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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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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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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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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.


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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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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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.


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 …


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.


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 …


A look at Good Daily, an AI-generated newsletter network run by one person, aggregating local news across 47 US states without disclosing its use of AI — Good Daily, which operates in 47 states and 355 towns and cities across the U.S., is run by one person.

Sources: Peter Spiegel, the Financial Times' US managing editor, is in talks with the Washington Post for a senior job overseeing its national coverage — scoop: Peter Spiegel, the U.S. managing editor for the @FT, has been in talks for an editorial role at The Washington Post. He is under consideration for a senior job overseeing The Post's national coverage, per people familiar.
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