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Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announces dedicated “new media” seating and restoration of credentials for 440 people “wrongly revoked” under Biden — In her first press briefing, Leavitt started with a question from an Axios journalist and made several criticisms of the media.
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
In her first White House press briefing, Karoline Leavitt criticized legacy media, encouraged digital content creators, and cast Trump as a savior for the US — Karoline Leavitt's first White House press briefing reaffirmed a truism about the Trump White House: His aides perform for an “audience of one.”
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Justin Baragona / The Independent:
In a short video, Jim Acosta says he's “going independent, at least for now” and launching a new show on Substack — 'To President Trump and his allies, you may think you have silenced me. But guess again,' Jim Acosta noted just hours after signing off from CNN for the final time
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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Jim Acosta says he is leaving the network after nearly 20 years; sources: Acosta is stepping down after CNN wanted to move his show to the 12am ET slot — The network wanted to move Mr. Acosta to the midnight time slot, a backwater in cable television news.
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Sources: Fox has sold at least ten 30-second Super Bowl ad spots for $8M+, a record; pre and post-game ad prices have also increased, reaching $4.5M and ~$4M — Super Bowl LIX is still days away, but someone has already scored a key Big Game touchdown.
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Paul Krugman / The Contrarian:
Paul Krugman says he felt a push toward blandness at The NYT in 2024, toward avoiding saying anything that might rile up some people, particularly on the right — As many people reading this know, last month I retired from my position as an opinion writer at the New York Times—a job I had done for 25 years.
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Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
Sony names CFO Hiroki Totoki as CEO, succeeding Kenichiro Yoshida, and PlayStation co-CEO Hideaki Nishino as CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment, from April 1 — The corporate shuffle, effective April 1, was approved late Tuesday by the electronics and entertainment giant's board of directors in Tokyo.
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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
The Marshall Project names Katrice Hardy as its next CEO, effective March 2025; Hardy is currently the executive editor of The Dallas Morning News — Ms. Hardy, now the executive editor of The Dallas Morning News, will lead the business and newsroom sides of nonprofit news organization.
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Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
The Jewish Chronicle appoints Daniel Schwammenthal as editor, replacing Jake Wallis Simons, and unveils a revamped website and reader membership program — The Jewish Chronicle has announced the appointment of a new editor and unveiled a revamped website and reader membership scheme.
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
The BBC says BBC World Service will cut a net 130 jobs, including in the UK, to save £6M/year; the UK announced an extra £32.6M in World Service funding in 2024 — BBC World Service will cut a net 130 jobs, including in the UK, as it battles to save £6m in the year ahead.
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Bloomberg:
Sources: 3 Arts, the film production and talent-management company majority-owned by Lionsgate, seeks to raise up to $250M to expand into sports, news, and more — 3 Arts Entertainment, the film production and talent-management company majority owned by Lionsgate Studios Corp. …
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Ray Schultz / MediaPost:
Mississippi-based Carpenter Media Group acquires the assets of Salem Publishing Company, a family-owned company based in Missouri — Carpenter Media Group is continuing its acquisition spree by purchasing the assets of Salem Publishing Company, a family-owned company based in Missouri.
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