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4:50 AM ET, January 28, 2026

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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Bari Weiss announces a slate of new CBS News contributors, including pundit Mark Hyman and existing Free Press writer and conservative historian Niall Ferguson  —  CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss will announce a slate of new contributors for the network on Tuesday during an all-hands meeting with staff, sources told Axios.
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Staff meeting: Bari Weiss says CBS News will be “toast” if it clings to its broadcast audience and will put a “huge emphasis on scoops” and “scoops of ideas”  —  Weiss rallied the troops and outlined her vision at an all-hands meeting Tuesday morning …
@erikwemple:
[Thread] Staff of WaPo's local section sent a letter to owner Jeff Bezos, pleading, “Don't eliminate our jobs”, and listing accomplishments in breaking news  —  Staffers at the Washington Post's local section have sent the letter below to owner Jeff Bezos. The request: “Don't eliminate our jobs.” [image]
David McCabe / New York Times:
TikTok says the new US entity has not updated its algorithm since the joint venture was announced, after users accused it of suppressing posts related to ICE  —  Some users had accused the app of blocking them from posting videos about Immigration and Customs Enforcement.  The app said it was a power outage issue.
Cecilia Kang / New York Times:
TikTok settles a California lawsuit ahead of a landmark social media addiction trial; Snap recently settled the suit, while Meta and YouTube remain defendants  —  The settlement means TikTok will avoid a trial where plaintiffs had planned to argue that social media platforms are inherently defective …
Nate Silver / Silver Bulletin:
Memeorandum data: WaPo's presence on the news aggregator plunged since a peak in Trump's first term, while the NYT recovered from a drop to grow in his second  —  Under Jeff Bezos, the paper retreated from the adversarial, anti-Trump posture that helped fuel its growth.  And now its influence has fallen sharply.
Gretel Kahn / Reuters Institute:
How Cuban journalists report on the island from exile while facing financial, logistical, and safety difficulties  —  As journalists, we have to amplify their voices with our tools," says José J. Nieves from news site El Toque  —  Year after year, Cuba remains the worst country …
Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Sources: Google sends “cease and desist” letters to Kantar, halting Kantar and Barb's UK TV measurement tools comparing YouTube with linear TV and streamers  —  ‘Cease and desist’ letter forces Barb and Kantar to halt measurement service just months after its launch
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Jed Rosenzweig / LateNighter:
Stephen Colbert says the Late Show's series finale will air on May 21, the conclusion of a franchise that launched in 1993 with David Letterman  —  First on LateNighter: Stephen Colbert has set an official end date for his tenure behind the desk.  —  During a taping of Late Night …
Tom Durante / Mediaite:
CNN: the US DOJ withdraws its request for an arrest warrant for Don Lemon and four others in connection with a Minnesota protest, but could still bring charges  —  The Department of Justice has reportedly withdrawn its request for an arrest warrant for ex-CNN anchor Don Lemon in connection …
Stewart Clarke / Deadline:
Netflix opens a new office in São Paulo, and co-CEO Greg Peters announces that Netflix will stream the Oscar-nominated Brazilian film The Secret Agent in Brazil  —  Greg Peters has jetted into Brazil for the opening of the streamer's new office in São Paulo …
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Katarina Hoije / Bloomberg:
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Annie Palmer / CNBC:
SEC filing: Pinterest plans to lay off less than 15% of its workforce by Q3 and cut back on office space, saying it is “reallocating resources” to AI teams
The Detroit News:
USA Today Co., which owns the Detroit Free Press, plans to acquire The Detroit News from MediaNews Group and continue to publish it separately
Washington Post:
US court filings detail Anthropic's Project Panama, an effort to “destructively scan” up to 2M books with a hydraulic “cutting machine” led by an ex-Google exec
Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Despite a $500M federal funding cut, the US public media remains largely intact, as donations are estimated to have grown by ~$300M YoY, with new donors up 84%
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Memo: Tim Cook told Apple staff that he is “heartbroken by the events in Minneapolis”, calls for a “deescalation”, and says he discussed it with President Trump

Jack Ryan / Bloomberg:
Paolo Ardoino says Tether now holds ~140 tons of gold, worth ~$23B, has been buying one to two tons per week, and plans to keep doing so for the next few months

Kate Clark / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: SoftBank is in talks to invest up to $30B more in OpenAI; SoftBank is already one of its largest shareholders after investing $22.5B in December 2025
 
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