Reporters Committee Seeks Judicial Records Of Warrant Served To Search WaPo Reporters Home
The Reporters Committee for the Freedom of the Press filed an application with the U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Va. The groups attorneys wrote that “as of this writing, the affidavit purporting to justify that exceptional measure remains sealed in its entirety, alongside every other judicial record related to the warrant. The public is therefore left with no means to understand the governments basis for seeking (and a federal courts basis for approving) a search with dramatic implicatio...
TV News Check at Sunday, January 18, 2026 3:46:23 AM
Rocco Commisso, Cable TV Mogul & ACF Fiorentina Owner, Dies
The veteran cable executive founded Mediacom in 1995, creating a cable company focused on smaller communities, and became a billionaire in the process. He was 76.
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TV News Check at Sunday, January 18, 2026 3:45:53 AM
Perilous times call for the participation of all
Before we get started today, a quick note: we will not publish a newsletter on Monday in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The Poynter Report will return to […]
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Poynter Institute at Friday, January 16, 2026 6:53:30 PM
Hearst Feature Writing Winners Named
Winners have been announced in the Feature Writing Competition of the 2025-26 Hearst Journalism Awards Program. The winners were selected from a record 162 entries from 87 schools submitted in the …
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TV News Check at Friday, January 16, 2026 5:51:48 AM
Former Reality TV Star Farrah Abraham Running For Austin City Council Seat
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TV News Check at Friday, January 16, 2026 6:53:09 AM
Sinclair Renews Push For Scripps Merger Amid Board Rejection
Sinclair filed letters with the Securities and Exchange Commission documenting its recent exchange with E.W. Scripps regarding a proposed acquisition. In the filing, Sinclair reiterated its willingness to pursue a combination with Scripps, despite the latters rejection of its offer.
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TV News Check at Sunday, January 18, 2026 3:46:04 AM
Warner Calls Paramounts Motion To Expedite An Exercise In Urgency Theatre As Court Hearing Set
The David Ellison company wants WBD to defend its chosen deal with Netflix over Paramounts rival hostile bid and filed a suit demanding copious documentation. It also asked the judge to expedite the proceeding ahead of a Jan. 21 deadline Paramount has set for WBD stockholders to tender their shares.
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TV News Check at Thursday, January 15, 2026 11:53:44 PM
U.S. Senators Demand Answers From X, Meta, Alphabet, Others On Sexualized Deepfakes
In a letter to the leaders of X, Meta, Alphabet, Snap, Reddit and TikTok, several U.S. senators are asking the companies to provide proof that they have “robust protections and policies” in place and to explain how they plan to curb the rise of sexualized deepfakes on their platforms.
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TV News Check at Friday, January 16, 2026 5:51:50 AM
Trump Bought Netflix & Warner Bros. Discovery Bonds In Days After Megadeal Was Announced
A financial disclosure form released by the White House showed that he acquired at least $500,000 in debt securities from each of the companies.
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TV News Check at Sunday, January 18, 2026 3:46:02 AM
Former Paramount Co-CEO Brian Robbins Launching New Family Production Company
Former Paramount co-CEO Brian Robbins is launching a new family production company dedicated to animated and live-action fare. CAA, a handful of financiers and Sony are backing it, however, the latter is only a minority investor. The total sum raised for the new endeavor is around $100 million.
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TV News Check at Friday, January 16, 2026 5:51:46 AM
CBS News Report On ICE Officers Injuries Drew Huge Internal Concern
An anonymously sourced report that Jonathan Ross suffered internal bleeding after killing Renee Good faced skepticism inside the CBS newsroom.
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TV News Check at Sunday, January 18, 2026 3:46:10 AM
X Goes Down In Widespread Outage
Visitors to X in many major cities on Friday were greeted with an error message. “Something went wrong,” it read. “Try reloading.” The widespread outage of the social media service was noted by the website DownDetector, which indicated more than 53,000 user reports as of 10:45 a.m. ET.
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TV News Check at Sunday, January 18, 2026 3:45:59 AM
Tony Dokoupils Road Trip on CBS News Hits a Rough Patch
A stretch of big news revealed growing pains for CBSs new evening anchor and problems with its Bari Weiss-era philosophy.
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TV News Check at Thursday, January 15, 2026 11:53:42 PM
ISE: PTZOptics To Showcase Future Of Intelligent Video Integration
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TV News Check at Sunday, January 18, 2026 3:46:26 AM
Asad Ayaz Named Disneys First Chief Marketing & Brand Officer
The Walt Disney Co. has never had a chief marketing officer — until now. Asad Ayaz, the studios chief brand officer and 20-year veteran, is being named to the newly created role of chief marketing and brand officer and will now oversee marketing and brands for Disney Entertainment, Disney Experiences and ESPN.
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TV News Check at Thursday, January 15, 2026 11:53:41 PM
Can Hollywood Avoid A Strike This Time?
Three years after dual 100-plus-day work stoppages, health care and AI have brought new urgency to 2026s union negotiations.
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TV News Check at Sunday, January 18, 2026 3:46:01 AM
Perry Russom Named ABC News Correspondent & WABC New York Weekend Morning Co-Anchor
ABC News Group announced today that Perry Russom will move into an expanded role, serving as a correspondent for ABC News based in New York while also joining WABC there …
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TV News Check at Sunday, January 18, 2026 3:46:26 AM
Hes Known As The Godfather And Paramount Is Turning To Him In Its Battle For Warner
RedBirds Gerry Cardinale will tell anyone who will listen why the hostile $77.9 billion bid is superior.
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TV News Check at Sunday, January 18, 2026 3:45:58 AM
The Paramount-Warner Bros. Corporation Nearly Happened — Then The Stock Market Crashed
If past is present in Hollywood, there's lessons for both David Ellison and David Zaslav from merger mania 100 years ago.
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TV News Check at Sunday, January 18, 2026 3:46:00 AM
This moment will be defined by what we choose to record
When unmarked, masked federal agents grabbed an international student and forced her into an SUV on a public street in the spring of 2025, the United States entered into a […]
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Poynter Institute at Thursday, January 15, 2026 11:53:50 PM
KENS Meteorologist Ryan Shoptaugh Embraces Unusual Statewide Career Move
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TV News Check at Sunday, January 18, 2026 3:46:06 AM
Ted Chen, Longtime KNBC News Reporter, Trades Journalism For A Future As A Christian Pastor
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TV News Check at Friday, January 16, 2026 7:17:38 AM
Dos Equis Brings Back The Most Interesting Man In The World
Jonathan Goldsmith, now 87, returns to a beer business that has changed plenty since his last appearance for Dos Equis.
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TV News Check at Sunday, January 18, 2026 3:46:10 AM
The Fund For American Studies Launches Journalism Excellence Fellowship Program, Announces First Par
The Fund for American Studies (TFAS) has created the Journalism Excellence Fellowship, a new program that will provide promising young journalists the opportunity to work alongside top writers, reporters and media …
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TV News Check at Sunday, January 18, 2026 3:46:07 AM
Scripps Promotes Alex Iriarte To GM, Senior Director Of Sales At WSFL Miami
He will lead the stations operations, while continuing to oversee WSFLs sports strategy.
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TV News Check at Sunday, January 18, 2026 3:45:56 AM
Paramount Taps Dennis Cinelli As CFO
Paramount has added Dennis K. Cinelli to companys executive leadership team as chief financial officer effective Jan. 15. Also a board member of Paramount since September, he has resigned his directors seat with the new appointment.
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TV News Check at Thursday, January 15, 2026 11:53:40 PM
The Quiet Death Of Public Broadcastings Backbone
It is difficult to overstate what this moment represents. The closure of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is not simply a budgetary footnote or a partisan skirmish resolved in Washington. It marks the collapse of a carefully constructed civic experiment — one that treated media not merely as commerce or entertainment, but as public infrastructure.
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TV News Check at Sunday, January 18, 2026 3:46:11 AM
NAB Spokesman Alex Siciliano To Depart
As NABs senior vice president of communications since early 2023, he has been one of its public faces in explaining policy and has been the main point of contact for media who cover NAB activities. He's the trade association at the end of the coming week to pursue another opportunity.
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TV News Check at Sunday, January 18, 2026 3:46:03 AM
ChatGPTs Free Ride Is Ending: Heres What OpenAI Plans For Advertising On The Chatbot
The artificial intelligence company said Friday it hasn't yet rolled out ads but will start testing them in the coming weeks. It's the latest effort by the San Francisco-based company to make money from ChatGPT's more than 800 million users, most of whom get it for free.
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TV News Check at Sunday, January 18, 2026 3:45:55 AM
MTV made it big with music videos. Where does it stand today?
A reflection on music videos' glory days -- as MTV shuts down channels.
NPR News at Wednesday, December 31, 2025 11:50:46 PM
Los Angeles Film & TV Shoot Days Hit New Lows In 2025
The region is still waiting for the impact of California's expansion to its subsidy program for Hollywood to take effect.
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TV News Check at Friday, January 16, 2026 5:51:44 AM
House FCC Oversight Hearing Puts Carr In Spotlight
Chairman Brendan Carr was questioned about broadcast deregulation, spectrum and the First Amendment.
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TV News Check at Saturday, January 17, 2026 11:39:45 AM
UFC On Paramount+ Off To Rocky Start As Prices Rise & Title Fight Postponed
Price increases for Paramount+ went into effect on Thursday.
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TV News Check at Sunday, January 18, 2026 3:46:12 AM
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting votes to end operations
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has voted to formally end operations. NPR's mission will continue, unchanged.
NPR News at Wednesday, January 7, 2026 5:34:53 PM
Elon Musks X Restricts Ability To Create Explicit Images With Grok
Bowing to pressure, the company said it would restrict X users from generating explicit images of real people in jurisdictions where such content is illegal.
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TV News Check at Sunday, January 18, 2026 3:45:57 AM
A year of standout podcasts from NPR member stations
As the year wraps up, we're revisiting standout podcasts from NPR member stations in 2025.
NPR News at Sunday, December 28, 2025 4:46:14 PM
MLB Teams Seek Stability As Main Street Sports Looks to Rework Deals
The situation surrounding embattled regional sports network operator Main Street Sports continues to be a quagmire.
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TV News Check at Sunday, January 18, 2026 3:46:13 AM
Netflix Orders Third Season Of Culinary Class Wars
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TV News Check at Sunday, January 18, 2026 3:46:14 AM
Radio drama 'The Archers' turns 75
The world's longest-running radio drama turns 75 in January. 'The Archers' chronicles a fictional farming family in England, navigating climate change, mental health and romance.
NPR News at Saturday, December 27, 2025 11:20:45 AM
What to know about Nick Shirley, the YouTuber alleging day care fraud in Minnesota
Shirley is a 23-year-old self-described independent YouTube journalist who made prank videos in high school before pivoting to politics. He participated in a White House roundtable in October.
NPR News at Wednesday, December 31, 2025 1:05:27 PM
How NPR's 'Newscast' turns breaking news into trusted headlines
Korva Coleman describes what it takes to get the news right when millions hear it first through NPR newscasts.
NPR News at Sunday, December 28, 2025 12:24:19 PM
Rachel Davis Anchors KETK Tyler P.M. News
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TV News Check at Friday, January 16, 2026 5:51:50 AM
A new voice takes the mic to continue Art Laboe's oldies show
After the death of legendary DJ Art Laboe, his beloved oldies radio show has found a new host in Angel Baby Rodriguez, who's continuing Laboe's tradition of love dedications and connections across California.
NPR News at Sunday, January 11, 2026 3:19:40 AM
Media shows restraint on breaking news of Venezuela raid
The Trump administration has regularly vilified the mainstream media but not when it comes to the capture of Nicolas Maduro.
NPR News at Tuesday, January 6, 2026 2:27:09 PM
2026 looks ominous for media, from Hollywood to journalism
Critic at large Eric Deggans says that in 2026, audiences have more power than they realize to determine the future of news and entertainment.
NPR News at Saturday, January 10, 2026 6:00:00 AM
Defense Department Says Military Newspaper Stars And Stripes Must Eliminate Woke Distractions
That message, in a social media post from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's spokesman, is short on specifics and does not mention the news outlet's legacy of independence from government and military leadership. ( Amel Emric/AP )
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TV News Check at Friday, January 16, 2026 5:51:45 AM
Streaming Ratings: Fallout Falls Off With Change From Binge To Weekly Release For Season 2
Stranger Things retains its hold on the top overall spot.
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TV News Check at Friday, January 16, 2026 5:51:45 AM
IFCN awards $750,000 to 25 fact-checkers to build financial sustainability
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The International Fact-Checking Network at the nonprofit Poynter Institute has awarded $750,000 grants to 25 fact-checking organizations, providing flexible support to help fact-checking newsrooms keep publishing […]
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Poynter Institute at Thursday, January 15, 2026 11:53:50 PM
FBI searches a Washington Post reporter's home as part of investigation
Hannah Natanson had a phone, two laptops and a Garmin watch seized. The Justice Department says this is part of an investigation into a Pentagon contractor accused of taking home classified information.
NPR News at Thursday, January 15, 2026 12:42:08 AM
Ron Schwartz Set To Leave Lionsgate After 27-Year Run
The president and COO of the studios Motion Picture Group will exit in March to take on new challenges.
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TV News Check at Sunday, January 18, 2026 3:46:24 AM
KOAT Albuquerque Adds Miguel Marquez To Morning News Team
Hearsts ABC affiliate KOAT Albuquerque, N.M. hired network journalist and New Mexico native Miguel Marquez for its KOAT Action 7 News More in the Morning team as co-anchor beginning in late …
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TV News Check at Friday, January 16, 2026 5:51:47 AM
BBC Close To Agreeing Landmark Deal To Produce Shows For YouTube
The BBC is preparing to make original shows for YouTube, which could then later switch to iPlayer or BBC Sounds. The hope is that this will ensure the BBC meets young audiences where they consume content.
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TV News Check at Friday, January 16, 2026 5:51:49 AM
YouTube Now Has The Biggest Sesame Street Free Library, With Over 100 Full Episodes Available To S
The 100-plus full Sesame Street episodes from previous seasons are now on YouTube and the YouTube Kids app for the first time. The episodes are available via the Sesame Street and Sesame Street Classics channels.
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TV News Check at Sunday, January 18, 2026 3:46:14 AM
Dow Drops 83, Nasdaq Falls 15, S&P 500 Slips 5
Stocks edged a bit below their latest records on Wall Street Friday.
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TV News Check at Sunday, January 18, 2026 3:45:56 AM
Mark Contreras To Retire As CEO Of Connecticut Public
He has led Connecticut Public since 2019. The networks board of trustees has assembled a search committee to find his successor.
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TV News Check at Thursday, January 15, 2026 11:53:43 PM
HPA Announces Innovation & Technology Award Nominees
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TV News Check at Friday, January 16, 2026 5:51:45 AM
Dow Dips 42, Nasdaq Falls 238, S&P 500 Loses 37
Wall Street slumped Wednesdays as bank and tech stocks fell.
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TV News Check at Thursday, January 15, 2026 11:53:42 PM
Ted Sarandos Says Critics Just Misunderstand Netflix
The companys co-chief executive sat down for an extensive interview for the first time since announcing plans to buy Warner Bros. Discoverys film and TV business.
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TV News Check at Sunday, January 18, 2026 3:46:09 AM
Vice Media Bolsters C-Suite In Bid To Remake Itself As A Production Player
The rebooted company has hired a former ICM Partners finance chief and NBCUniversal biz dev veteran to manage its growth chapter.
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TV News Check at Sunday, January 18, 2026 3:46:08 AM
The Fight For Warner Bros. May Get Uglier
After multiple rejections, David Ellison could hit the nuclear button in his quest to wrest the studio empire from would-be-buyer Netflix. But this next fight may be more public — and bruising.
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TV News Check at Sunday, January 18, 2026 3:46:25 AM