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10:45 PM ET, January 8, 2026

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Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
A look at the visual investigations of the Minneapolis ICE shooting by The NYT, WaPo, and Bellingcat, and how they helped people trying to make sense of events  —  When everyone has seen the same videos, what service do news sites provide?  —  Late Wednesday afternoon …
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David Gilbert / Wired:
An apparent disinformation campaign falsely identified Steve Grove, CEO/publisher of The Minnesota Star Tribune, as the ICE agent who shot a Minneapolis woman  —  Online detectives are inaccurately claiming to have identified the federal agent who shot and killed a 37-year-old woman in Minnesota based on AI-manipulated images.
Michael Savage / The Guardian:
BBC Director General Tim Davie says the broadcaster will stay on X to try to counteract a flood of global misinformation, despite pressure to leave  —  Director general says BBC needs to reach young audiences online amid pressure to leave Elon Musk-owned site
Evan Drellich / The Athletic:
Sources: the nine MLB teams televised by FanDuel Sports Network have ended their contracts with FanDuel SN after multiple teams failed to get scheduled payments  —  The nine Major League Baseball teams televised by FanDuel Sport Network have terminated their contracts with FanDuel SN …
Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
The Post-Gazette closes in five months, leaving time for Pittsburgh institutions to react, maybe by growing a replacement or helping its owner start a nonprofit  —  One of the country's oldest newspapers, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, says it's shutting down in May. Not going digital-only — just disappearing.
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Mark Walker / New York Times:
Block Communications says The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette will cease publication on May 3; the closure will not affect its sister newspaper, The Toledo Blade
Ross Kerber / Reuters:
Some of WBD's biggest investors are split on Paramount's offer that counters Netflix's accepted bid; investors have until January 21 to accept Paramount's bid  —  Some of Warner Bros Discovery's (WBD.O) biggest investors are split on Paramount Skydance's (PSKY.O) sweetened offer …
The Wrap:
Sources: Javier Guzman, a CBS Evening News senior broadcast producer, was dismissed on Jan. 7 from his position, just days into Tony Dokoupil's tenure as anchor  —  Javier Guzman stepped into his role as senior broadcast producer for the news program back in August
Lucia Moses / Business Insider:
Sources: micro-drama app DramaBox seeks to raise $100M from US backers at a $500M valuation; Disney had invested in the app via its accelerator program  —  - DramaBox is seeking to raise funding as the competition among micro-drama apps intensifies.  — The app from Singapore's StoryMatrix …
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Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
Beehiiv CEO Tyler Denk says the newsletter company plans to double the size of its ad product and operations team in H1 2026; its full staff is now ~110 people  —  Beehiiv is expanding its in-house advertising operation as it looks to scale a business that has become an increasingly important revenue stream …
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Wall Street Journal:
Paramount reaffirms its commitment to its $30-per-share offer to acquire WBD and says that its analysis values Discovery Global at $0 per share  —  Warner previously said the offer wasn't ‘even comparable’ to Netflix's deal  —  Paramount Skydance continued pushing its $77.9 billion bid …
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Josh Sisco / Bloomberg:
Filing: the US DOJ opened an in-depth review of Paramount's hostile tender offer for WBD on December 23; Netflix has said it's also talking with the DOJ and EC
 
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Helena Horton / The Guardian:
Grok says image generation and editing are now limited to paid subscribers, after outcry over its use to create sexually explicit and violent imagery

Carmen Arroyo / Bloomberg:
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a16z raises over $15B across five new funds, including $6.75B for its fifth growth fund and $3B for unspecified “other venture strategies”
 
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