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5:20 PM ET, January 27, 2026

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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Bari Weiss announces a slate of new CBS News contributors, including pundit Mark Hyman and existing Free Press writer and conservative historian Niall Ferguson  —  CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss will announce a slate of new contributors for the network on Tuesday during an all-hands meeting with staff, sources told Axios.
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
In a staff meeting, Bari Weiss says CBS News will be “toast” if it clings to its broadcast audience and will put a “huge emphasis on scoops...scoops of ideas”  —  Weiss rallied the troops and outlined her vision at an all-hands meeting Tuesday morning …
The Detroit News:
USA Today Co., which owns the Detroit Free Press, plans to acquire The Detroit News from MediaNews Group and continue to publish it separately  —  USA TODAY Co., owner of the Detroit Free Press, will acquire The Detroit News and continue to publish it separately, it announced Monday.
David McCabe / New York Times:
TikTok says the new US entity has not updated its algorithm since the joint venture was announced, after users accused it of suppressing posts related to ICE  —  Some users had accused the app of blocking them from posting videos about Immigration and Customs Enforcement.  The app said it was a power outage issue.
Annie Palmer / CNBC:
SEC filing: Pinterest plans to lay off less than 15% of its workforce by Q3 and cut back on office space, saying it is “reallocating resources” to AI teams  —  - CNBC Councils  — Join the CNBC Panel  — News Tips  —  Got a confidential news tip?  We want to hear from you.
Natalie Korach / Status:
Sources: WaPo is laying off up to 300 employees, including over 100 staffers in the sports, metro, and foreign teams; the sports desk may be shuttered entirely  —  In the spring of 2016, two years after Jeff Bezos acquired The Washington Post, the billionaire joined then-executive editor Marty Baron for an interview.
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New York Times:
Sources: WaPo is reversing course on its plans not to send any sports staffers to cover the Winter Olympics in Italy and now expects to send four journalists
Jed Rosenzweig / LateNighter:
Stephen Colbert says the Late Show's series finale will air on May 21, the conclusion of a franchise that launched in 1993 with David Letterman  —  First on LateNighter: Stephen Colbert has set an official end date for his tenure behind the desk.  —  During a taping of Late Night …
Tom Durante / Mediaite:
Report: the DOJ withdraws its request for an arrest warrant for Don Lemon and four others in connection with a MN protest, but could still bring charges  —  The Department of Justice has reportedly withdrawn its request for an arrest warrant for ex-CNN anchor Don Lemon in connection …
Katarina Hoije / Bloomberg:
TikToker Khaby Lame partners with Nasdaq-listed Rich Sparkle in a $975M, 36-month deal, including an AI version, to monetize his 360M social media followers  —  Khaby Lame, the world's biggest TikToker, partnered with Rich Sparkle Holdings Ltd. to transform his 360 million social-media followers into a commercial venture.
 
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Samantha Cole / 404 Media:
Pornhub parent Aylo says it will restrict UK users from February 2, after six months of complying with the UK's OSA; users who verified their ages can log in
Raphael Satter / Reuters:
WhatsApp launches Strict Account Settings, a high-security mode to protect high-risk users like journalists and public figures from sophisticated cyberattacks
Washington Post:
US court filings detail Anthropic's Project Panama, an effort to “destructively scan” up to 2M books with a hydraulic “cutting machine” led by an ex-Google exec
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Tyler Katzenberger / Politico:
California Governor Gavin Newsom says he will launch a review into whether TikTok is violating state laws by censoring content critical of President Trump
Ted Johnson / Deadline:
The US Senate committee hearing on the proposed Netflix acquisition of WBD is set for February 3; Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos is scheduled to testify
 

 
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Kimi:
Moonshot says Kimi K2.5 builds on K2 with “pretraining over ~15T mixed visual and text tokens” and “can self-direct an agent swarm with up to 100 sub-agents”

Will Douglas Heaven / MIT Technology Review:
OpenAI launches Prism, a free cloud-based LaTeX editor that embeds GPT-5.2 to assist in scientific paper drafting and citation management

Cecilia Kang / New York Times:
TikTok settles a California lawsuit ahead of a landmark social media addiction trial; Snap recently settled the suit, while Meta and YouTube remain defendants
 
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