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5:25 PM ET, January 12, 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  —  - CNBC Councils  — Join the CNBC Panel  — News Tips  —  Got a confidential news tip?  We want to hear from you.
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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.
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.
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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  —  Over the last few years, the Golden Globes has made a concerted effort to improve its reputation.  Once somewhat infamous …
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.
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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.
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.
Anna Betts / The Guardian:
David Letterman calls CBS News a “wreck”, and says its integrity “has been trampled on, pissed on, and eviscerated by these idiots that have taken it over”  —  Former late-night host makes comments amid merger of CBS's parent company Paramount with Skydance Media
Reggie Ugwu / New York Times:
Dan Bongino, who stepped down as the deputy director of the FBI this month, says he will restart his podcast on February 2, streaming daily on Rumble  —  The former F.B.I. deputy director, who had hosted a right-wing, pro-Trump podcast, will restart the show after a rocky tenure at the law-enforcement agency.
Lauren Skowronski / CNBC:
CNBC names Sally Shin as its EVP of Growth and Partnerships; her previous tenure at CNBC included launching the tech-focused program Squawk Alley  —  Sally Shin has been named Executive Vice President of Growth and Partnerships for CNBC.  In this new role, Shin will be responsible …
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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.
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Rick Porter / The Hollywood Reporter:
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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
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
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
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
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