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Substack launches its Substack TV app for Apple TV and Google TV in beta for free and paid subscribers, with access matched to their current subscription levels — Today we're launching the Substack TV app for Apple TV and Google TV. Substack is the home for the best longform …
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Clayton Davis / Variety:
Ryan Coogler's Sinners breaks the Academy Awards' nomination record with 16 nominations, surpassing the previous record of 14, held by three films — Ryan Coogler has officially rewritten Oscar history. — Coogler's “Sinners” shattered the Academy Awards' all-time nomination record Thursday …
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Analysis: among the top 50 news websites in the US and the UK, 34% blocked all major AI training bots; 14%, including Fox and Substack, allowed access to all — Almost eight in ten of the biggest news websites in the UK and US are now blocking AI training bots.
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MediaPost, @pressgazette.co.uk and Search Engine Journal
Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
British podcasters like Steven Bartlett of The Diary of a CEO are adopting various strategies, including moving to the US, to break into the larger US market — Most of the top podcasts in the UK have yet to hit the same levels of popularity in the US — Welcome back to Soundbite.
Bloomberg:
Sources: Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos and WBD Chief Strategy Officer Bruce Campbell plan to testify in February at a US Senate committee hearing on the WBD sale — Netflix Inc. co-Chief Executive Officer Ted Sarandos is planning to testify in February at a US Senate committee hearing looking …
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Hannah Rabinowitz / CNN:
Source: a federal judge rejected the US DOJ's initial attempt to charge Don Lemon for appearing alongside protesters that interrupted a Minnesota church service — A federal magistrate judge rejected the Justice Department's initial attempt to bring charges against journalist Don Lemon …
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Ben Thompson / Stratechery:
Q&A with Netflix co-CEO Greg Peters on Netflix's stock roller coaster, viewer engagement, ads, the WBD acquisition, regulation, competition, Hollywood, and more — This week's Stratechery Interview is with Netflix co-CEO Greg Peters. Peters became co-CEO of Netflix in 2023 …
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Tom Jones / Poynter:
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt denied that Trump mixed up Iceland and Greenland in his WEF speech, despite video evidence — During a speech, Trump repeatedly referred to Iceland while talking about Greenland. Then the press secretary denied what the video plainly shows.
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Lucy Schiller / Columbia Journalism Review:
Lawyers for NPR and three Colorado public radio stations, alongside others, discuss the outlets' 1A lawsuit against the Trump administration for stopping funds — “It isn't just an affront to localism. It's an attempt to reengineer thought.” — “If the fire comes to the neighborhood …
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Dade Hayes / Deadline:
Filing: Paramount extends the deadline for WBD shareholders to vote on its $30-per-share offer to February 20 — Paramount has extended the deadline for Warner Bros. Discovery shareholders to throw their support behind the company's hostile takeover bid. — The initial deadline of Wednesday has now been pushed to February 20.
Liz Hoffman / Semafor:
Sources: the US and China approve a deal to sell TikTok's US business to a group of mostly US investors led by Oracle and Silverlake, set to close this week — The US and China have signed off on a deal to sell TikTok's US business to a consortium of mostly US investors led by Oracle and Silver Lake …
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Alisa Vasquez / Politico:
Politico names Tessa Berenson Rogers as Politico Magazine's editor and Giuseppe Macri as Playbook editor — Announcement from Senior Executive Editor Alex Burns, Deputy Executive Editor Julia Marsh, States Editorial Director Ryan Hutchins, and California Editorial Director Christopher Cadelago:
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