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CBS airs 60 Minutes' CECOT segment, which Bari Weiss shelved in December as it lacked an on-camera interview with a Trump official, without such an interview — After accusations of “corporate censorship,” CBS aired a postponed “60 Minutes” segment about the CECOT prison that was largely unchanged.
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Clare Malone / New Yorker:
A profile of Bari Weiss and an in-depth look at her hostile takeover of CBS News; a source says Weiss has said she is pursuing a “de-Baathification of CBS” — The network's new editor-in-chief has championed a press free from élite bias, while aligning herself …
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Isabella Simonetti / Wall Street Journal:
CBS News airs the delayed 60 Minutes CECOT segment with new introductory and closing remarks; the core of the piece was untouched — CBS News Editor in Chief Bari Weiss's decision to hold the segment in December ignited a firestorm within the network — A “60 Minutes” segment that was held …
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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” …
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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
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Jack Dunn / Variety:
On Joe Rogan's JRE, Matt Damon and Ben Affleck discuss Hollywood and AI; Damon says Netflix wants movies to restate the plot because viewers are on their phones — Matt Damon and Ben Affleck recently appeared on the “Joe Rogan Experience” to promote their new Netflix film “The Rip,” …
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Similarweb: Threads had 141.5M DAUs on iOS and Android as of January 7, driven by Instagram promotions, while X had 125M DAUs; X continues to lead on the web — A report from market intelligence firm Similarweb suggests that Meta's Threads is now seeing more daily usage than Elon Musk's X on mobile devices.
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Matthew Keys / TheDesk.net:
Study: local broadcast TV supported 1.5M+ US jobs in 2025 and had a $748B annual GDP impact, with advertising accounting for the largest share at $628B — The local television broadcast industry saw another year of strong contributions to the American economy, with more than 1.5 million jobs supported …
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Radio World, Woods & Poole Economics, TV Tech and Barrett Media
Yue Stella Yu / Los Angeles Times:
Gov. Newsom's 2026 budget proposal contains no funding for the California Civic Media Fund, despite a 2024 deal to provide $175M to newsrooms over five years — - 6 min Click here to listen to this article — Gov. Gavin Newsom's budget proposal includes no money for a fund formed last year …
Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Sources: Jan Philipp Burgard, Welt EIC and a top Axel Springer editor, was ousted after an investigation into inappropriate behavior toward female employees — Jan Philipp Burgard was one of Axel Springer's most prominent editors, overseeing its influential German broadsheet Welt.
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@kakape@mas.to, Michael Lamberty on LinkedIn and Semafor
Wall Street Journal:
A profile of Gerry Cardinale, head of RedBird, Paramount's second-largest shareholder, as he lobbies regulators and shareholders to accept Paramount's WBD bid — RedBird's Gerry Cardinale will tell anyone who will listen why the hostile $77.9 billion bid is superior
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The Movie Blog
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Reuters:
A UK privacy lawsuit by Prince Harry, Elton John, and others against Associated Newspapers begins, with allegations of phone hacking and illicit data collection — Prince Harry, Elton John and five other public figures were victims of widespread phone hacking and other unlawful acts …
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Saahil Desai / The Atlantic:
As news outlets treat prediction markets like news, especially heading into US elections, every dip and swing in the odds may end up wildly misleading people — Why is the media obsessed with prediction markets? — For the past week, I've found myself playing the same 23-second CNN clip on repeat.
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Peter Kafka / Business Insider:
An interview with Semafor's Justin Smith on growing its events business around tentpoles and how DC-focused media benefits from the corporate affairs market — - Semafor, the high-profile news startup founded in 2022, says it's now profitable — a rarity for a new media company.
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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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