Mediagazer: Profile of Nickelodeon president Brian Robbins, who is trying to revitalize the channel by bringing in YouTubers like Annie LeBlanc and the 8 year-old Ryan Kaji (Dawn Chmielewski/Forbes)

Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:

Source: MSNBC plans “to seek out more smart, pro-Sanders voices”, shifting coverage amid criticism, as Sen. Bernie Sanders has surged over the last couple weeks — With Bernie rally coverage, Bernie-friendly guests, and a mandate to “seek out more smart, pro-Sanders voices,” …

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Dawn Chmielewski / Forbes:

Profile of Nickelodeon president Brian Robbins, who is trying to revitalize the channel by bringing in YouTubers like Annie LeBlanc and the 8 year-old Ryan Kaji — As the opening strains of the Ryan's Mystery Playdate theme song begin to play in this San Fernando Valley soundstage …

Discussion: @forbes

Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:

Investor group that includes Searchlight Capital and led by former Viacom CFO Wade Davis agrees to acquire a 64% stake in Univision; Davis to become CEO — The Spanish-language media giant last summer said it would entertain offers from potential buyers as part of an exploration of “strategic options.”

Discussion: Variety, Variety, Broadcasting & Cable, PR Newswire, Radio & Television …, @claireatki, Multichannel News, Deadline, @univisionprteam and @miriamgottfried

Comcast:

Comcast acquires the ad-supported streaming service XUMO for an undisclosed sum — We are pleased to announce that Comcast has acquired XUMO, the advertising-supported streaming service based in Irvine, California. — XUMO offers free, live and on-demand streaming entertainment, news …

Discussion: @jbflint, @awallenstein and @taralach

P R Sanjai / BloombergQuint:

Disney's Hotstar blocks an episode of John Oliver's show in India that criticized Narendra Modi — (Bloomberg) — An episode of John Oliver's show that criticized Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been blocked in India by Hotstar, the local platform run by Walt Disney Co. — Bloomberg

Discussion: @iamjohnoliver, @samiur1204, @mknid, @shashj and @ranaayyub

Cynthia Littleton / Variety:

AMC Networks sets a new carriage deal with Dish and Sling TV that expands the distribution of its six linear channels and streaming services — AMC Networks has set a new carriage pact with Dish and Sling TV that expands the distribution of AMC's growing portfolio of subscription streaming services.

Discussion: Broadcasting & Cable

Nick Turner / Bloomberg:

Netflix says it will launch top 10 lists to rank the most popular shows and movies, updated daily, after testing the feature in Mexico and the UK — - Top 10 lists will be rolled out after tests in U.K. and Mexico — New feature will appear in the service and be updated daily

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Hanaa' Tameez / Nieman Lab:

Report for America, which currently supports ten journalists covering Native American communities, says it plans to help fund nine more journalists this year — It's hard to say that Native Americans have, historically, gotten the kind of journalism they deserve.

Discussion: American Press Institute, @laurenmckown, @lenikacruz, @groundtruth, @aliaemily, @niemanlab and bookforum.com

Dave Jamieson / HuffPost:

Sources: in a meeting, The Young Turks co-founder Cenk Uygur urged staff not to unionize, arguing a union doesn't belong at a small, struggling news network — In a tense meeting with employees, Cenk Uygur argued that a union doesn't belong at a small news network struggling to make profits.

Discussion: @jamieson, @connieschultz, @lissandravilla, @brianstelter, @tytunion, @lauren_steiner, @dsa_losangeles, @marcushjohnson, @therealdvorak, @mattdpearce, @jkfecke and @freedaaron

Wayne Friedman / MediaPost:

NBCUniversal launches One Platform, a unified platform for buying TV and digital ads — Just in time for this spring/summer upfront advertising buying season — as well as for its new ad-supported streaming platform, Peacock, which starts in April — NBCUniversal is launching its new …

Discussion: Reuters

Tomás Mier / People.com:

The Oprah Winfrey Show will launch a podcast on March 3, making 25 years of episodes from the talk show available to stream — The first 10 episodes to be released will feature special guests Dr. Oz, Dr. Phil and Suze Orman — You get a podcast and you get a podcast!

Discussion: The Wrap and @loudmouthjulia

Lara O'Reilly / Digiday:

Sources: France's third largest telecom Bouygues awarded a contract to Google to develop a targeted TV ad system using data from Bouygues' set-top TV boxes — Google has long pitched YouTube as an alternative to traditional TV advertising, but it's never managed to make a move into the $170 billion global TV ad market itself.