Mediagazer: Sources: The New York Times is exploring bundled subscription partnerships for its lifestyle products with smaller publishers, to expand its US subscriber base (Sara Fischer/Axios)

12:10 PM ET, January 21, 2025

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Bobby Allyn / NPR:

Donald Trump signs an EO pausing the TikTok ban for 75 days to give ByteDance more time to reach a deal and aims to protect TikTok's providers from liability — President Trump signed an executive order on Monday seeking to hit pause on a law banning TikTok and to provide a liability shield …

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Lauren Feiner / The Verge:

ByteDance-owned video editing app CapCut is now working in the US, but is still not in app stores, after Trump signed an EO attempting to pause the TikTok ban — CapCut, the ByteDance-owned video editing app that's subject to the same ban as TikTok, is working again in the US.

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The Information:
Source: Meta is offering creators with large TikTok followings bonuses ranging from $10K to $50K per month to post on Instagram Reels before other platforms

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Sara Fischer / Axios:

Sources: The New York Times is exploring bundled subscription partnerships for its lifestyle products with smaller publishers, to expand its US subscriber base — - Examples of international subscription bundle partners include El País in Spain, Corriere della Sera in Italy, and Politiken in Denmark.

Discussion: @sarafischer and @benmullin

Reuters:

Prince Harry's case against Rupert Murdoch's News Group Newspapers over alleged wrongdoing from 1996 to 2011 goes to trial in London, set to last eight weeks — The start of Prince Harry's court battle against Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper group was delayed at London's High Court …

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David Folkenflik / NPR:
Source: Rupert Murdoch's News Corp has made a settlement offer to Prince Harry to avoid a trial over alleged illegal activities and coverups at its tabloids

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Marta Balaga / Variety:

Omdia: by the end of 2024, TikTok generated ~$8B in ad revenue in the US and $63.3B globally, and surpassed 1.9B MAUs globally, including 145M MAUs in the US — By the end of 2024, TikTok has generated approximately $8 billion in ad revenue in the U.S.

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Sara Fischer / Axios:

Philip Rucker, the Washington Post's Pulitzer Prize-winning national editor, joins CNN as senior vice president of editorial strategy and news — - Rucker, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, has been with the paper for two decades. … - He will help manage newsgathering efforts around politics …

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Bron Maher / Press Gazette:

An interview with former FT US Editor Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson about running Semafor's The CEO Signal newsletter, aimed at CEOs of companies making $500M+ — Semafor's new “CEO editor”, Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, has said he left a top job at the Financial Times for the start-up because it looked …

Discussion: @owillis.bsky.social

Lewis Huckle / Feature First:

The Brutalist movie faces backlash after its editor said AI was used to improve Hungarian dialogue and create buildings in the style of architect László Tóth — Awards favourite ‘The Brutalist’ is now causing a split among its audience after it was revealed that Generative AI …

Todd Spangler / Variety:

Amazon's IMDb says founder Col Needham will step down as CEO and move to executive chair, and appoints COO Nikki Santoro as CEO; Needham launched IMDb in 1990 — Col Needham, who founded of entertainment info site IMDb in 1990, is stepping aside as CEO of the Amazon-owned property.

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Csongor Körömi / Politico:

Le Monde says it will no longer post content on X, saying Donald Trump's “alliance” with social media bosses like Elon Musk “represents a global threat” — Negatives clearly outweigh the positives, says editor-in-chief. — This article is also available in: French

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Adam Sherwin / The i Paper:

An interview with BBC North America Editor Sarah Smith, who says the BBC will not be intimidated by legal threats from Donald Trump to muzzle the media — BBC won't be intimidated by Donald Trump's legal threats against news channels, says its North America editor Sarah Smith

Javed Farooqui / The Economic Times:

Sources: BBC Studios explores options for its Indian production business, including an exit, due to challenges like consolidation and reduced content budgets — BBC Studios, a subsidiary of BBC Group, is exploring options for its India content production business, including a potential exit …

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Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:

X rolls out a dedicated video tab in the US, letting users scroll through short videos, accessible via the app's bottom bar — Social network X is trying to capitalize on trying to capitalize on the uncertainty surrounding ByteDance apps like TikTok and Lemon8 by launching a dedicated vertical video feed.

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Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Bluesky launches a custom feed for TikTok-style vertical videos in its mobile app, saying “we had to get in on the video action too”

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Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post:
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Jillian Deutsch / Bloomberg:
Meta says it will continue to use its fact checkers outside of the US “for now”, and plans to see how its Community Notes system works in the US before deciding

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