Mediagazer: 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% (Max Goldbart/Deadline)

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: Barrett Media, @jtes, SiriusXM, Podnews, New York Times, Vanity Fair, People, The Hollywood Reporter, Us Weekly, Deadline, E! Online, New York Daily News, Washington Post and Just Jared

Variety:

Netflix's Adolescence won four Golden Globes at the 83rd awards, the most of any TV show, and KPop Demon Hunters won two; Apple's The Studio won best TV series — “One Battle After Another,” a blistering satire about radical politics, and “Hamnet,” a look at William Shakespeare's complicated domestic life …

Alison Herman / Variety:

Golden Globes review: the show tried to expand its reach and profitability in often clumsy ways, and the host was nearly derailed by Polymarket predictions — Over the last few years, the Golden Globes has made a concerted effort to improve its reputation.

Discussion: @milkkarten, @dannygroner.bsky.social, Vanity Fair, @daniellamazzio, @mattxiv, @christress, @jbillinson, @davidehrlich, @bristei, @aherman2006.bsky.social, @svershbow and @bwags

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: @chrisharihar and The Guardian

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 — We are still at the early stages of another big shift in technology (Generative AI) which threatens to upend the news industry …

Discussion: HoldtheFrontPage

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 — - CNBC Councils — Join the CNBC Panel — News Tips — Got a confidential news tip? We want to hear from you.

Discussion: Variety, Reuters, The Wrap, The Hollywood Reporter, Paramount, @stagewrite.bsky.social, Deadline, Bloomberg, Business Insider and Cord Cutters News

Cristina Criddle / Financial Times:

Google introduces new personalized ads in its Gemini-powered AI Mode, letting advertisers offer exclusives for users preparing to buy a product — Tech giant moves to gain an edge in race to monetise popular AI tools — Google is introducing new personalised advertising into its AI shopping tools …

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 — Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... For the second consecutive year, unit sales of print books …

Discussion: @publisherswkly

Alyssa Ray / The Wrap:

PBS says it is ending PBS News Weekend due to US 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: Fox News, TV Insider, @aimee-abq.bsky.social, Barrett Media, PBS NewsHour, Breitbart, The Gateway Pundit, twitchy.com and @barbararybolt.bsky.social

Luke Kawa / Sherwood News:

Morgan Stanley survey of audio habits in the US: 50% to 60% of listeners aged 18 to 44 reported listening to AI-generated music for 2.5 to 3 hours per week — That's enough AI music to last the run time of “Avatar.” — Video may have killed the radio star, but AI is starting to dance on its grave.

Discussion: Music Ally and Bloomberg

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: Screen Rant and TV Tech, more at Techmeme »

César López Linares / LatAm Journalism Review:

How independent Venezuelan outlets, operating from exile and in alliance with reporters who remain in the country, managed to cover Maduro's ouster — It was around 2:00 a.m. on Jan. 3 when reports of explosions and low-flying aircraft in the city of Caracas began circulating on social media.

Discussion: Luz Mely Reyes on LinkedIn, @pressfreedom, @latamjournalism and Committee to Protect …