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2:00 PM ET, January 15, 2026

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Washington Post:
Many journalists say the FBI raid on a WaPo reporter's home is a jarring new step to limit media's ability to gather information the government wants to hide  —  Many saw the FBI search of a Washington Post reporter's home as a jarring new step aimed at limiting their ability to gather information.
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Ted Johnson / Deadline:
The Reporters Committee for the Freedom of the Press files a US court application to access the sealed warrant justifying the raid on Hannah Natanson's home  —  The Reporters Committee for the Freedom of the Press filed an application with the U.S. District Court in Alexandria.
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Emma Roth / The Verge:
Wikimedia celebrates Wikipedia's 25th anniversary, marking its growth from 100 pages to 65M+ articles with nearly 15B monthly views, and releases a docuseries  —  The online encyclopedia is releasing a mini docuseries that puts faces to the editors behind an array of Wikipedia articles.
Molly Schuetz / Bloomberg:
Spotify plans to raise its Premium subscription by $1 to $12.99/month in the US, its first US price hike since July 2024, and increase it in Estonia and Latvia  —  Spotify Technology SA is raising the price of its premium subscription service by 8% in an effort to achieve sustained profitability.
The New York Times Company:
Former WaPo opinion editor David Shipley joins the NYT as editor at large; he left WaPo in February 2025, when Jeff Bezos made opinion section changes  —  David, a brilliant journalist, will focus on producing and editing high-impact, ambitious editorial packages.  —  Colleagues,
Discussion: The Wrap and New Republic
Ben Sherry / Inc:
Symbolic.ai, founded by ex-eBay CEO Devin Wenig and Ars Technica cofounder Jon Stokes, partners with News Corp to offer AI tools to WSJ, Barron's, and others  —  Exclusive: An AI-based journalism platform aims to do it all.  Can it deliver the accuracy and productivity it promises?
Discussion: Symbolic.ai
The Atlantic:
Texas Tribune co-founder Evan Smith joins The Atlantic as a managing director overseeing events; he will remain senior adviser at Emerson Collective  —  Evan Smith, who co-founded The Texas Tribune and its renowned festival and has advised dozens of local newsrooms on their live-journalism businesses …
Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:
Q&A with Amazon's Prime Video Europe VP Andrew Bennett on a flurry of global partnership deals, including with free-to-air broadcasters, and other growth plans  —  Europe VP Andrew Bennett shares the logic for Prime's latest pacts in Spain and France, and why HBO Max is doubling down on its partnership.
 
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Francisco Rodrigues / CoinDesk:
Bitmine, the largest corporate holder of ether, invests $200M in MrBeast's Beast Industries, which reaches 450M+ subscribers across its YouTube channels
Emma Roth / The Verge:
Netflix unveils its first two original video podcasts: The White House by Michael Irvin, launching January 19, and The Pete Davidson Show, launching January 30
Olivia Solon / Bloomberg:
Yield Sec: the top 10 pirate sports streaming sites in the UK, largely funded by ads from unlicensed gambling operators, had 1.6B views in H1 2025, up 33% YoY
Pranob Mehrotra / Digital Trends:
For some live events, NBC Sports plans to use tech from Japan's Nippon Television Network that uses AI to track individual players and reframe them vertically
Discussion: Peacock Blog, TVNewsCheck and The Verge
Andrew Egger / The Bulwark:
Media Matters says it is ceasing posting on X due to changes in X's TOS, effective January 15, that force legal disputes to be litigated in a Texas court
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Stevie Bonifield / The Verge:
YouTube now lets parents set time limits on their kids' YouTube Shorts feed, ranging from 15 minutes to two hours; an option for zero minutes is coming soon
James Poniewozik / New York Times:
Tony Dokoupil's CBS News road trip, where each episode ends in a squishy pabulum, revealed the problems with CBS' Bari Weiss-era focus on viewers' feelings
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Digg, rebooted under original founder Kevin Rose and Alexis Ohanian, launches its open beta; the site had been open to 67,000 users on an invite-only basis
 

 
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Adam Satariano / New York Times:
The EU says that TikTok's “addictive design” is illegal under the DSA, citing the app's infinite scroll and recommendation algorithm, in preliminary findings

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple plans to allow third-party voice-controlled AI chatbots in CarPlay within the coming months; it won't let users replace CarPlay's Siri button

Bloomberg:
Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft forecast a combined ~$650B in 2026 capital expenditures, an estimated 60% YoY increase, driven by data center construction
 
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