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Julia Ornedo / The Daily Beast:
CBS postpones a 60 Minutes segment on El Salvador's CECOT prison, which houses people deported by the Trump administration, just hours before it was set to air — BE RIGHT BACK — The show announced a programming change just before its Sunday night timeslot.
Discussion:
The Wrap, Mediaite, Deadline, @ggreenwald, @edkrassen, @donwinslow, @seamus_malek, @dan, @yashar, @kelseytuoc, @bubblebathgirl, @richardhanania, @petertwinklage, @phil_lewis_, @allenanalysis, @adamscochran, @kylekulinski, @marcofoster_, Raw Story, RedState, CBS News and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Karl Bode / Techdirt:
The TikTok deal is the worst of all possible outcomes, shifting ownership of TikTok to Trump's allies, while maintaining the supposed problematic links to China — There were rumblings about this for a while, but it looks like the Trump TikTok deal is done, and it's somehow the worst …
Discussion:
Anadolu Ajansı …, @carnage4life.bsky.social, Barron's Online, @karlbode.com, @techdirt.com, CBS News and France 24
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Financial Times:
Memo: TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew says ByteDance's US entities will retain direct control over core US revenue drivers, including ecommerce, ads, and marketing
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Internal memo: TikTok has signed a deal to sell its US unit; Oracle, Silver Lake, MGX will collectively own 45% of the US entity, and ByteDance will retain ~20%
Internal memo: TikTok has signed a deal to sell its US unit; Oracle, Silver Lake, MGX will collectively own 45% of the US entity, and ByteDance will retain ~20%
Discussion:
The Intercept, Android Central, TheStreet, CNET, Associated Press, ABC News, Forrester, Tubefilter, @sky.skymarchini.net, Bloomberg, Observer, Cautious Optimism, The Shortcut, Spyglass, HotAir, Tom's Guide, Semafor, @billevanina, @danprimack, @gordongchang, @pkafka, @michaelsocolow, @michaelsobolik, @rushdoshi, @acedtect, @thestalwart, @mattwhitlock, @davidshepardson, @adamscochran, @senwarren, @mattzeitlin, @peterhamby, @bobdabalina.bsky.social, Thurrott, Inc, Engadget, 9to5Google, Entrepreneur, Marketing Brew, PR Daily, Gizmodo, PetaPixel, @sarafischer, @swirlyball.bsky.social, Straight Arrow News, Quartz, BGR, Tech Times, KnowTechie, Mediaite, The Hill, AR Insider, Proactive, Finance Magnates, Music Ally, Sharecast, CNN, The Hollywood Reporter, Pixel Envy, @thebluenami.is.democrat, Telecompaper, Ukrainian National News, Benzinga, The Verge, TRT World, UPI, TechRadar, TechCrunch, @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social, MacRumors, Blockchain.News, Sports Business Journal, TVREV, Dexerto, NPR, Tech in Asia, @pamspaulding.bsky.social, 9to5Mac, Mashable, Wall Street Journal, The Information, Fox Business, Cord Cutters News, @evacide@hachyderm.io, @demguardrails.bsky.social, Baller Alert, Sara Fischer on LinkedIn, Sinocism, @carnage4life.bsky.social, NBC News, @dluneau.bsky.social, Reuters and NewsMax.com
Max Knoblauch / Sherwood News:
Morgan Stanley: ad tiers account for 30% of Netflix subscribers and 50% of Disney+ subscribers; ad tiers accounted for all US net subscriber additions in 2025 — As streaming prices climb, ad-free subscribers are becoming a rarity. — A mass digital migration is taking place …
CNN:
A list of times the Trump administration tested the limits of the First Amendment during his second term, stoking alarm among civil rights experts and critics — Within weeks of retaking the White House, President Donald Trump boasted that he had “brought free speech back to America.”
Discussion:
@aclu.org, @brianstelter and The City
Robert D. McFadden / New York Times:
Lou Cannon, a veteran Washington Post reporter who wrote several influential biographies of Ronald Reagan, has died at 92 — He was a foremost authority on the president, tracing his career in unvarnished accounts from his time as California governor through his years in the White House.
Discussion:
Washington Post, The Wrap, The Santa Barbara Independent and Los Angeles Times
Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Interview with WPP CEO Cindy Rose, who says AI puts pressure on the ad agency's pricing and WPP has 10K data scientists and software engineers and 12K creatives — Advertising group's new CEO plans restructuring and says traditional agency model is from a ‘bygone era’
Discussion:
Alex Brandstetter on LinkedIn and Semafor
Paul Glynn / BBC:
HarperCollins UK drops children's author and comedian David Walliams following allegations of inappropriate behavior toward young women — Best-selling children's author and comedian David Walliams has been dropped by his publisher HarperCollins UK, the company has said.
Ken Vogel / @kenvogel.bsky.social:
Politico ends its print edition after 19 years, as its early reliance on print ad revenue fades and its audience relies more on digital platforms — Politico's print paper was always something of a contradiction for an outlet that set out to prove that political journalism could thrive in the digital world.
Discussion:
@billkuchman.bsky.social and @kenvogel.bsky.social
Nicholas Henriquez / New Yorker:
The New Yorker has digitized its full archive covering 100 years, including covers and adding upgraded search capabilities; subscribers get unlimited access — For the first time, every cover, article, and issue in the magazine's hundred-year history can be enjoyed on newyorker.com.
Discussion:
Persuasion, @michaelluo.bsky.social, @tongli.bsky.social, @pgourevitch.bsky.social and Althouse
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Sony Pictures Entertainment and Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) agree to buy WildBrain's 41% stake in Peanuts Holdings for ~$457M, raising Sony's stake to 80% — Sony is paying more than a few peanuts to get majority ownership of Charles M. Schulz's beloved Peanuts franchise featuring Snoopy, Charlie Brown and more.
Discussion:
Gamereactor UK, Screen Rant, Wall Street Journal, The Movie Blog, Santa Rosa Press-Democrat, Comic Book, Gizmodo, Benzinga, The Times, Globe and Mail, The A.V. Club, Quartz, Media Play News, Associated Press, The Guardian, Advanced Television, Plain Dealer, Push Square, Cord Cutters News, Engadget, @tdogmedia.bsky.social, The Wrap, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Deadline, The Hollywood Reporter, Bloomberg and Dow Jones Newswires
Blake Brittain / Reuters:
Google sues data scraping company SerpApi for allegedly using hundreds of millions of fake search requests to access copyrighted material from Google products — Google on Friday sued a Texas company that “scrapes” data from online search results, alleging it uses hundreds of millions …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Netflix acquires avatar creation platform Ready Player Me to let its subscribers carry their personas and fandoms across games; the startup raised $72M — After shifting its gaming strategy to focus more on games played on the TV, Netflix announced it's acquiring Ready Player Me, an avatar creation platform based in Estonia.
