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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Jim Acosta says he is leaving the network after nearly 20 years; sources: Acosta is stepping down after CNN wanted to move his show to the 12am ET slot — The network wanted to move Mr. Acosta to the midnight time slot, a backwater in cable television news.
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Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Sources: Sky News plans to overhaul its programming and newsroom around paid content, in a strategy dubbed Sky News 2030, citing “largely stagnant” revenue — UK broadcaster is launching new premium model to combat steep decline of linear TV — Sky News has unveiled plans …
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Alexandra Alter / New York Times:
Bookshop.org starts selling e-books from Bookshop or independent stores via its website and app, starting with 1M+ titles, and plans to add self-published books — Bookshop, a site that lets independent, bricks-and-mortar bookshops sell their books online, is launching an app that will allow the sales of e-books, too.
Reuters:
OpenAI seeks to block India's biggest media organizations from joining a copyright lawsuit that is set to shape the legal framework for AI in the country — Microsoft-backed OpenAI sought to block on Tuesday India's biggest media organisations, including those of billionaires Gautam Adani and Mukesh Ambani …
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
The CBS Evening News debuted a new format on January 27, with a focus on fewer but more in-depth stories, reporters in the field, and nods to 60 Minutes — CBS is once again testing out new ingredients for one of its oldest, most recognizable programs, “The CBS Evening News.”
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Editor and Publisher:
The MacArthur Foundation announces $6M+ in grants for 15 independent newsrooms and organizations focused on climate journalism in the United States — The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation today announced more than $6 million in grants to support the growing field of climate journalism in the United States.
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Bloomberg:
Sources: the UK is considering options to make BBC funding more sustainable, including making households that only use streaming services pay the license fee — - Government in talks to make BBC funding more sustainable — Options also include taxing streaming apps, tiering payments
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Jem Aswad / Variety:
Spotify says it paid out a record $10B to the music industry in 2024, up from a then-record $9B in 2023, taking its total to nearly $60B since its 2006 founding — Spotify paid out $10 billion to the music industry in 2024 — some $1 billion more than last year, the previous record …
Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:
WGA East members at ABC News ratify a three-year deal in which ABC agrees not to lay off current employees due to the use of generative AI, among other terms — Writers Guild of America East-represented scribes secured language stating that current staffers will not be laid off due to use of the technology.
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Hadas Gold / CNN:
Pulitzer Board seeks to pause Trump's 2022 defamation case against it, using his own argument that state courts shouldn't exert control over a sitting president — The Pulitzer Prize board is asking a judge to hit pause on a defamation case President Donald Trump filed against until his presidency is over …
Leah Sottile / OPB:
A look at Hoodview News, a monthly local newspaper in Clackamas County, Oregon, that reflects the views of its owner, who used to work for an anti-LGBTQ+ group — Mike Wiley made his name as communications director for the Oregon Citizens Alliance — an anti-LGBTQ+ group. Now his views drive a local newspaper.
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
BBC News Digital Director Naja Nielsen, who joined in 2019, will leave in the coming months to become media director at Swedish public broadcaster SVT — BBC News digital director Naja Nielsen is leaving the corporation after almost six years to join Swedish public broadcaster SVT as media director.
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