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11:40 PM ET, January 15, 2025

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David Folkenflik / NPR:
A look at Will Lewis's difficult first year as The Washington Post's CEO and publisher, after 400+ journalists signed a letter asking Jeff Bezos to intervene  —  One debacle after another has engulfed The Washington Post since veteran newspaper executive Will Lewis became CEO and publisher …
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David Folkenflik / @davidfolkenflik:
[Thread] 400+ WaPo journalists, including some star reporters, call on Jeff Bezos to intervene, saying they are “deeply alarmed by recent leadership decisions”
Todd Spangler / Variety:
YouTube, Google, Meta, and Snap join media companies and studios contributing to LA fire recovery efforts, with funding, products and services  —  YouTube, Google, Meta and Snap are pitching in to help L.A. recover from the wildfires that have caused devastation across the region and forced thousands to evacuate in the past week.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
NBCUniversal's head of content distribution, Matt Bond, is stepping down after 20+ years at NBCU and Comcast, as NBCU prepares to spin off some cable networks  —  Exec will serve in an advisory role to NBCU for ‘the next few years’ … “In the spirit of leaving on a high note …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
OpenAI will fund the expansion of Axios to Pittsburgh, Kansas City, Boulder, and Huntsville, as part of a broader content-sharing and technology deal  —  - Google struck a deal with McClatchy to fund the creation of three digital-only local newsrooms in 2019.
Jaffer Zaidi / The Keyword:
Google says it has partnered with the AP to deliver a feed of real-time information to enhance the usefulness of results displayed in the Gemini app  —  The AP will now deliver a feed of real-time information to help enhance the usefulness of results displayed in the Gemini app.
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Fox Sports plans to stream its February 9 telecast of the Super Bowl on Tubi, its ad-supported streaming hub, for free  —  Fox is taking the Super Bowl to a new frontier — or, at least to one that is new for Fox.  —  Fox Sports will stream its February 9 telecast of Super Bowl LIX …
Bloomberg:
Vietnam slashes at least 16 state media outlets as part of a cost-cutting drive that will eventually leave just one national station on air  —  - State media outlets are slashed in cost-cutting drive  — Communist Party plans to reduce size of government by 20%
Discussion: RTÉ
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Sources: Blackstone hires advisers to explore the sale of song rights, including from Bob Dylan, Adele, and Ariana Grande, that it expects to fetch $3B or more  —  - Music valuations have soared since Blackstone acquired SESAC  — Apollo, Warburg, Pincus are among firms that looked at assets
Ted Johnson / Deadline:
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre held her final press briefing, her 306th time at the briefing room lectern; Karoline Leavitt will succeed her  —  Marking her 306th time at the briefing room lectern, Jean-Pierre took a moment from the day's big news, the ceasefire deal reached between Israel …
Colin Kellaher / MarketWatch:
Ad-tech company Criteo names former Dentsu Americas CEO Michael Komasinski as its next CEO and a board member; he'll join the Paris-based company on February 15  —  Criteo has hired Dentsu executive Michael Komasinski as the commerce media company's next chief executive.
Joe Coscarelli / New York Times:
Drake sues UMG for defamation and harassment, calling its release and promotion of “Not Like Us” an example of valuing “corporate greed” over artists' safety  —  In a federal lawsuit on Wednesday, Drake accused Universal Music Group of putting his life and reputation …
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Steven J. Horowitz / Variety:
Drake pulls his petition accusing UMG and Spotify of inflating Kendrick Lamar's “Not Like Us” with bots and payola; the diss track accuses Drake of pedophilia
 
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Two Iranian officials say Elon Musk helped secure the release of Italian journalist Cecilia Sala after she was jailed in Iran; Italy's PM had credited diplomacy
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
The Independent promotes its deputy editor Chloe Hubbard to UK editor, reporting to Geordie Greig as the brand's global EIC
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Ed Nawotka / Publishers Weekly:
Created by Humans, a startup cofounded by Trip Adler that helps writers license books to AI companies, launches for authors and announces it raised a $5M seed
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The Information:
Sources: TikTok plans to switch off its app in the US on January 19 unless SCOTUS blocks the ban; the law only requires app stores to stop TikTok app downloads
 

 
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Mackenzie Hawkins / Bloomberg:
The US unveils new rules calling for TSMC, Samsung, and other chip producers to step up their scrutiny and due diligence of customers, especially Chinese firms

Washington Post:
Donald Trump is considering issuing an executive order once in office that would suspend enforcement of the TikTok sale-or-ban law for 60 to 90 days

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
AI researcher François Chollet and Zapier co-founder Mike Knoop launch Ndea, an AI research and science lab focused on “developing and operationalizing AGI”
 
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