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Benjamin Lindsay / The Wrap:
Memo: WaPo won't send sports staffers to cover the Winter Olympics in Italy, as it assesses financial priorities for 2026, following reports of expected layoffs — Managing Editor Kimi Yoshino says the decision to not send reporters to the Milano Cortina 2026 Games comes after assessing financial priorities for the year
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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.
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Zhiyu Luo / Los Angeles Business Journal:
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 — News Corp.'s California Post will begin daily circulation in Los Angeles on Jan. 26. — California Post will premiere …
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Fox News, New York Post, The Wrap and r/LosAngeles
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 — Topline — Late-night hosts Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert on Thursday night responded to the Federal …
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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 …
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The Philadelphia Inquirer
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.
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American Prospect and Axios
Dan Kennedy / Poynter:
Steven Waldman of Rebuild Local News estimates US local newsrooms will get ~$74M from state governments, but CA, MA, NJ, and NY efforts have fallen short — Steven Waldman of Rebuild Local News is optimistic but warns that action is needed now because ‘the house is on fire’
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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 — Editor's note: An earlier version of this article mischaracterized Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi's most recent call for anti-government protests.
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 — Micko did authorize arrest warrants for three people whom prosecutors described as leaders of the intrusion into the church …
Dan Whateley / Business Insider:
Memo: TikTok CEO Shou Chew hailed the establishment of the TikTok USDS JV as “great news”, and said the app is used by 200M US users and 7.5M US businesses — - TikTok has finalized a deal to keep its business operating in the US. — The deal, a US joint venture …
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Zach Montague / New York Times:
Unsealed court documents show the Trump administration revoked Tufts student Rumeysa Ozturk's visa based on her op-ed in the Tufts Daily student paper — Documents unsealed by a federal judge on Thursday include dossiers that investigators prepared on pro-Palestinian student activists before they were targeted for deportation.
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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 — Amazon Prime Video has more than three times the subscribers as Netflix in India, according to HSBC.
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Times Now, more at Techmeme »
Matthew Belloni / Puck:
Source: Amazon plans to spend $35M+ on marketing Brett Ratner's Melania Trump documentary, which it paid $40M for, huge sums for the medium — On top of the $40 million Amazon ponied up for Brett Ratner's docu-hagiography, the studio is spending another $35 million to open it in 27 countries …
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