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3:44 AM ET, January 18, 2026

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New York Times:
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told CBS News that President Trump would sue the network if it didn't air his interview with Tony Dokoupil unedited  —  In previously unreported remarks, the White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told CBS News that Mr. Trump would “sue” …
Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
A look at lessons from Wikipedia for journalism, including setting a clear set of standards and practices, preventing link rot, and using detailed documentation  —  It's not a news site.  But there's a lot to learn from how Wikipedia constructs shared knowledge about what's happening in the world.
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Darren Loucaides / Financial Times:
A profile of Wikipedia as it faces challenges, including attacks from Elon Musk and the far right, reduced traffic due to AI, and legal challenges in India  —  As the website turns 25, it faces myriad challenges from regulators, AI, the far right and Elon Musk
Financial Times:
OpenAI plans to test ads below ChatGPT replies for users of free and Go tiers in the US; source: OpenAI expects to make “low billions” from ads in 2026  —  $500bn start-up seeks ways to fund expansion and fend off competition from rivals Google and Anthropic
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Maxwell Zeff / Wired:
OpenAI will match ads to conversation topics using some personalization data, but says it will not sell user data or expose user conversations to advertisers
Parker Molloy / The Present Age:
CBS News' credibility, built over decades, is being used now to launder political narratives that wouldn't survive scrutiny if they came from right-wing media  —  In December, CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss killed a 60 Minutes segment about Venezuelan migrants being tortured in El Salvador's CECOT prison.
Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Sources: the BBC plans to announce a major deal to make bespoke shows for YouTube for the first time, which will later be aired on the BBC iPlayer and Sounds  —  British public sector broadcaster will make unique shows for the platform and generate revenue from ads overseas
Davis Giangiulio / CNBC:
Cloudflare acquires AI data marketplace Human Native for an undisclosed sum to help it develop a system where AI developers pay creators for training content  —  Cloudflare is acquiring artificial intelligence data marketplace Human Native, the company said Thursday, as it expands its push …
Business Insider:
TikTok has launched a standalone micro drama app, PineDrama, in the US and Brazil, offering vertical serialized shows for free without ads or paywalls for now  —  - TikTok has rolled out a new micro drama app in the US and Brazil called PineDrama.  — The app's feed looks a lot like TikTok's …
Nicole Sperling / New York Times:
Q&A with Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos about the $83B WBD bid, Trump's involvement in the deal, maintaining a 45-day theatrical window for WBD releases, and more  —  The company's co-chief executive sat down for an extensive interview for the first time since announcing plans to buy Warner Bros. Discovery's film and TV business.
Blake Brittain / Reuters:
Hachette and Cengage file to join an existing copyright infringement lawsuit against Google in which authors say Google used their books to train its Gemini LLM  —  Publishers Hachette Book Group and Cengage Group (CNGO.PK) asked a California federal court on Thursday for permission to intervene …
Bloomberg:
Sources: French studio Mediawan is in advanced talks to merge with Peter Chernin's North Road Company; the deal values North Road between $700M and $1B  —  Peter Chernin, the media mogul behind Ford v Ferrari and other films, is in talks to merge his North Road Co. production business …
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Mike Fleming Jr / Deadline:
Q&A with Kathleen Kennedy about the highs and lows of her 14 years at Lucasfilm, going back to producing, the future of Star Wars, exploring AI tools, and more  —  She's handing the reins to her longtime lieutenants.  The Disney division will be run by Chief Creative Officer Dave Filoni …
 
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The AI boom is driving an unprecedented wave of data center construction, but there aren't enough skilled workers in the US, such as electricians, to keep up

Jeremy Kahn / Fortune:
OpenAI's former Head of Policy Research Miles Brundage announces AVERI, a nonprofit aimed at advocating the idea of external audits for frontier AI models

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A look at the making of The Thinking Game, a documentary about Google DeepMind and its CEO Demis Hassabis, garnering 285M+ views on YouTube since November 2025
 
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