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9:00 AM ET, January 14, 2026

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Bloomberg:
Sources: Netflix is working on revised terms for its WBD acquisition and has discussed making its offer all cash for the studios and streaming businesses  —  Netflix Inc. is working on revised terms for its Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. acquisition and has discussed making its offer all cash …
Corbin Bolies / The Wrap:
Source and memos: Politico is laying off 3% of staff, plans buyout offers for Magazine staffers, and more, and plans a subscription service for investment pros  —  While “change is uncomfortable,” global editor-in-chief John Harris tells staff, the moves “also represent continuity”
Discussion: Semafor, @maxwelltani and The Wrap
Financial Times:
Sources: Dentsu's efforts to sell its UK-based international unit are nearing collapse after Apollo Global and other buyers withdrew from negotiations  —  Potential buyers dropped out of talks to buy Japanese agency's underperforming international arm  —  Advertising group Dentsu's efforts …
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Nielsen: Tony Dokoupil's CBS Evening News debut week averaged 4.17M total viewers, a 23% drop from ~5.4M in the year-earlier period; 25-54 viewership fell 23%  —  A lot of people are talking about the revamped “CBS Evening News” under new anchor Tony Dokoupil — but not enough to make the program …
Ted Johnson / Deadline:
In an interview with CBS Evening News anchor Tony Dokoupil, President Trump criticizes Kamala Harris and says “You wouldn't have a job right now, if she got in”  —  CBS Evening News anchor Tony Dokoupil landed an interview with Donald Trump on Tuesday, and one of the unusual moments came …
Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:
Amazon Prime Video signs deals to offer streaming service M6+ in France and RTVE's live channels in Spain, “a landmark agreement”, both free of charge  —  Elisabetta Carruba, director, Prime Video channels, EMEA, touts the content agreements as latest steps towards the …
Josh Noble / Financial Times:
An interview with IMG President Adam Kelly on streaming platforms' increasing share of sports media rights, live sports as an antidote to AI content, and more  —  As Netflix and Apple expand their sports ambitions, the head of IMG says media rights are entering a new phase driven by scarcity, retention and measurable returns
Jessica Testa / New York Times:
A group of five journalists reboots Gourmet as a worker-owned newsletter, after discovering that Condé Nast had let its trademark on the name lapse in 2021  —  The defunct food publication is re-emerging as a newsletter, with new leadership and zero approval from its original owner.
Mandy Dalugdug / Music Business Worldwide:
Musical AI, an attribution and rights management platform for generative AI in music, raised $4.5M led by Heavybit to improve its attribution tech  —  In 2024, Musical AI, formerly known as Somms.ai, launched a rights management platform to allow proper attribution and compensation for the use …
Maya Perez / WebProNews:
Bandcamp bans music and audio that is “generated wholly or in substantial part by AI”, hoping to build trust with fans that the music they find was human-made  —  Bandcamp's Bold Ban: Navigating the AI Music Uprising in Indie Circles  —  In the ever-evolving world …
Neil Henderson / BBC:
A UK court finds three men guilty of harassing BBC journalist Catrin Nye, who presented the 2023 podcast and doc A Very British Cult on the Lighthouse group  —  Three men have been found guilty of harassing a BBC journalist who presented the podcast series and documentary A Very British Cult.
Ben Fritz / Wall Street Journal:
Matthew McConaughey secured eight trademarks of himself from the USPTO in the past several months to protect his likeness and voice from unauthorized AI use  —  Actor plans to use trademarks of himself saying ‘Alright, alright, alright’ and staring at a camera to combat AI fakes in court
 
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Naman Ramachandran / Variety:
Lionsgate sells its South Asian and Southeast Asian streaming operation Lionsgate Play to Rohit Jain, the executive who built the service over eight years
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
US BLS data: video and videogame subscriptions and rentals saw inflation of 19.5% in December; cable, satellite, and livestreaming rose 1.1%, same as music subs
Corbin Bolies / The Wrap:
The Atlantic sues Google and Alphabet, alleging Google's model of serving ads is a monopoly and that Google falsely claimed its practices would aid The Atlantic
Scott Nover / Washington Post:
A bipartisan bill agrees to provide $653M to USAGM, down from $867M in 2025, but over Trump's $153M request, as part of a package needing Congressional approval
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Fanatics, the Michael Rubin-led sports company, partners with OBB Media to launch Fanatics Studios, starting with a Tom Brady docuseries
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Jesse Whittock / Deadline:
HBO Max nears a complete Europe rollout after launching in eight countries, including Germany and Italy; the streamer is now available in 100+ territories
Richard Sandomir / New York Times:
Scott Adams, creator of the Dilbert comic strip, syndicated to ~2K newspapers at its peak and dropped after he made racist comments in 2023, has died at 68
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Meta unveils Meta Adventurer and Fury glasses, each priced at $299, its first under its own brand, and a $399 Starfire model in collaboration with Kylie Jenner

New York Times:
Sources: Meta is building a standalone prediction markets app called Arena, which would probably rely on video game-like points instead of money wagers

Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security:
On the first day of their trial, two members of Scattered Spider plead guilty in the UK to charges stemming from a 2024 cyberattack on Transport for London
 
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