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12:05 PM ET, January 14, 2025

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New York Times:
The president of MSNBC, Rashida Jones, steps down; Rebecca Kutler, SVP of content strategy at MSNBC, succeeds her as interim president  —  Rebecca Kutler, senior vice president of content strategy at MSNBC, will succeed Ms. Jones as interim president.  —  The president of MSNBC, Rashida Jones …
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Ryan Browne / CNBC:
The UK CMA opens a probe to assess Google's position in search and search ads business and how it impacts consumers, advertisers, publishers, and its rivals  —  Britain's competition watchdog on Tuesday said that it's opening a formal antitrust investigation into Google's search and search advertising services.
Hannah Miller / Bloomberg:
DirecTV launches MySports, a sports streamer featuring games from NFL and other major leagues, and access to 40 channels, in 24 US metro areas for $70/month  —  - $70 package will offer content from ESPN, Fox Sports and NBC  — The Venu sports streaming service was scrapped last week
Bloomberg:
Sources: Chinese officials are evaluating an option involving Elon Musk acquiring TikTok US; X would take control of TikTok US and run the businesses together  —  - ByteDance's preferred strategy is to fight ban, people say  — Trump has said he would like to delay ban to seek resolution
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
TikTok denies a report that China is looking at potentially facilitating a sale of the app to Elon Musk, calling it “pure fiction”  —  TikTok denied a report that China is looking at potentially facilitating a sale of the app to tech billionaire Elon Musk to keep TikTok operational …
Max Tani / Semafor:
Internal data: The Washington Post's traffic fell from a brief high of ~22.5M DAUs in January 2021, after the Capitol attack, to around 2.5M-3M DAUs in mid-2024  —  Washington Post subscribers quit the paper en masse following owner Jeff Bezos' decision to withhold its endorsement of outgoing Vice President Kamala Harris.
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Memo: Susan Zirinsky, CBS News president from 2019 to 2021, will return as interim “executive editor” to oversee the unit's editorial standards  —  The veteran producer, who served as the unit's president from early 2019 to the end of 2021, has been asked to return to CBS News as an interim …
Erik Hayden / The Hollywood Reporter:
WBD commits $15M to LA fire relief efforts while Amazon, Comcast, and Netflix donate $10M each, and Sony $5M; SAG-AFTRA pledges $1M for impacted workers  —  Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery commit $15 million while Amazon, Netflix and Comcast add $10 million, Sony chips in $5 million and Paramount contributes $1 million.
Sean Burch / The Wrap:
Source: Vox Media laid off several employees on Monday, affecting mostly director-level employees, its third round of layoffs in two months  —  The latest Vox job cuts impacted director-level employees on Monday  —  Vox Media laid off several more employees on Monday …
Dade Hayes / Deadline:
NBCUniversal plans to shut down Universal Kids on March 6, 2025, as NBCU prepares to spin off most of its cable networks into a new, publicly traded company  —  NBCUniversal, which has already been evaluating its stake in the declining pay-TV business, plans to shut down cable network Universal Kids.
Ted Johnson / Deadline:
On Truth Social, Trump rants about Seth Meyers' late night NBC show, saying that “Comcast should pay a BIG price” for shows that he calls “political hits”  —  In Trump's 1:24 a.m. ET post on Truth Social, he said that he had watched Meyers' show recently.
 
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Ashifa Kassam / The Guardian:
A look at Begum TV, a Paris-based satellite channel that is broadcasting educational and entertainment shows for Afghan women living under strict Taliban rule
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Max Tani / Semafor:
Sources: Chuck Todd has told top editors and leaders from other media organizations that he plans to leave NBC when his contract is up this year
Bloomberg:
Filing: Pete Hegseth, Trump's pick to lead the DoD, earned at least $6.2M over the last two years, including $4.6M from his job as a weekend host on Fox News
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Zeyi Yang / Wired:
Ahead of a likely US TikTok ban, users flee to Chinese apps Xiaohongshu, aka RedNote, and ByteDance's Lemon8, currently the top two apps in the US App Store
Dominic Preston / The Verge:
Mastodon CEO Eugen Rochko plans to transfer Mastodon's ownership to a new non-profit, saying it “should not be owned or controlled by a single individual”
Richard Nieva / Forbes:
Jimmy Wales, Mark Ruffalo, others debut Free Our Feeds to raise $30M by 2028 to “billionaire-proof” AT Protocol, by making it easier for users to leave Bluesky
 

 
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Casey Newton / Platformer:
Sources and docs: Meta has dismantled its system that identified viral hoaxes and limited their reach, and told content-ranking teams to stop penalizing misinfo

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Decentralized Instagram alternative Pixelfed debuts iOS and Android apps; its Android app is the top Social app on Google Play in some markets, including the US

Riley Griffin / Bloomberg:
Internal memo: Meta is cutting roughly 5% of its staff through performance-based terminations and plans to hire new people to fill their roles this year
 
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