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9:15 AM ET, January 13, 2026

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Lillian Rizzo / CNBC:

In a letter to WBD shareholders, David Ellison says Paramount filed a lawsuit in the Delaware Chancery Court seeking information in its hostile takeover attempt — Paramount Skydance is suing Warner Bros. Discovery and CEO David Zaslav as its latest step in a hostile pursuit to acquire WBD …

Reeves Wiedeman / Vulture:

A profile of David Ellison, who is trying to build a media empire that could dwarf even the Murdochs' with help from his father and Oracle founder Larry Ellison — One weekend in 2006, Dean Devlin, a movie producer, was driving across Los Angeles to deal with an emergency.

Mark Sweney / The Guardian:

Paramount says it will nominate directors for election at WBD's annual meeting, usually held in June, to vote against the approval of WBD's deal with Netflix — Paramount also files lawsuit seeking disclosure of financial information related to $82.7bn agreement

Discussion: Yahoo Finance, Mediaweek, Livemint, Reuters, Wrestling Inc., Sky News, Tech in Asia, @tvgrimreaper, GamesIndustry.biz, Global Competition Review and GAMINGbible

Yang Tian / BBC:

The BBC files a motion to dismiss Trump's lawsuit over how his January 6 speech was edited in Panorama, saying the Florida court lacks “personal jurisdiction” — The BBC will file a motion to dismiss Donald Trump's lawsuit over how his 6 January 2021 speech was edited in a Panorama documentary.

Discussion: CNN, Reuters, The Guardian, Variety, Financial Times, Advanced Television, Associated Press, UPI, CBS News, The American Bazaar, HuffPost, The Independent, The Scottish Sun, GB News, Insurance Journal, Mirror, Bloomberg, Sky News and Deadline

New York Times:

Sources: Bari Weiss has privately been deeply frustrated by the negative reaction to her CBS tenure and has blamed subordinates for not stanching the criticism — Her reimagining of “CBS Evening News” is under heavy scrutiny, and even became a punchline on her own network on Sunday at the Golden Globes.

Discussion: @imnotahrhitter.bsky.social, @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social, @josephzucker.bsky.social, @gwbiscuit.bsky.social, @lons.bsky.social, @brendelbored.bsky.social, @shuchancellor.online, @katelynburns.com and @whoa-magic.lol

Corbin Bolies / The Wrap:

NYT editor Joe Kahn says the paper didn't withhold a story on the US plan to capture Nicolás Maduro at Trump administration's request, citing unverified details — Joe Kahn's remarks follow reports that the Times held off publishing details of the raid to capture Venezuela's president

Discussion: New York Times and @furtherexchange.bsky.social

Todd Spangler / Variety:

Amy Poehler's Good Hang won the Golden Globes' inaugural podcast award, beating five other nominees, including Call Her Daddy, SmartLess, and NPR's Up First — Amy Poehler won the inaugural Golden Globes podcast award for her talk show “Good Hang,” which features her freestyle riffs with fellow comedians, friends and celebs.

Discussion: Variety, SiriusXM, The Wrap, @jtes, Differ We Must, LaineyGossip, Inside Radio, Barrett Media, Podnews, The Hollywood Reporter, Us Weekly, People, Vanity Fair, Deadline, New York Times, New York Daily News, E! Online and Just Jared

Alison Herman / Variety:
Golden Globes review: the show tried to expand its reach and profitability in often clumsy ways, including distracting stunts like Polymarket projections

Discussion: @milkkarten, @daniellamazzio, @mattxiv, @christress, @jbillinson, Futurism, @davidehrlich, @bristei, Status, @svershbow, @bwags, @dannygroner.bsky.social, CNN, Vanity Fair, The Wrap, @aherman2006.bsky.social and TV Tonight

Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:

Eddy Cue says 2025 was a “record-breaking year” for Apple services: Apple TV set a monthly engagement record in December, with total hours viewed up 36% YoY — The Apple services executive released a note saying that Apple TV set new monthly engagement records, while Apple Music has hit subscriber records.

Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:

Chartbeat data: global Google search referrals to publishers fell by 33% in the year ending November 2025, with US-specific organic search traffic down 38% — Google search traffic to publishers declined globally by a third in the year to November, according to new Chartbeat data.

Discussion: The Guardian, @chrisharihar, Search Engine Land, @timstevens.bsky.social and @mikeelgan.bsky.social

Nic Newman / Reuters Institute:
Reuters Institute survey: 38% of media leaders are confident about journalism in 2026, 44% say newsroom AI efforts are showing “promising” results, and more

Discussion: What's New in Publishing, Prabhash Jha on LinkedIn, Mumbrella, The Drum, Ricky Robinson on LinkedIn, Philip Hicks on LinkedIn and HoldtheFrontPage

Max Goldbart / Deadline:

Ampere Analysis expects streaming services' content spend to grow 6% in 2026 to $101B, crossing $100B for the first time, and overall content spend to grow 2% — Streamer spend on content is set to top the $100BN mark for the first time this year, according to an Ampere Analysis report.

Discussion: Advanced Television, Ampere Analysis, Media Play News, The Streamable and Screen Rant

Isabelle Bousquette / Wall Street Journal:

Netflix CTO Elizabeth Stone and other execs discuss the challenges Netflix faces in streaming live events, after broadcasting 200+ live events since March 2023 — After some very public glitches, Netflix thinks it has cracked the code on the tech needed to stream live events.

Rob Waugh / Press Gazette:

An investigation finds 50+ apparently fake experts who offered commentary to the UK press in recent years, getting featured 1,000+ times in various articles — Press Gazette today names more than 50 apparently fake experts who have offered commentary to the British press in recent years …

Discussion: @ianbetteridge.com, @robinwigglesworth.ft.com, The Overspill, @petertl.bsky.social and journalists.org

Suzanne Vranica / Wall Street Journal:

Sources: OpenAI plans a 60-second Super Bowl ad during NBC's broadcast, the second straight year of doing so; ad buyers say clients pay $8M+ for just 30 seconds — AI companies are engaged in an expensive arms race to attract users and alleviate public anxiety about the technology

Discussion: People, The Decoder, Semafor and Crooks and Liars

Josh Dickey / The Wrap:

Penske Media sues Google for allegedly monopolizing the digital ad market and depriving publishers of billions in revenue, following a 2025 US court ruling — The publisher of Billboard, Rolling Stone, THR and others says the digital giant unfairly starves them of billions in ad revenue

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Jim Milliot / Publishers Weekly:
Circana BookScan: US print book sales hit 762.4M units in 2025, up 0.3% YoY, settling at levels higher than before the pandemic; graphic novels saw a 9.2% rise

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Cristina Criddle / Financial Times:
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Rick Porter / The Hollywood Reporter:
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