Check out Mini-Mediagazer for simple mobiles or Mediagazer Mobile for modern smartphones.
8:35 PM ET, January 22, 2026

Mediagazer

 Top News: 
New York Times:
TikTok says ByteDance sold a majority stake in the app's US operations to a group of non-Chinese investors, including Oracle, MGX, and Silver Lake  —  TikTok said on Thursday that its Chinese owner, ByteDance, had struck a deal with a group of non-Chinese investors to create a new U.S. TikTok …
RELATED:
On Substack:
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 …
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 …
Discussion: The Wrap, Reuters, Variety and Telecompaper
Deadline:
A breakdown of 2026 Oscars nominations by movie and studio: WBD leads with 30 nominations, tying its own record, Neon gets 18, Netflix earns 16, Apple gets 6  —  Sinners is up for Best Picture, Actor Michael B. Jordan, Supporting Actress Wunmi Mosaku, Supporting Actor Delroy Lindo …
RELATED:
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
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 …
Discussion: Marketing Brew
Mia Galuppo / The Hollywood Reporter:
AMC Networks' Sundance Now rebrands from offering scripted TV to airing indie film and festival titles, for $7.99/month, as this year's Sundance Festival begins  —  AMC Networks runs the shingle that previously had scripted TV offerings.  —  As the Sundance Film Festival gets started …
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.
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 …
Matthew Keys / TheDesk.net:
AMC Networks says Chief Financial Officer Patrick O'Connell will depart the company in March to “pursue an opportunity outside of the media industry”  —  AMC Networks says its Chief Financial Officer Patrick O'Connell will depart the company in March.
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of Mediagazer at 8:35 PM ET, January 22, 2026.

View the current page or another snapshot:


 
 See Also: 
Mediagazer: site main
Mediagazer River: reverse chronological Mediagazer
Mediagazer Mobile: for phones
Mediagazer Leaderboard: Mediagazer's top sources
 
 Subscribe: 
Mediagazer RSS feed
Mediagazer on X
Mediagazer on Mastodon
 
 
 More News: 
Alisa Vasquez / Politico:
Politico names Tessa Berenson Rogers as Politico Magazine's editor and Giuseppe Macri as Playbook editor
Discussion: Talking Biz News
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Spotify expands its AI-powered Prompted Playlists beta to Premium subscribers in the US and Canada, following initial testing in New Zealand
Dade Hayes / Deadline:
Filing: Paramount extends the deadline for WBD shareholders to vote on its $30-per-share offer to February 20
 Earlier Picks: 
Mia Sato / The Verge:
Cate Blanchett, Cyndi Lauper, and 800+ creatives launch “Stealing Isn't Innovation” to protest unauthorized AI training, backed by RIAA, SAG-AFTRA, and others
Jay Peters / The Verge:
YouTube CEO Neal Mohan says creators will be able to generate Shorts using their own AI likenesses starting in 2026
 

 
From Techmeme:

Alex Harring / CNBC:
SpaceX closes up 19% at $160.95 in its debut, with a ~$2.1T market value, after opening at $150, up 11% from its IPO price; Musk becomes the first trillionaire

Cecilia Kang / New York Times:
Google sues Chinese cybercrime network Outsider Enterprise, accusing it of using Gemini to create fake websites and scam hundreds of thousands of Americans

Wall Street Journal:
Sources: OpenAI was subpoenaed on Friday by a coalition of state AGs for documents covering a wide range of its activities and impact on users
 
Sister Sites:

Techmeme
 Top news and commentary for technology's leaders, from all around the web
memeorandum
 What US political commentators are discussing online right now
WeSmirch
 The top celebrity news from all around the web on a single page