Mediagazer: Sources: Sumner Redstone and his family have agreed to settle their long-running legal dispute with his former companion Manuela Herzer (Keach Hagey/Wall Street Journal)

Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:

Amid a debate on the value of broadcasting Trump's primetime speech, network anchors responded with several corrections for some of his misleading claims — Moments after President Trump concluded his Oval Office remarks on border security on Tuesday, the NBC anchor Chuck Todd came on air with a blunt assessment.

Sara Fischer / Axios:

NBCUniversal says it will reduce the number of ads airing during prime time TV shows by 20% by 2020, as it tries to shift away from old advertising model — NBCUniversal tells Axios it's reducing the amount of ads its serves during prime-time even further, and it's looking now at other times throughout the day to do the same.

Discussion: @digitalshields, @alexweprin, @sarafischer, Adweek and Variety

Todd Spangler / Variety:

Hulu says its ad revenue increased 45%+ YoY to nearly $1.5B, a record for the company — Hulu is keeping its pedal to metal in the streaming TV race: The company said it ended 2018 with more than 25 million total subscribers, a net gain of 8 million for the year.

Discussion: Hulu, MediaPost and Fortune, more at Techmeme »

Discussion: Variety, @awallenstein and Broadcasting & Cable

A.G. Sulzberger / The New York Times Company:

A.G. Sulzberger's “State of the Times” memo for employees emphasizes the global impact of the publishers' journalism but fails to address metrics — A.G. Sulzberger to Times employees at 2019 State of The Times address. — One of the most important is that the way people find and engage with news is changing.

Discussion: @emilybell, @moorehn, @corneliafuchs, @toddlighty, @timesopen, @nicdawes, @jeremymbarr, @jasonabbruzzese, @amychozick and @johnibbitson

Jon Lafayette / Broadcasting & Cable:

Google agrees to add YouTube viewers on mobile devices to Nielsen's Total Ad Ratings, which measures audience across TV, computers, tablets, and smartphones — YouTube mobile viewing included in Total Ad Ratings — Nielsen has reached an agreement with Google that will upgrade its measurement …

Discussion: Fast Company, MediaPost, Axios, Adweek, @davidwkenny, Axios and Deadline

Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:

Dotdash, which owns sites such as Investopedia and others created from About.com's remnants, is buying two beauty domains, Byrdie and Mydomaine — The publisher, which owns sites including The Spruce and Verywell, is buying two beauty websites as annual revenue passes $100 million

Discussion: Digiday, @neilvogel and @moorehn

Mike Farrell / Multichannel News:

Discovery says it has purchased a 71% controlling stake in Play Sports Group, a digital sports media company focused on global cycling — Digital sports media company to help Discovery create global cycling platform — Discovery Inc., said it has purchased a 71% controlling stake in Play Sports Group …

Discussion: Hollywood Reporter, Discovery, Inc., SportsPro Media, Variety and Deadline

Colby Hall / Mediaite:

CNN's Chris Cillizza, who is frequently criticized on Twitter for his political hot takes, wrote over 900 articles in 2018 and drove over 360M global page views — Chris Cillizza deserves a break. — The former Washington Post columnist turned creator of voluminous content both on CNN's airwaves …

Discussion: @ashleyfeinberg, @anamariecox, @yashar, @ashleyfeinberg, @garylegum, @hashtaggriswold, @dellcam, @abensonij, @anamariecox, @mirandayaver and CNN

Mollie Leavitt / The Idea:

Interview with Skift founder Rafat Ali on company growth to 60 staffers, media business models, and the choice of travel, dining, and wellness as verticals — This week, The Idea caught up with Rafat Ali. Rafat co-founded Skift, a B2B publication that focuses on the “leisure” industry.

Discussion: @atlantic57 and @rafat

Michael Paulson / New York Times:

Lin-Manuel Miranda and three Hamilton collaborators buy NYC's Drama Book Shop and are partnering with the city to find the store an affordable space in Midtown — Lin-Manuel Miranda is already a composer, a lyricist, an actor and an author. Now he's going to be a bookseller.

Discussion: The Wrap, @playbill, @xeni, @benjpasek, @joshgroban, @roryomalley, 6sqft, @theferocity, @redhourben, @cherylstrayed, @lin_manuel, Playbill, The Guardian, Boing Boing, Fast Company, Curbed NY and Publishers Lunch

Keach Hagey / Wall Street Journal:

Sources: Sumner Redstone and his family have agreed to settle their long-running legal dispute with his former companion Manuela Herzer — Herzer to pay back $3.25 million in gifts from Redstone — Media mogul Sumner Redstone and his family have agreed to settle their long-running legal dispute …

Discussion: @keachhagey and The Wrap

Melissa Eddy / New York Times:

Twenty-year-old German man admits to stealing and publishing data on hundreds of journalists, YouTubers, and figures from every party except far-right AfD — BERLIN — A 20-year-old German student took advantage of passwords as weak as “Iloveyou” and “1234” to hack into online accounts …

Discussion: @emilyrs, The Verge, Wall Street Journal, Mashable and Business Insider, more at Techmeme »