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ABC News apologizes and will give $15M to Trump's presidential library to settle a lawsuit over George Stephanopoulos' comments about Trump and E. Jean Carroll  —  ABC News has agreed to pay $15 million toward Donald Trump's presidential library to settle a lawsuit over anchor George …
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David Enrich / New York Times:
How Trump and his allies are using actual or threatened lawsuits to crack down on unfavorable media coverage, even before Trump moves back into the White House  —  The small flurry of threatened defamation suits is the latest sign that the incoming Trump administration appears poised …
Max Tani / Semafor:
Internal memo: Axios' senior counsel says the outlet anticipates the Trump admin will try to force reporters to out their sources, ramp up lawsuits, and more  —  The News  —  News organizations are bracing for the incoming Trump administration to go after journalists' sources and take legal action against them.
Discussion: @cdarwin@c.im
James Rainey / Los Angeles Times:
An interview with Patrick Soon-Shiong, who has spent ~$1B on the LA Times, on his non-endorsement in the presidential race, adding a “bias meter”, and more  —  Patrick Soon-Shiong had become accustomed to making the news.  —  He was the doctor and medical technology innovator …
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Mark Caro / Local News Initiative:
A deep look at the emergence of local news startups in Massachusetts, as some “ghost newspapers” owned by Gannett still publish but without original reporting  —  PLYMOUTH, Mass. - Mark Pothier was wrapping up the young-adult phase of his music career, including a 1983 stint …
John Towfighi / CNN:
How Sony turned itself around by innovating its games business beyond consoles and making acquisitions to expand its IP and original entertainment content  —  The last time Sony was worth this much on the stock market, Bill Clinton was president and the PlayStation 2 was about to debut on American store shelves.
Discussion: Screen Rant
Mia Sato / The Verge:
Snapchat plans to roll out a unified monetization program to pay influencers for ads placed in eligible Stories and Spotlight posts starting February 1, 2025  —  Snapchat is tweaking how people earn money on the platform by introducing a new, unified monetization program.
Committee to Protect Journalists:
Two unidentified people shot and killed Daily Khabrain reporter Malik Zafar Iqbal Naich in Pakistan on December 12, the 11th Pakistani journalist killed in 2024  —  Two unidentified persons shot and killed Malik Zafar Iqbal Naich, a reporter for Daily Khabrain newspaper, on Thursday …
Suzanne Vranica / Wall Street Journal:
Ad giants Omnicom and Interpublic's merger shows how the industry is preparing for an AI-driven upheaval, which is squeezing out creative talent  —  Two advertisers are combining into a $30 billion behemoth to harness the data, tech and AI expertise now dominating Madison Avenue—and all the marketing you see
Sean Craig / The Daily Beast:
CNN says it is investigating after Syrian fact-checking group Verify-Sy said a man CNN reporter Clarissa Ward freed from a Syrian prison was an Assad officer  —  CNN says it is investigating the identity of a Syrian man who may have given the network a “false identity” during a segment depicting …
Max Tani / Semafor:
Kamala Harris' deputy campaign manager and digital chief says the campaign tried to book Harris on sports shows and podcasts but was rejected by the top names  —  The News  —  Soon after Vice President Kamala Harris became the Democratic nominee, deputy campaign manager Rob Flaherty turned his attention to sports.
 
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Q&A with New York Magazine EIC David Haskell on Olivia Nuzzi, optimism in the media business, print's power, how journalists traffic in secrets, and more
Reshmi Basu / Bloomberg:
Sources: Sinclair is in talks with lenders to raise $1B+ in new financing to pay down debt; the broadcaster is expected to refinance a $1.2B loan due in 2026
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Jakob Rodgers / Mercury News:
Suchir Balaji, a former OpenAI researcher who accused the company of copyright violations in October, was found dead by suicide on November 26 in San Francisco
Devan Cole / CNN:
A US appeals court declines to temporarily block a ban on TikTok; TikTok had indicated it would ask SCOTUS to step in on an emergency basis to block the law
 

 
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Ashley Stewart / Business Insider:
Slack messages: some staffers complained about Marc Benioff making jokes about ICE at a Salesforce event, including about ICE surveilling employee travel

Juro Osawa / The Information:
xAI co-founder Tony Wu says he “resigned”, following co-founder Igor Babuschkin's exit in August 2025; Wu was in charge of reasoning and reported to Elon Musk

Jay Peters / The Verge:
Facebook rolls out the ability for users to animate their profile picture and to restyle Stories or Memories using preset options or a text-based AI prompt
 
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