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3:55 PM ET, February 9, 2023

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Rebecca Picciotto / CNBC:
Disney CEO Bob Iger says “everything is on the table” when it comes to Hulu, after sharing his plans to pare back the company's general entertainment content  —  Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT  —  Disney CEO Bob Iger said Thursday that “everything is on the table” with streaming service Hulu.
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Lillian Rizzo / CNBC:
Nelson Peltz drops his proxy fight after Disney unveils a reorganization, job cuts, and cost reductions: “Disney plans to do everything we wanted them to do”  —  Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT  —  Nelson Peltz declared the proxy fight between his firm …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Disney reports Q1 revenue up 8% YoY to $23.51B, vs. $23.37B est., direct-to-consumer revenue up 13% YoY to $5.3B, and operating loss rose $0.5B to $1.1B
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Disney cuts its workforce by 7,000, or 3.2% of its ~220,000 global headcount, as the company tries to save $5.5B in costs, including $2.5B in non-content costs
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Yahoo plans to lay off 20%+ of its workforce and restructure its ad tech unit, impacting 50%+ of the unit, or 1,600+ people; CEO says the cuts are “strategic”  —  Yahoo plans to lay off more than 20% of its total workforce as part of a major restructuring of its ad tech unit, executives told Axios.
NewsNation:
NewsNation reporter Evan Lambert was freed from jail late February 8 after being arrested giving a live report at Ohio Governor Mike DeWine's press conference  —  EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (NewsNation) — A NewsNation reporter was released from jail late Wednesday after being arrested earlier …
Isobel Lewis / The Independent:
UK media watchdog IPSO plans to investigate Jeremy Clarkson's Sun column on Meghan Markle and publish the results, after receiving a record 25,100+ complaints  —  Press watchdog received more than 25,100 complaints about column  —  Culture secretary defends Jeremy Clarkson's ‘right to say what he wants’
Jon Christian / Futurism:
Semafor:
Sources: two investors looking to buy Forbes, India's Shiv Khemka and Silicon Valley's GSV, seek to rope in US investors to smooth CFIUS' approval of the deal  —  Fear of U.S. government scrutiny is holding up a deal to sell Forbes to a foreign buyer, leaving the company scrambling …
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Sarah Grevy Gotfredsen / Columbia Journalism Review:
Tow Center analysis: ~4,000 journalists at US outlets tweeted 3% less per day on average after Elon Musk's takeover; those at right-leaning outlets tweeted more  —  b  —  New research from the Tow Center for Digital Journalism into the habits of journalists on Twitter during …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Dish's Sling TV rebrands Sling Free to Sling Freestream, which will carry 210 free channels, 41K+ on-demand titles, and expand further by the end of spring 2023  —  Sling TV, the internet-streaming division of Dish Network, is doubling down on free, ad-supported streaming television (FAST) …
Reuters:
Thomson Reuters reports Q4 revenue up 3% YoY to $1.765B, vs. $1.76B est., operating profit up 146% YoY to $631M, and Reuters News revenue up 7% YoY to $198M  —  Thomson Reuters Corp (TRI.TO) on Thursday reported higher-than-expected earnings in the fourth quarter, helped by cost cuts and gains …
 
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