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1:35 PM ET, February 3, 2025

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David Folkenflik / NPR:
Patrick Soon-Shiong, who called for a more tempered approach at LAT to covering politics, posted 18 times on X last week to boost RFK Jr.'s nomination  —  With trust in the news media at deep lows, Los Angeles Times owner Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong is calling for a more tempered approach …
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Sharon Knolle / Yahoo News:
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.
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.
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.
Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
In a note to staff, NPR's CEO says House Republicans are planning a hearing on “bias in federally funded media”  —  In a note to staff this morning, NPR's CEO said House R's are planning a hearing on bias in federally funded media and NPR “welcomes opportunities to discuss the critical role of public media in delivering impartial, fact-based news and reporting to the American people.” [image]
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 National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) on Saturday said it will stop e-mailing news organizations and reporters …
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to the Trump administration rescinding an order to freeze spending  —  First word of the Trump administration's since-rescinded order to freeze spending on federal loans and grants came …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  —  Cost cuts helped the publisher of the Mail titles significantly grow operating profit at its consumer media titles in the year to the end of September 2024.
Mark K. Miller / TVNewsCheck:
Sinclair says Dave Howitt, senior vice president of programming, will retire on March 31 after over 30 years with the company  —  He leaves at the end of March after over 30 years with Sinclair.  The company has promoted Linda Greenwald and Matthew Diehlmann to directors of programming.
Kerry Flynn / Axios:
tvScientific, which lets advertisers target and measure CTV ads through partnerships with NBCUniversal, Hulu, Tubi, and others, raised a $25.5M Series B  —  - Digital ad spend overtaking TV has resulted not just as consumers spend more time online but as these newer platforms are easier …
Discussion: @kerrymflynn
Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
The Beatles' Now and Then, created using AI and an original 1970s lo-fi demo, won Best Rock Performance at the Grammys; McCartney and Starr completed it in 2021  —  The “Now and Then” track was released in 2023 after machine learning was used to clean up an old John Lennon demo.
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
 
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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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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
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
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
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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
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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

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A look back at five years of Meta's Oversight Board, whose rulings on the relatively small number of cases it hears have generally had limited impact
 
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