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Wikimedia Signs AI Access Deals with Major Tech Companies The Wikimedia Foundation has struck new commercial access agreements with Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Mistral AI, and Perplexity, granting them…

Media Consumption in 2025: Fragmented, Shorter, and AI-Driven In 2025, U.S. adults spent 6 to 8 hours daily consuming media, but most of that wasn’t on traditional television.…

FBI Raids Washington Post Reporter’s Home in Leak Probe Federal agents raided the home of Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson on Wednesday in connection with a leak investigation…

Meta Appoints Dina Powell McCormick as President and Vice Chairman Dina Powell McCormick, a seasoned banking executive and former Republican official, has joined Meta full-time as president and…

X (formerly Twitter) to Open Source Feed and Ads Algorithm Code Elon Musk announced that X will begin publishing all code that powers its news feed and ads…

Spotify Drops ICE Recruitment Ads Amid Artist Protests Spotify has confirmed it no longer runs U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) recruitment ads, following a wave of backlash…

Grok Under Fire for Deepfake Bikini Image of ICE Shooting Victim Grok, the AI chatbot launched by Elon Musk’s xAI, generated a bikini image of Renee Nicole Good,…

CBS Anchor Ends Newscast with Praise for Marco Rubio CBS Evening News anchor Tony Dokoupil ended Tuesday’s broadcast with an unusual “salute” to Secretary of State Marco Rubio,…

Meta Appoints Former Trump Official as Chief Legal Officer Amid EU Tensions Meta has named C.J. Mahoney, a former U.S. Trade Representative under President Trump and a senior…

Corporation for Public Broadcasting Dissolves After Defunding The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), a key funder of public media including NPR and PBS, voted to dissolve itself after…

Disinformation Surge Follows Nicolás Maduro’s Capture In the immediate aftermath of Donald Trump’s announcement that U.S. forces captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, social media platforms…

Media Industry Cut 17,000 Jobs in 2025 The media and entertainment industry eliminated over 17,000 jobs in 2025, an 18% increase from the previous year, according to data…

CNN Reporter Challenges YouTuber Over Viral Minnesota Day Care Fraud Video CNN’s Whitney Wild confronted YouTuber Nick Shirley on Anderson Cooper 360 regarding his viral video accusing Somali-run…

ICE Accuses Politico Reporter of Inciting Violence Over Minnesota Fraud Post Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) accused Politico’s senior legal affairs reporter Josh Gerstein of “inciting violence against…

Court Rejects Trademark Claim Over Political Slogan “Proven Problem Solver” A federal court has denied Stephen Cloobeck’s attempt to trademark the phrase “PROVEN PROBLEM SOLVER” for exclusive use…