishla Ostwal / Adweek:
Memo: Sameer Singh, TikTok's general manager for North America's ads team, is leaving the company at the end of February, as the company faces a ban in the US  —  Sameer Singh will remain at the company until the end of February  —  Sameer Singh, TikTok's North America head of ad sales …
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Wall Street Journal:
Many advertisers on TikTok say they will shift ad dollars if and when a US ban actually takes effect, as the yearslong saga has dulled any real sense of urgency
Jacob L. Nelson / Columbia Journalism Review:
How journalists for the American Jewish press are covering the growing polarization in the Jewish community since the October 7 attack, and its challenges  —  Since Oct. 7, journalists for the American Jewish press have watched their community fracture while wondering how—or even if—they can put back the pieces.
Ruth Comerford / BBC:
President Biden awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Anna Wintour, who has been serving as editor-in-chief of Vogue since 1988  —  Vogue editor Dame Anna Wintour, U2 frontman Bono and billionaire George Soros are among those who have received America's highest civilian honour from outgoing President Joe Biden.
Alexandra S. Levine / Bloomberg:
An unredacted lawsuit from Utah's AG claims TikTok has long known that TikTok Live promoted sexual content streams to minors and facilitated money laundering  —  - Unredacted lawsuit claims TikTok knew about teen safety issues  — Lawsuit also alleges company facilitated money laundering
BBC:
The BBC says Gavin & Stacey: The Finale becomes the UK's most-watched scripted show across all broadcasters and streamers since 2002 with 19.3M viewers  —  Smashing the show's own record from five years ago, the last ever episode of the hit British sitcom took the top spot on Christmas Day
 
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Katie Deighton / Wall Street Journal:
Influencer marketing company Later acquires Mavely, which pays commissions to social-media creators for the sales they generate, for $250M in cash and stock
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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
Winston Cho / The Hollywood Reporter:
Anthropic agrees with three publishers to stop Claude from providing lyrics to their songs or new lyrics based on copyrighted content, pending a court ruling
Matt Pearce:
The Gannett-Reuters deal aims to supplant The Associated Press, which has resisted journalism's financialization through its longstanding cooperative model
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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
Wall Street Journal:
A look at publishers' efforts to get brands to run ads near sensitive stories; WaPo's crossword page was blocked by advertisers seven times in a week in October
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
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
 

 
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Tom Warren / The Verge:
Nvidia reveals the RTX 50-series Blackwell GPUs: a $1,999 RTX 5090, a $999 RTX 5080, a $749 RTX 5070 Ti, and a $549 RTX 5070, available starting in January

Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge:
Dell rebrands its PCs as Dell, Dell Pro, and Dell Pro Max, each with Base, Plus, and Premium tiers, killing names like XPS, Inspiron, Latitude, and Precision

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Nvidia shares Cosmos World Foundation Models, a family of world models that can generate “physics-aware” videos, available from Hugging Face and Nvidia's API
 
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