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9:55 AM ET, February 3, 2025

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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.
Tracey Tully / New York Times:
The Star-Ledger, NJ's longtime paper of record, will publish its final edition on Sunday and become online-only; three affiliated papers will end print editions  —  The Star-Ledger, New Jersey's longtime paper of record, will publish its final edition on Sunday and become an online-only news outlet.
Wall Street Journal:
The FCC requested footage and a transcript of 60 Minutes' Kamala Harris interview as it reviews the Paramount-Skydance merger; CBS News is working to comply  —  Government has asked for footage, transcript from the segment, which is the subject of a lawsuit against CBS by President Trump
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Sources: some CBS News journalists express alarm over reports that Paramount is trying to settle a Trump lawsuit; others say a settlement may look like a bribe
Ben Smith / Semafor:
Journalists Lachlan Cartwright and Ravi Somaiya launch Breaker Media, based out of New York City, with a $12 per month weekly newsletter and podcast  —  The News  —  Two prominent New York journalists are launching a scoopy new media venture aimed at storming the city's interlocking scenes of media, culture, and power.
Matthew Keys / The Desk:
The US NTSB says it will stop emailing updates about two recent plane crashes to news outlets and reporters, opting to exclusively post updates on its X account  —  The agency says it will no longer notify reporters about plane crash press briefings via email.
David Bauder / Associated Press:
A profile of independent journalist Marisa Kabas, whose scoop on her site the Handbasket led to the Trump administration rescinding an order to freeze spending  —  First word of the Trump administration's since-rescinded order to freeze spending on federal loans and grants came …
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
DMGT reports revenue up 11% YoY to £1.1B in the year to September 30, 2024 and a £6M pre-tax profit, up from a £13M pre-tax loss in 2023  —  DMGT reports growing digital advertising revenue and booming UAE-based events business.  —  Cost cuts helped the publisher …
Nick Vivarelli / Variety:
CNN expands its Middle East footprint with a new operation in Qatar, where its content creators will publish on digital and social media and make a weekly show  —  CNN is expanding its footprint in the Middle East by opening a new operation in Qatar as part of its “broader strategy to deepen …
Michael Luciano / Mediaite:
Memo: the Pentagon evicts the NYT, NBC News, NPR, and Politico from Pentagon offices and offers the workspace to the NY Post, OANN, Breitbart, and HuffPost  —  The Department of Defense ordered a handful of news media outlets to vacate their offices inside the Pentagon so that they may be replaced …
Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:
ProdPro: the number of Hollywood productions in 2024 increased 18% YoY, with spend up by $16.2B, rebounding from the 2023 strikes but still down 11% from 2022  —  A new report from production tracking service ProdPro finds that film and television production rebounded after the 2023 work stoppages …
Discussion: TVNewsCheck, ProdPro and The Wrap
Lara O'Reilly / Business Insider:
X adds Nestlé, Abbott Laboratories, Colgate, Lego, Pinterest, Tyson Foods, and Shell to its lawsuit filed in Texas claiming advertisers unlawfully boycotted X  —  Elon Musk's X is suing more big advertisers as part of a lawsuit that alleges they collectively conspired to boycott advertising …
 
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Sean Manning / Publishers Weekly:
Simon & Schuster's flagship US imprint will no longer require authors to obtain blurbs as it “creates an incestuous and unmeritocratic literary ecosystem”
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Hanaa' Tameez / Nieman Lab:
With Trump reshaping the NLRB, newsroom unions expect longer processing times for union petitions and labor violation claims, and frequent, drawn out strikes
Katie Strang / New York Times:
Former Fox Sports host Julie Stewart-Binks sues the network, alleging that executive VP Charlie Dixon sexually assaulted her in 2016 following a work meeting
CBS News:
Sources: Trump officials plan to pause some federal websites to delete content contrary to Trump's thinking, including about climate change, gender, and equity
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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
Stephanie Kirchgaessner / The Guardian:
WhatsApp says it disrupted a campaign in which 90 journalists and civil society members were targeted by Israel-based hacking software maker Paragon's spyware
 

 
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Kif Leswing / CNBC:
Apple says general counsel Kate Adams and policy chief Lisa Jackson will retire, and Jennifer Newstead, Meta's former chief legal officer, will replace Adams

A.J. Vicens / Reuters:
US and Canadian authorities warn that Chinese hackers are using the Brickstorm malware to install backdoor access within unnamed government and IT entities

Mike Isaac / New York Times:
Meta says it is shifting some of its investment from metaverse toward AI glasses and wearables, and “we aren't planning any broader changes than that”
 
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