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9:35 AM ET, January 10, 2026

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Oliver Darcy / Status:
Sources: Bari Weiss has kept Anderson Cooper's unaired 60 Minutes piece about Trump's decision to accept South African refugees in a prolonged editorial process  —  Earlier this week, on Tuesday, members of the “60 Minutes” team gathered for a meeting to discuss the future of Sharyn Alfonsi's delayed piece …
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Jeff Jarvis / Katie Couric Media:
Under Bari Weiss and anchor Tony Dokoupil, CBS Evening News has become state propaganda, costing CBS News respect as mass media's audience shrinks  —  It's the last nail in the coffin of CBS News as respected journalism. … It would be easy to mock Tony Dokoupil's debut as the latest anchor …
Alyssa Ray / The Wrap:
PBS says it is ending PBS News Weekend, due to federal budget cuts; anchor John Yang says he'll be leaving PBS but many members of the show's team will remain  —  “Due to federal budget cuts, we've had to make the difficult decision to rework our staffing and programming,” anchor Amna Nawaz shares
Discussion: mikemcguff.com and PBS NewsHour
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
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Sources: Paramount is seeking a strategic partner to invest in MTV as it aims to refocus MTV on music; Nielsen: MTV averaged <200K viewers in primetime in 2025  —  Paramount Skydance Corp. is looking to revive MTV — and it wants the music industry's help.
Jennifer Swann / Wired:
How Craigslist has stayed relevant for users as a place to find jobs, housing, and personal connections without relying on algorithmic feeds or public profiles  —  Millennials are still using Craigslist to find jobs, love, and even to cast creative projects—eschewing other AI- and algorithm-dominated online spaces.
Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
Italy fines Cloudflare €14.2M for refusing to block pirate sites on its 1.1.1.1 DNS service; CEO Matthew Prince says he will discuss it with US officials  —  Italy fined Cloudflare 14.2 million euros for refusing to block access to pirate sites on its 1.1.1.1 DNS service …
The Hollywood Reporter:
X sues the National Music Publishers' Association and its members, claiming they conspired to force X into group licensing deals at inflated rates  —  X alleges antitrust violations over music publishers allegedly refusing to negotiate individual licenses with the company.
Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
Filings: X's UK revenue fell 58.3% YoY from £69.1M in 2023 to £28.9M in 2024; pre-tax profits fell from £2.2M in 2023 to £767,000 in 2024  —  Elon Musk-owned site reports plunging profits amid outcry over use of AI tool Grok to create sexually explicit imagery
Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
The San Francisco Standard hires Elizabeth Ralph to oversee its Opinion section; Ralph is currently editor of Politico Magazine and Politico managing editor  —  Elizabeth Ralph is joining the San Francisco Standard newsroom leadership team to oversee the Opinion section.
Alex Reisner / The Atlantic:
Researchers say GPT 4.1, Claude 3.7 Sonnet, Gemini 2.5 Pro, and Grok 3 can reproduce long excerpts from books they were trained on when strategically prompted  —  On tuesday, researchers at Stanford and Yale revealed something that AI companies would prefer to keep hidden.
Nicole Sperling / New York Times:
Under its contract with Artists Equity, Netflix will pay the crew a bonus if The Rip performs well, a departure from its usual refusal to make back-end payments  —  The streaming giant agreed to pay the entire production crew of the pair's new movie a bonus if the film performs well on the service.
 
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Titus Wu / Bloomberg Government:
California's Department of Finance director says Gov. Gavin Newsom doesn't plan to commit more funding in 2026 to a Google partnership to help local newsrooms
Ryan Autullo / Bloomberg Law:
A district court judge denies Texas AG Ken Paxton's request for a restraining order preventing Samsung from collecting data on TV watchers
Discussion: BleepingComputer
Jordan Moreau / Variety:
The Golden Globes signs a deal with Polymarket, which will provide stats and predictions about the awards show at the official 2026 viewing party
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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
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
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
 

 
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Fransiska Nangoy / Reuters:
Indonesia temporarily blocks Grok, citing the risk of non-consensual sexual deepfakes, becoming the first country to block the AI tool

Jackson Chen / Engadget:
Malwarebytes: a 2024 Instagram data breach exposed information on 17.5 million users, including emails, phone numbers, and physical addresses

Vicky Ge Huang / Wall Street Journal:
A look at Tether's role in Venezuela's economy, which puts it in a prime position to aid the U.S. as it seeks to find funds allegedly stolen by Maduro's regime
 
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