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1:55 AM ET, February 4, 2025

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Rick Porter / The Hollywood Reporter:
Nielsen and Paramount settle a monthslong contract dispute with a new agreement that covers both linear and streaming measurement across Paramount's portfolio  —  The new agreement covers both linear and streaming measurement across Paramount's portfolio.  —  Nielsen and Paramount have settled a months-long contract dispute.
New York Times:
Sources: Bill Owens, the head of 60 Minutes, told staff he would not apologize as part of any prospective settlement in a lawsuit brought by Trump against CBS  —  Bill Owens, the show's executive producer, addressed his staff as CBS's parent company, Paramount, pursues a legal settlement with the president.
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 …
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.
Diana Lodderhose / Deadline:
Largo.ai, an AI analytics platform for the film, TV, and ad industries, raised a $7.5M Series A from Sylvester Stallone and others  —  Co-led by Los Angeles-based TI Capital and Switzerland and Los Angeles-based QBIT Capital, funding round participants for Largo.ai include Boston's Atreides Management …
Michael Swerdlow / Columbia Journalism Review:
Facing the Trump administration's attacks, US public media should expand its public funding pool, focus on local content, and reduce its reliance on syndication  —  The system needs more stable funding, a greater emphasis on local content, and reduced reliance on private financing and syndicated programs.
Adrian Pennington / StreamTV Insider:
Ampere Analysis: the US streaming market will reach $17B in advertising revenue in 2025; 24% of US-based Netflix subscribers are on the Standard with Ads tier  —  Ampere Analysis monetization ad-supported video Netflix  —  The U.S streaming market will approach $17 billion in advertising revenue …
Discussion: The Media Leader and @tvgrimreaper
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.
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 …
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Q&A with Warner Bros. Records CEO Aaron Bay-Schuck and co-chairman and COO Tom Corson about reviving the label, seeding music on TikTok first, and more  —  Two music bosses share the future of TikTok, the right price for Spotify and the key to breaking new music acts.
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.
 
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Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
In a note to staff, NPR's CEO says House Republicans are planning a hearing on “bias in federally funded media”
Discussion: New York Post
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
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
The Guardian:
A look at Sangham Radio, India's first all-female community radio station, run by Dalit women since 2008 who aim to digitize broadcasts for younger listeners
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
Discussion: TVNewsCheck
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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
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”
Discussion: The Guardian
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
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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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

Casey Newton / Platformer:
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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