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8:00 PM ET, January 22, 2026

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 Top News: 
New York Times:
TikTok says ByteDance sold a majority stake in the app's US operations to a group of non-Chinese investors, including Oracle, MGX, and Silver Lake  —  TikTok said on Thursday that its Chinese owner, ByteDance, had sold a majority stake in the app's U.S. operations to a group of non-Chinese investors …
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Source: the TikTok US deal values it at just around $14B; TikTok's US entity makes roughly $14B annually in advertising revenues alone, per analyst estimates  —  TikTok on Thursday closed a deal to divest its U.S. entity to a joint venture controlled by American investors …
On Substack:
Substack launches its Substack TV app for Apple TV and Google TV in beta for free and paid subscribers, with access matched to their current subscription levels  —  Today we're launching the Substack TV app for Apple TV and Google TV.  Substack is the home for the best longform …
Clayton Davis / Variety:
Ryan Coogler's Sinners breaks the Academy Awards' nomination record with 16 nominations, surpassing the previous record of 14, held by three films  —  Ryan Coogler has officially rewritten Oscar history.  —  Coogler's “Sinners” shattered the Academy Awards' all-time nomination record Thursday …
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Deadline:
A breakdown of 2026 Oscars nominations by movie and studio: WBD leads with 30 nominations, tying its own record, Neon gets 18, Netflix earns 16, Apple gets 6
Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
British podcasters like Steven Bartlett of The Diary of a CEO are adopting various strategies, including moving to the US, to break into the larger US market  —  Most of the top podcasts in the UK have yet to hit the same levels of popularity in the US  —  Welcome back to Soundbite.
Bloomberg:
Sources: Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos and WBD Chief Strategy Officer Bruce Campbell plan to testify in February at a US Senate committee hearing on the WBD sale  —  Netflix Inc. co-Chief Executive Officer Ted Sarandos is planning to testify in February at a US Senate committee hearing looking …
Discussion: The Wrap, Variety, Reuters and Telecompaper
Ben Thompson / Stratechery:
Q&A with Netflix co-CEO Greg Peters on Netflix's stock roller coaster, viewer engagement, ads, the WBD acquisition, regulation, competition, Hollywood, and more  —  This week's Stratechery Interview is with Netflix co-CEO Greg Peters.  Peters became co-CEO of Netflix in 2023 …
Discussion: Marketing Brew
Lucy Schiller / Columbia Journalism Review:
Lawyers for NPR and three Colorado public radio stations, alongside others, discuss the outlets' 1A lawsuit against the Trump administration for stopping funds  —  “It isn't just an affront to localism.  It's an attempt to reengineer thought.”  —  “If the fire comes to the neighborhood …
Discussion: Inside Radio
Hannah Rabinowitz / CNN:
Source: a federal judge rejected the US DOJ's initial attempt to charge Don Lemon for appearing alongside protesters that interrupted a Minnesota church service  —  A federal magistrate judge rejected the Justice Department's initial attempt to bring charges against journalist Don Lemon …
Tom Jones / Poynter:
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt denied that Trump mixed up Iceland and Greenland in his WEF speech, despite video evidence  —  During a speech, Trump repeatedly referred to Iceland while talking about Greenland.  Then the press secretary denied what the video plainly shows.
Dade Hayes / Deadline:
Filing: Paramount extends the deadline for WBD shareholders to vote on its $30-per-share offer to February 20  —  Paramount has extended the deadline for Warner Bros. Discovery shareholders to throw their support behind the company's hostile takeover bid.  —  The initial deadline of Wednesday has now been pushed to February 20.
 
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Cate Blanchett, Cyndi Lauper, and 800+ creatives launch “Stealing Isn't Innovation” to protest unauthorized AI training, backed by RIAA, SAG-AFTRA, and others
Jay Peters / The Verge:
YouTube CEO Neal Mohan says creators will be able to generate Shorts using their own AI likenesses starting in 2026
 

 
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Kimi:
Moonshot AI releases Kimi K3, a 2.8T-parameter AI model that it says rivals Opus 4.8 and GPT-5.5, and plans to release model weights by July 27

Robert Hart / The Verge:
The EU issues two decisions under the DMA that order Google to provide rival AI assistants and search engines comparable access to Android and some Search data

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Google says users in the US can now link to and interact with some apps in AI Mode, including Instacart, Canva, and YouTube Music
 
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