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4:40 PM ET, January 16, 2025

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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Sources: WaPo is trying a new mission statement internally: Riveting Storytelling for All of America; there are no plans to replace its strident public slogan  —  This week, The Post began trying out a new mission statement: “Riveting Storytelling for All of America.”
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David Folkenflik / NPR:
A look at Will Lewis's difficult first year as The Washington Post's CEO and publisher, after 400+ journalists signed a letter asking Jeff Bezos to intervene  —  One debacle after another has engulfed The Washington Post since veteran newspaper executive Will Lewis became CEO and publisher …
Brian Stelter / CNN:
FCC chair Jessica Rosenworcel rejects four formal complaints that “seek to weaponize” the FCC, including three pro-Trump efforts and one against a Fox station  —  New York CNN —  —  The outgoing Democratic chair of the Federal Communications Commission is taking bold action …
Reuters:
Two journalists critical of US support for Israel, Sam Husseini and Max Blumenthal, were ejected from a press briefing after berating Secretary of State Blinken  —  Several journalists who are outspoken critics of U.S. support for Israel loudly lambasted U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken …
Max Tani / Semafor:
NYT opinion leader Kathleen Kingsbury says NYT is continuing to reconsider its future political endorsements, after dropping local endorsements in 2024  —  The News  —  The New York Times is continuing to consider the future value of political endorsements.
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Charlotte Klein / New York Magazine:
A look at the Century, a private New York club that has become a gathering spot for the media elites, including 50+ media bosses, reporters, and editors  —  Inside the media elites' private club of choice.  —  In the fall of 2022, Molly Jong-Fast made a grave error, though only a select few would have noticed.
Gene Maddaus / Variety:
Justin Baldoni sues Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds, accusing them of civil extortion, defamation and invasion of privacy; he had earlier also sued the NYT  —  Justin Baldoni sued Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds on Thursday, alleging that the Hollywood power couple hijacked his film …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Letter: Google told EU it will not add fact checks to search results and YouTube videos or use them in ranking or removing content, despite new EU requirements  —  - The code would require Google to incorporate fact-check results alongside Google's search results and YouTube videos.
Josh Carpenter / Sports Business Journal:
Fox Sports and LIV Golf announce a multi-year rights deal, with “more than half” of the league's 14 events airing on Fox or FS1 and some on the Fox Sports App  —  LIV Golf has plugged in its two biggest offseason puzzle pieces in the last 24 hours, with the league announcing …
Chance Miller / 9to5Mac:
Apple disables notification summaries for News & Entertainment apps in iOS 18.3 beta and makes other changes to summaries, including using italicized text  —  Apple released the iOS 18.3 beta 3 to developers this afternoon.  The update includes a handful of changes to the notification summaries feature of Apple Intelligence.
Bloomberg:
Sources: the biggest shareholders of viral app Xiaohongshu, or RedNote, are in talks to sell part of their holdings at a valuation of at least $20B  —  - Existing VC backers are in talks to unload some of their stock  — Xiaohongshu on track to regain 2021 peak as TikTok ban looms
Federal Trade Commission:
FTC finalizes changes to COPPA, including requiring opt-in consent for targeted ads and prohibiting companies from retaining kids' data indefinitely  —  Agency's final rule expands protections for children's data and requires that operators provide more information to parents
 
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Jake Kanter / Deadline:
Source: News UK has told staff that jobs are at risk amid a “rightsizing” initiative at its studios division News Studios after Piers Morgan's departure
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In a deposition for the Kadrey v. Meta copyright case, Mark Zuckerberg seemingly cited YouTube to justify Meta's use of copyrighted data for AI training
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Vietnam slashes at least 16 state media outlets as part of a cost-cutting drive that will eventually leave just one national station on air
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Ted Johnson / Deadline:
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre held her final press briefing, her 306th time at the briefing room lectern; Karoline Leavitt will succeed her
Kate Knibbs / Wired:
DoubleVerify says there is a jump in AI click farms, including a network of 200+ websites called Synthetic Echo, designed to siphon ad revenue from real outlets
Todd Spangler / Variety:
YouTube, Google, Meta, and Snap join media companies and studios contributing to LA fire recovery efforts, with funding, products and services
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Fox Sports plans to stream its February 9 telecast of the Super Bowl on Tubi, its ad-supported streaming hub, for free
 

 
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Suzanne Smalley / The Record:
Pennsylvania's Supreme Court rules that police can get Google search data without a warrant; an expert warns it may encourage warrantless searches nationwide

Lydia Beyoud / Bloomberg:
The US Senate confirms Trump pick Michael Selig as chairman of the CFTC, as lawmakers consider legislation to give the agency more control over digital assets

Meghan Bobrowsky / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Meta is developing a new image and video-focused AI model codenamed Mango, expected to be released in H1 2026 along with its new LLM dubbed Avocado

 
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