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4:40 PM ET, January 22, 2025

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Max Goldbart / Deadline:
Settlement: Murdoch's NGN apologizes to Prince Harry over “unlawful” phone hacking by The Sun and “extensive coverage and serious intrusion on his private life”  —  In the past few minutes, the BBC reported NGN apologizing for phone hacking, and the impact this had on Harry …
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Mark Landler / New York Times:
Prince Harry reaches a settlement with Rupert Murdoch's News Group Newspapers over allegedly gathering unlawful information, an abrupt end to the London trial  —  Rupert Murdoch's News Group Newspapers offered Harry an “unequivocal apology,” admitting for the first time to “unlawful activities” …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Adobe makes an additional $5M commitment to support underrepresented film and TV creators and filmmakers, on top of its $6M pledge in 2024  —  Company also donating $1 million toward L.A. wildfire relief  —  Software giant Adobe is making an additional $5 million commitment …
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
YouTube adds experimental features for Premium users, including higher audio bitrate of up to 256kbps for music videos and faster playback on mobile  —  YouTube said Wednesday that it is adding new experimental features for Premium users, including high-quality audio, faster playback speed option on mobile …
Bloomberg:
An analysis of two years of episodes by nine prominent podcasters shows how they became mainstream sources for young men and rallied support for Trump's agenda  —  Podcasters including Joe Rogan, Theo Von and Logan Paul are mobilizing America's men to lean right.  An analysis of over 2,000 videos shows how.
Emma Roth / The Verge:
Antenna estimates Netflix gained 650K+ new US subscribers in the days surrounding the NFL games; the Paul-Tyson fight drove 1.43M US subscription sign-ups  —  Netflix's big bet on live events is paying off.  New data published by the analytics firm Antenna indicates that Netflix added 1.43 …
Dominic Patten / Deadline:
Chris Brown sues WBD and others for $500M over sexual assault claims in the documentary Chris Brown: A History of Violence, released on October 27, 2024  —  Chris Brown may like Donald Trump, but the ‘Weakest Link’ singer really doesn't like Warner Bros. Discovery.
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
The UK's ITV News appoints Channel 4 News executive Laura Wilshaw as editor, succeeding Andrew Dagnell, who will become director of news and current affairs  —  Laura Wilshaw has been appointed as ITV News editor, succeeding Andrew Dagnell who is becoming ITV's director of news and current affairs.
Discussion: Advanced Television
Kerry Flynn / Axios:
Nielsen gains MRC accreditation for its Big Data + Panel measurement, which includes viewership data from 45M households across 75M+ set-top boxes and smart TVs  —  - The development cements Nielsen's reputation as the most authoritative provider of TV measurement.
Daniel Tencer / Music Business Worldwide:
Music AI, the AI startup behind Moises music creation service, raised a $40M Series A led by monashees and Connect Ventures, a partnership between CAA and NEA  —  Music AI, the “AI-first” company behind the increasingly popular Moises music creation platform, has announced it has raised USD $40 million in a Series A funding round.
Discussion: Billboard and Digital Music News
Advanced Television:
MediaRadar: advertisers spent $4.8B on TikTok in 2024, up 27% YoY, and top 10 advertisers spent $690M; Omdia earlier said TikTok made ~$8B in 2024 US ad revenue  —  Data from MediaRadar shows that advertisers spent $4.8 billion (€4.59bn) on TikTok during 2024, a 27 per cent YoY increase from 2023, when $3.8 billion was spent.
Discussion: MarTech and CBS News
Alexandra S. Levine / Bloomberg:
MrBeast joins a US investor group led by Employer.com founder Jesse Tinsley that made an all-cash bid to acquire TikTok US; several groups have shown interest  —  - YouTube star is part of investor group run by Jesse Tinsley  — TikTok has less than three months to sell or face a US ban
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Bloomberg:
Donald Trump says he would be open to Elon Musk or Larry Ellison purchasing TikTok US as part of a joint venture that would give the US government 50% ownership
 
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Bailey Lipschultz / Bloomberg:
Filing: SpaceX aims to raise $75B in its IPO, selling 555.6M shares at $135 each, which would value the company at almost $1.77T

Katherine Blunt / Wall Street Journal:
Alphabet upsized its equity raise to $84.75B, including $35B in underwritten public offerings, up from a planned $30B; a source says it contacted ~75 investors

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