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3:50 PM ET, January 31, 2025

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New York Times:
Sources: Paramount is in talks with Donald Trump to settle his $10B 60 Minutes lawsuit, believing a deal would persuade Trump to not block its planned merger  —  A settlement, if reached, would be an extraordinary concession by a major U.S. media company to a sitting president.
Sharon Knolle / The Wrap:
Eric Reinhart, who wrote an op-ed for the LAT, says his lines highly critical of RFK Jr. were deleted and a misleading headline was added supporting RFK Jr.  —  A writer who penned an op-ed for the Los Angeles Times warning of the dangers of confirming Robert F. Kennedy Jr …
Stephanie Kirchgaessner / The Guardian:
WhatsApp says it disrupted a campaign in which 90 journalists and other members of civil society were targeted using spyware from Israel-based Paragon  —  Messaging app said it had ‘high confidence’ some users were targeted and ‘possibly compromised’ by Paragon Solutions spyware
Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
Forbes announces layoffs that will affect roughly 5% of its total workforce; new CEO Sherry Phillips blames financial underperformance for the cuts  —  The cuts come after the publisher failed to meet its 2024 financial goals  —  The business news publisher Forbes announced a sweeping round …
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Chuck Todd is leaving NBC News after joining in 2007; in a memo, Chuck Todd said his podcast Chuck Toddcast would be “coming with me”  —  Chuck Todd, the former “Meet the Press” moderator, is leaving NBC News, he told colleagues in a memo issued Friday, a move he's making in order …
Alexander Lee / Digiday:
LinkedIn says short-form video is its fastest-growing content category, and total video viewership grew 36% YoY between October 30, 2024 and January 29, 2025  —  LinkedIn's ongoing efforts to woo video creators paid off in the past few months, according to new figures shared by the company.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Adobe Chief Strategy Officer Scott Belsky leaves the company to join A24 film studio as a partner; he co-founded Behance, which Adobe acquired for $150M in 2012  —  Belsky is an entrepreneur, author and creator who in 2006 founded Behance, an online platform that is used by more than 50 million professionals …
Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
WBD and UK-based Cutting Edge Group strike a $1B+ deal to create a joint venture that will own and manage almost 100 years of film and television music  —  US company creates joint venture to own and manage almost 100 years of film and television music  —  Warner Bros Discovery has struck …
Thomas Seal / Bloomberg:
Instagram and Facebook, which blocked news links in Canada, are hosting hundreds of scam ads pretending to be from news outlets ahead of Canadian elections  —  - Images of public figures and billionaire used in fake ads  — Bogus ads fuel foreign interference fear before election
Discussion: MobileSyrup
Paul Sonne / New York Times:
Experts say the Kremlin's throttling of YouTube is driving Russians to state-controlled platforms; Google data shows Russian traffic to YouTube is down ~66% YoY  —  The Kremlin is trying to cripple YouTube in Russia, internet experts say, pushing some people to state-controlled domestic alternatives.
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Charter lost 123,000 video subscribers in Q4 vs. a decline of 257,000 in Q4 2023, ending 2024 with 12.9M total video customers, down ~9% from the end of 2023
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Apple Services revenue reached an all-time high of $26.34B in Q1, up 14% YoY, beating estimates and helping lift the company's gross margin to a record 46.9%
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