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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Byron Allen is taking a majority stake in BuzzFeed, investing $120M, and will become CEO; Jonah Peretti will move to a new role as president of BuzzFeed AI — BuzzFeed announced it has entered into a transaction agreement with Allen Family Digital, an affiliate of Byron Allen's family office …
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Sarah Fielding / Fast Company:
BuzzFeed's shares jump 130%+ following the deal with Allen Family Digital; BuzzFeed plans to set up BuzzFeed Studios and Tasty as a new independent entity — Allen will become CEO, while founder Jonah Peretti will transition to a new role. BuzzFeed shares had been trading at under a dollar for most of 2026.
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Sources: Trump privately complained to acting AG Todd Blanche about media leaks tied to the Iran war; the WSJ has received subpoenas for records of reporters — President Trump privately complained to acting Attorney General Todd Blanche about media leaks in the wake of the Iran war last month …
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Tim Starks / CyberScoop:
Google launches Intrusion Logging, a feature developed with Reporters Without Borders and others to log sophisticated attacks, on Android 16 Pixel devices — Intrusion Logging marks the first feature from a major device vendor to aid with forensic detection of sophisticated threats, Amnesty International said.
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Merin Curotto / Observer:
Film critic Rex Reed, who was known for his distinctive prose and wrote for six decades for major publications, including The New York Observer, dies at 87 — The last time I saw Rex Reed in person was at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital on January 12, 2026. His longtime friend William Kapfer …
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Max Goldbart / Deadline:
Ofcom is investigating GB News over a Trump interview from November for “due impartiality and material misleadingness”, after initially declining to investigate — Ofcom will probe GB News over a Donald Trump interview after all. — The UK regulator, which has been in something …
Emma Roth / The Verge:
Nonprofit RSL Media launches the Human Consent Standard, an AI licensing framework for use of people's work or likeness, backed by George Clooney and others — This new standard will allow people to set terms for how AI systems can use their likenesses and creative works.
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Maggie Harrison Dupré / Futurism:
Internal email: in a “periodic reminder”, NYT tells freelancers they must not submit any material for publication that contains content generated by AI tools — After a string of AI controversies, The New York Times emailed a “periodic reminder” to freelancers on Tuesday reminding them of the paper's AI policy.
Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
In a meeting, the BBC announces a pay freeze for executive committee members, the organization's 12 highest-paid bosses, including the director general — Workers told to be realistic about outcome of union talks as corporation aims to make savings with job cuts
Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
Spotify celebrates its 20th anniversary with a Wrapped-like experience that features “never-before-shared data” going back to when users first joined Spotify — The company will include ‘never-before-shared data’ as part of its 20th anniversary celebrations.
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Luke Barr / ABC News:
The US DOJ charges Eileen Wang, the mayor of Arcadia, CA, with acting as an illegal foreign agent for China; Wang worked on a website called U.S. News Center — Eileen Wang agreed to plead guilty, the Justice Department said. — City of Arcadia, councilmember, Eileen Wang attends …
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
CNN launches the CNN Weather app, its first standalone lifestyle product since its digital strategy overhaul in 2025, available for free to iOS users in the US — CNN on Tuesday launched its new weather app in the U.S., marking its first standalone lifestyle product since management overhauled digital strategy last year.
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