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Jessica M. Goldstein / New York Times: 4 hours ago

A look at Track Star, a YouTube music quiz show that has become a stop on the celebrity promo trail and has started creating documentary-style music features

Todd Spangler / Variety: 4½ hours ago

Sony Pictures Entertainment and Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) agree to buy WildBrain's 41% stake in Peanuts Holdings for ~$457M, raising Sony's slice to 80%

Ethan Millman / The Hollywood Reporter: 5 hours ago

Universal Music Group partners with music creation platform Splice to build “advanced commercial AI tools” for musical artists

Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter: 6 hours ago

Memo: the TikTok US deal is set to close on Jan. 22; terms include retraining the recommendation algorithm on US user data and Oracle overseeing data protection

Sara Fischer / Axios: 7 hours ago

Internal memo: TikTok has signed a deal to sell its US unit; Oracle, Silver Lake, MGX will collectively own 45% of the US entity, and ByteDance will retain ~20%

M.G. Siegler / Spyglass: 7 hours ago

YouTube streaming the Oscars in 2029 makes Netflix's WBD bid less likely to face antitrust issues, as it shows Netflix might need WBD to compete against YouTube

Emilio Casalicchio / Politico: 9 hours ago

Downing Street makes changes to press access, cutting an afternoon briefing and promising more press conferences, which will be open to social media influencers

Financial Times: 9 hours ago

Trump Media agrees to merge with Google-backed fusion energy company TAE in a $6B deal and build the “world's first utility-scale fusion power plant” in 2026

Will Sattelberg / 9to5Google: 10 hours ago

Google returns as a partner service for Movies Anywhere, after leaving the service during a feud with Disney in October and November

Anna Betts / The Guardian: 11 hours ago

David Brooks, who wrote a NYT column last month decrying popular fixation on the Epstein story, appears in newly released photos of a 2011 event with Epstein

Janko Roettgers / The Verge: 11 hours ago

Atlas Obscura plans to launch Obscura Society, a WebXR-based lounge offering users 3D avatars for voice chats, portals to other VR apps, and more, in early 2026

Jake Kanter / Deadline: 11 hours ago

YouTube terminates Screen Culture and KH Studio, two large channels that used AI to create fake movie trailers; the platform earlier suspended the channels' ads

Todd Spangler / Variety: 12 hours ago

Netflix hires ESPN anchor Elle Duncan as its first on-air host for live sports and cultural events; she has appeared on SportsCenter, College GameDay, and more

OpenAI: 12 hours ago

OpenAI launches the OpenAI Academy for News Organizations, which offers journalists AI training, open-source projects, and practical use cases

Jesse Whittock / Deadline: 14 hours ago

Disney+ and Gulf region streamers Shahid and OSN+ announce a bundle offer; all three apps are available through Shahid, owned by Saudi broadcaster MBC

Lanre Bakare / The Guardian: 14 hours ago

Members of UK performing arts union Equity vote overwhelmingly in favor of refusing to be scanned while on set to prevent their likeness being used by AI

Mark Stenberg / Adweek: 14 hours ago

Dow Jones hires ex-Bloomberg Media CEO M. Scott Havens as its first chief growth officer, overseeing subscription growth and other consumer revenue streams

Shane O'Neill / Washington Post: 15 hours ago

Q&A with Christopher Anderson, who photographed Trump's inner circle for VF: “My job is to ... draw on my experience as a journalist and photograph what I see”

Sara Fischer / Axios:

Internal memo: TikTok has signed a deal to sell its US unit; Oracle, Silver Lake, MGX will collectively own 45% of the US entity, and ByteDance will retain ~20%

Memo: the TikTok US deal is set to close on Jan. 22; terms include retraining the recommendation algorithm on US user data and Oracle overseeing data protection

Todd Spangler / Variety:

Sony Pictures Entertainment and Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) agree to buy WildBrain's 41% stake in Peanuts Holdings for ~$457M, raising Sony's slice to 80%

Financial Times:

Trump Media agrees to merge with Google-backed fusion energy company TAE in a $6B deal and build the “world's first utility-scale fusion power plant” in 2026

Shane O'Neill / Washington Post:

Q&A with Christopher Anderson, who photographed Trump's inner circle for VF: “My job is to ... draw on my experience as a journalist and photograph what I see”

Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:

CBS News and The Free Press announce Things That Matter, a series of town halls and debates, starting in early 2026, with Sam Altman, J.D. Vance, and others

Ethan Millman / The Hollywood Reporter:

Universal Music Group partners with music creation platform Splice to build “advanced commercial AI tools” for musical artists

Jessica M. Goldstein / New York Times:

A look at Track Star, a YouTube music quiz show that has become a stop on the celebrity promo trail and has started creating documentary-style music features

Jake Kanter / Deadline:

YouTube terminates Screen Culture and KH Studio, two large channels that used AI to create fake movie trailers; the platform earlier suspended the channels' ads

Emilio Casalicchio / Politico:

Downing Street makes changes to press access, cutting an afternoon briefing and promising more press conferences, which will be open to social media influencers

M.G. Siegler / Spyglass:

YouTube streaming the Oscars in 2029 makes Netflix's WBD bid less likely to face antitrust issues, as it shows Netflix might need WBD to compete against YouTube

Anna Betts / The Guardian:

David Brooks, who wrote a NYT column last month decrying popular fixation on the Epstein story, appears in newly released photos of a 2011 event with Epstein

Will Sattelberg / 9to5Google:

Google returns as a partner service for Movies Anywhere, after leaving the service during a feud with Disney in October and November