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Oliver Darcy / Status:
Sources: Tony Dokoupil's CBS Evening News debut left some staffers embarrassed and alarmed over the chaotic on-air rollout and MAGA-friendly editorial choices — On Tuesday evening, newly installed “CBS Evening News” anchor Tony Dokoupil closed out just his second official broadcast with a surreal segment …
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Daniel D'Addario / Variety:
After promising to be “more accountable” than Walter Cronkite, Tony Dokoupil didn't challenge Pete Hegseth in an interview or cite sources in another segment — The broadcast journalist, who since 2019 had been CBS' morning show co-anchor, came into the seat once held by Walter Cronkite …
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Lucas Manfredi / The Wrap:
WBD's board unanimously rejects Paramount's amended $108.4B acquisition offer, saying the bid still has “significant” risks compared to Netflix's $83B offer — The board says the revised $108.4 billion bid continues to offer “significant costs, risks and uncertainties” compared to its $83 billion deal with Netflix
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Isabella Simonetti / Wall Street Journal:
Semafor raised $30M at a $330M valuation after generating $2M in EBITDA in 2025, its first profitable year, and plans to expand its annual CEO gathering in DC — The digital media outlet, which aims to inform the ‘global leadership class,’ plans to expand its events business and add journalists
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Jazz Tangcay / Variety:
NLRB: DreamWorks remote workers, Netflix animation production workers, and “Ted” production workers vote to unionize with the Animation Guild and Editors Guild — DreamWorks Animation (DWA) remote workers across the United States, feature production workers at Netflix Animation Studios …
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Sibylla Brodzinsky / The Guardian:
Venezuela's union representing press workers said at least 14 were detained on January 5, including 13 from international media organizations; one was deported — Thirteen of those detained were released according to the country's National Union of Press Workers
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Elizabeth Hernandez / Denver Post:
After its domain registration expired, the student news outlet at the University of Colorado Boulder was plagued by a copycat site using AI to create content — Copycat websites increasingly common amid rise of artificial intelligence, CU Independent's attorney says
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
New York Post Media Group EIC Keith Poole says The California Post will launch January 26, setting up its newsroom on the Fox studio lot in Century City — The News Corp. property The California Post will launch Jan. 26 from a newsroom off of the Fox lot in Century City.
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Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:
Netflix and WWE expand their partnership, making Netflix “the home of WWE's library in the US”, as Peacock's five-year deal for the WWE video library expires — The deal also covers documentaries and original programming, such as ‘WWE: Unreal,’ which is returning for season 2 later in January.
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Eva Baron / Publishers Weekly:
HarperCollins France says it is testing using AI-assisted translation, citing declining sales and following in the footsteps of Taylor & Francis and others — Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... After a press release issued by the French Literary Translators Association …
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Erik Wemple / New York Times:
The NYT's lawsuit against the DOD over its new journalism rules is on a fast track, heading to oral arguments on March 6, as both sides filed to skip discovery — The lawsuit, over the Defense Department's new rules for journalists, is headed for oral arguments in March.
Bill Bradley / Adweek:
NBCUniversal says it has sold out its Winter Olympics ad inventory, about a month before the games begin, adding over 100 new advertisers for the games — NBCUniversal scores huge Olympics ad sales and brings on more advertisers than ever — Records are being broken a month …
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