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5:05 PM ET, January 26, 2026

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New York Times:
Sources: WaPo is reversing course on its plans not to send any sports staffers to cover the Winter Olympics in Italy and now expects to send four journalists  —  The newspaper will send a small team of reporters to cover the Olympics after it informed sports journalists on Friday that the paper would not send a group.
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@erikwemple:
Foreign correspondents at WaPo send a letter to Jeff Bezos raising alarm over impending layoffs, which are expected to “land hard” on international coverage  —  Update on turmoil at the Washington Post that I've been following w @BenMullin: Foreign correspondents at WaPo have sent a letter, a “collective plea,” to owner Jeff Bezos raising alarm over impending staff reductions, which are expected to land hard on international coverage.
Max Tani / Semafor:
An interview with Minnesota Star Tribune editor Kathleen Hennessey about becoming the central hub of local information amid a surge of immigration operations  —  The biggest news organization in Minnesota is trying to serve as the sober counterweight to hysterical social media posts …
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New York Times:
How pro-Trump influencers and others on social media used misdirection and fabricated content to muddle the evidence of ICE agents killing a man in Minneapolis
Elizabeth H. Hughes / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
The Philadelphia Inquirer had an operating profit of several million in 2025, with its first YoY revenue growth since 2004; 70% of revenue is from readers  —  The news that the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette will soon cease publishing has, justifiably, sounded alarms across the media landscape.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
A group of YouTubers with a combined 6.2M subscribers adds Snap to a class action lawsuit, alleging the company trained its AI systems on their video content  —  A group of YouTubers suing tech giants for scraping their videos without permission to train AI models has now added Snap to their list of defendants.
Lexy Perez / The Hollywood Reporter:
First Lady Melania Trump and director Brett Ratner held a private screening of their controversial Amazon-funded documentary, Melania, at the WH on Saturday  —  The White House held a private screening of the doc on Saturday night that included black-tied VIPs, monogrammed popcorn tubs and a military band playing movie tunes.
Michael Savage / The Guardian:
Outgoing BBC DG Tim Davie warns the BBC faces “profound jeopardy” unless it embraces significant changes to funding but rejects ads or subscriptions as options  —  Exclusive: Outgoing director general indicates support for update to licence-fee model as part of wider changes
Dan Evans / Byline Times:
Daily Mail publisher's High Court trial over alleged phone hacking threatens to derail its £500M Telegraph bid, as main funder NatWest considers the legal risks  —  Allegations that the Mail engaged in phone hacking, landline tapping, burglaries, and the theft of medical records …
Discussion: @mimicinque
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Email: Future plans a “significant restructure”, with 45 editorial redundancies while creating 15 new roles at titles including TechRadar and Tom's Guide  —  Future plc has proposed to make 45 editorial redundancies at its technology titles.  —  Some 15 new roles are being created …
RJI:
A survey of 135 leaders at US weekly newspapers found 88% charge a fee for obituaries, yet the revenue makes up less than 5% of income in 80% of newsrooms  —  Study shows that paid obits bring in little income but are nearly universal … Charging to publish obituaries …
Discussion: @losowsky.com
Editor and Publisher:
An interview with Audrey Cooper, EIC of The Baltimore Banner, on local news decline, growing regionally, paywalls, experimenting with AI, and more  —  Episode 317 of “E&P Reports” - A Vodcast series hosted by Mike Blinder  —  Audrey Cooper's decision to take the helm at The Baltimore Banner …
Discussion: Poynter
Catherine Balston / Monocle:
The persistence of the foreign film category at the Oscars feels increasingly misplaced as foreign films and shows are now mainstream viewing due to streaming  —  Film's gilded night is drawing ever closer and today The Academy will shortlist the titles up for winning an Oscar come March.
Discussion: American Prospect
 
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Emma Roth / The Verge:
UpScrolled, a platform for sharing photos, videos, and text that claims political impartiality, says user growth has surged since TikTok's US takeover
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California Post, a daily newspaper produced by the same company that publishes the New York Post, debuts on Monday in Southern California, led by EIC Nick Papps
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Laura Kelly / The Hill:
Sources: Ali Javanmardi, VOA's Persian-language service advisor, is accused of censoring coverage of Iran's exiled crown prince due to a personal political bias
Politico:
The US 8th Circuit rejects a DOJ bid to revive rejected warrants for Don Lemon and four others whom it claims illegally entered a St. Paul church last weekend
Manish Singh / India Dispatch:
HSBC: JioHotstar had 300M paying subscribers in India in 2025, compared with 65M for Amazon Prime Video and 20M for Netflix; ~24% of OTT users pay for content
Discussion: Times Now
Siladitya Ray / Forbes:
Late-night TV hosts Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert criticized FCC Chair Brendan Carr for the FCC's new guidance on “equal time” rules for political candidates
 

 
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Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft unveils the Maia 200, its 2nd-generation AI accelerator built on TSMC's 3nm process, deploying today in its Azure US Central data center region

Axios:
As tech CEOs stay silent after two fatal shootings, 450+ workers at Google, Meta, OpenAI, Amazon, and others urge CEOs to cancel any ICE contracts and speak out

Dan Whateley / Business Insider:
TikTok US says it's working to restore services after a power outage at a data center and that any algorithm changes users noticed were likely due to the outage
 
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