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Oliver Darcy / Status:
Sources: Bari Weiss has kept Anderson Cooper's unaired 60 Minutes piece about Trump's decision to accept South African refugees in a prolonged editorial process — Earlier this week, on Tuesday, members of the “60 Minutes” team gathered for a meeting to discuss the future of Sharyn Alfonsi's delayed piece …
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Jeff Jarvis / Katie Couric Media:
Under Bari Weiss and anchor Tony Dokoupil, CBS Evening News has become state propaganda, costing CBS News respect as mass media's audience shrinks — It's the last nail in the coffin of CBS News as respected journalism. … It would be easy to mock Tony Dokoupil's debut as the latest anchor …
The Wrap:
Sources: Javier Guzman, a CBS Evening News senior broadcast producer, was dismissed on Jan. 7 from his position, just days into Tony Dokoupil's tenure as anchor — Javier Guzman stepped into his role as senior broadcast producer for the news program back in August
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Fox News, @mexiconews.bsky.social, al.com, Suggest, @jessehawken.bsky.social, The Independent, @jeremymbarr, New York Post, RADAR and Status
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
A look at the visual investigations of the Minneapolis ICE shooting by The NYT, WaPo, and Bellingcat, and how they helped people trying to make sense of events — When everyone has seen the same videos, what service do news sites provide? — Late Wednesday afternoon …
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David Gilbert / Wired:
An apparent disinformation campaign falsely identified Steve Grove, CEO/publisher of The Minnesota Star Tribune, as the ICE agent who shot a Minneapolis woman — Online detectives are inaccurately claiming to have identified the federal agent who shot and killed a 37-year-old woman in Minnesota based on AI-manipulated images.
Michael Savage / The Guardian:
BBC Director General Tim Davie says the broadcaster will stay on X to try to counteract a flood of global misinformation, despite pressure to leave — Director general says BBC needs to reach young audiences online amid pressure to leave Elon Musk-owned site
Evan Drellich / The Athletic:
Sources: the nine MLB teams televised by FanDuel Sports Network have ended their contracts with FanDuel SN after multiple teams failed to get scheduled payments — The nine Major League Baseball teams televised by FanDuel Sport Network have terminated their contracts with FanDuel SN …
Lucia Moses / Business Insider:
Sources: micro-drama app DramaBox seeks to raise $100M from US backers at a $500M valuation; Disney had invested in the app via its accelerator program — - DramaBox is seeking to raise funding as the competition among micro-drama apps intensifies. — The app from Singapore's StoryMatrix …
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@2xaught7.ing and @businessinsider.com
Ross Kerber / Reuters:
Some of WBD's biggest investors are split on Paramount's offer that counters Netflix's accepted bid; investors have until January 21 to accept Paramount's bid — Some of Warner Bros Discovery's (WBD.O) biggest investors are split on Paramount Skydance's (PSKY.O) sweetened offer …
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The Washington Post:
A US House committee votes to subpoena a journalist after he posted a biography of the alleged Delta Force leader who led the Caracas operation in Venezuela — A lawmaker accused Seth Harp of “leaking classified intel” after he posted a photograph of a person he identified as the head …
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Washington Post and PEN America
Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
The Post-Gazette closes in five months, leaving time for Pittsburgh institutions to react, maybe by growing a replacement or helping its owner start a nonprofit — One of the country's oldest newspapers, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, says it's shutting down in May. Not going digital-only — just disappearing.
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Mark Walker / New York Times:
Block Communications says The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette will cease publication on May 3; the closure will not affect its sister newspaper, The Toledo Blade
Block Communications says The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette will cease publication on May 3; the closure will not affect its sister newspaper, The Toledo Blade
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, USA Today, @newsguild.org, InsuranceNewsNet, Michael Sallah on LinkedIn, Washington Post, HuffPost, @freezenet@noc.social, @sulliview, WTAE, Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh, Cablefax, @pghguild, John Pastor on LinkedIn, 90.5 WESA, Editor and Publisher, Gina Vensel on LinkedIn, Newser, The Hill, The Wrap, Courthouse News Service, Poynter, Pittsburgh Magazine, Plain Dealer, Fox News, Angela S. Jones on LinkedIn, Dow Jones Newswires, @byerussell.com, Keith Reed on LinkedIn, Stacy Skiavo on LinkedIn, @victorpickard.bsky.social, MLive.com, @stephenthompson.bsky.social, Daily Caller News Foundation, CBS News, Awful Announcing, Barrett Media, @steve@s.yelvington.com, @kevincollier.bsky.social, @lrearick.bsky.social, @colinbwilliams.com, Bloomberg and r/Journalism
Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
Beehiiv CEO Tyler Denk says the newsletter company plans to double the size of its ad product and operations team in H1 2026; its full staff is now ~110 people — Beehiiv is expanding its in-house advertising operation as it looks to scale a business that has become an increasingly important revenue stream …
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Variety
Jennifer Maas / Variety:
Roku founder and CEO Anthony Wood predicts “we'll see the first 100% AI-generated hit movie” within three years and discusses Roku's new $3/month Howdy streamer — Roku founder, chairman and CEO Anthony Wood has some big predictions about the pending impact of generative AI on Hollywood …
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