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Many journalists say the FBI raid on a WaPo reporter's home is a jarring new step to limit media's ability to gather information the government wants to hide — Many saw the FBI search of a Washington Post reporter's home as a jarring new step aimed at limiting their ability to gather information.
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Democracy Now, The Intercept, CNN, @kath_krueger, WebProNews, Cameron Barr on LinkedIn, Sydney Morning Herald, The Guardian, @drewharwell.com, Townhall, Deadline, The Wrap, The Boston Globe, Al Jazeera, Straight Arrow News, Courthouse News Service, Freedom of the Press …, Mediaite, Semafor, New York Times and @brianstelter
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Ted Johnson / Deadline:
The Reporters Committee for the Freedom of the Press files a US court application to access the sealed warrant justifying the raid on Hannah Natanson's home — The Reporters Committee for the Freedom of the Press filed an application with the U.S. District Court in Alexandria.
Emma Roth / The Verge:
The Wikimedia Foundation says Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, Perplexity, and Mistral joined Wikimedia Enterprise to get “tuned” API access; Google is already a member — The companies have joined Google as the latest members of the Wikimedia Enterprise program.
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Emma Roth / The Verge:
Wikimedia celebrates Wikipedia's 25th anniversary, marking its growth from 100 pages to 65M+ articles with nearly 15B monthly views, and releases a docuseries — The online encyclopedia is releasing a mini docuseries that puts faces to the editors behind an array of Wikipedia articles.
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Associated Press, Wikimedia Foundation, Forbes, Financial Times, Observer, 9to5Mac, The Independent, Diff, Wired and ABC, more at Techmeme »
Lauren Thomas / Wall Street Journal:
A judge denies Paramount's request to force WBD to disclose more info about its Netflix deal; Paramount says it plans to extend its tender offer beyond Jan. 21 — Paramount lawsuit tried to force a rapid release of information, but the court ruled there was no urgency to the request
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Bloomberg, Los Angeles Times, Semafor, Deadline, Media Play News, The Motley Fool, Newsmax and Bounding Into Comics
Ben Sherry / Inc:
Symbolic.ai, founded by ex-eBay CEO Devin Wenig and Ars Technica cofounder Jon Stokes, partners with News Corp to offer AI tools to WSJ, Barron's, and others — Exclusive: An AI-based journalism platform aims to do it all. Can it deliver the accuracy and productivity it promises?
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Talking Biz News and Symbolic.ai
Molly Schuetz / Bloomberg:
Spotify plans to raise its Premium subscription by $1 to $12.99/month in the US, its first US price hike since July 2024, and increase it in Estonia and Latvia — Spotify Technology SA is raising the price of its premium subscription service by 8% in an effort to achieve sustained profitability.
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Spotify, AppleInsider, iClarified, Billboard, Digital Trends, Music Business Worldwide, Benzinga, The Mac Observer, The Wrap, WebProNews, How-To Geek, Deadline, Dexerto, Neowin, Barron's Online, CNET, Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Android Police, Mashable, 9to5Google, 9to5Mac, Pocket-lint, CNBC, The Hollywood Reporter, Variety, Thurrott, Android Authority, Hypebot and Dow Jones Newswires, more at Techmeme »
The New York Times Company:
Former WaPo opinion editor David Shipley joins the NYT as editor at large; he left WaPo in February 2025, when Jeff Bezos made opinion section changes — David, a brilliant journalist, will focus on producing and editing high-impact, ambitious editorial packages. — Colleagues,
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The Wrap and New Republic
Rohith Nair / Reuters:
FIFA makes Stats Perform its first official data and betting streaming rights distributor to licensed sportsbooks for the 2026 World Cup and other events — FIFA has selected sports AI firm Stats Perform as their first official betting data and betting streaming rights distributor …
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Inside FIFA, Sports Video Group and talkSPORT
Sofia Saric / Miami Herald:
McClatchy sues Google, claiming Google illegally monopolizes the online ad market and deprives McClatchy of ad revenue, echoing Penske Media's earlier lawsuit — McClatchy Media Company filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against Google, alleging the tech company is undercutting its business …
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Docket updates …, Digital Music News and Search Engine Roundtable
Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:
Q&A with Amazon's Prime Video Europe VP Andrew Bennett on a flurry of global partnership deals, including with free-to-air broadcasters, and other growth plans — Europe VP Andrew Bennett shares the logic for Prime's latest pacts in Spain and France, and why HBO Max is doubling down on its partnership.
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Andrew Bennett on LinkedIn and Elisabetta Carruba on LinkedIn
Suzanne Smalley / The Record:
Google agrees to pay $8.25M to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging its AdMob SDK illegally collected data from children under age 13 — Google has agreed to pay $8.25 million to settle a class-action lawsuit centered on claims that it habitually and illegally collected data from devices belonging to children under age 13.
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@kennysmith.bsky.social and MediaPost
