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10:35 AM ET, February 11, 2025

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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Fox Corp. acquires Red Seat Ventures, which helped Tucker Carlson, Nancy Grace, Megyn Kelly, Piers Morgan, and others set up their podcast businesses  —  Tucker Carlson, Nancy Grace, Megyn Kelly and Piers Morgan are among the clients of Red Seat Ventures, which now joins Rupert Murdoch's empire.
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Red Seat, one of the most influential companies in the news and talk creator economy, will be in Fox's Tubi division, putting it at a remove from Fox News  —  Red Seat Ventures counts former Fox News stars Megyn Kelly and Tucker Carlson as clients, as well as Piers Morgan and Nancy Grace.
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Annual letter: YouTube CEO Neal Mohan says TV has overtaken mobile as the “primary device for YouTube viewing in the US”, indicating YouTube is “the new TV”  —  YouTube CEO Neal Mohan released his annual letter Tuesday morning, outlining his priorities for the video platform.
Rick Porter / The Hollywood Reporter:
Nielsen and Fox: Super Bowl 2025 averaged a record 126M viewers, up 2% YoY, across Fox, Fox Deportes, Telemundo, Tubi, and NFL platforms; Tubi had 13.6M alone  —  Fox says 126 million viewers watched the game across all platforms.  —  A blowout on the field didn't deter a record number of viewers from watching Super Bowl LIX.
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
PBS closes its DEI office to comply with President Trump's EO and says affected staff are leaving, as it faces an FCC investigation and threats to its funding  —  The public broadcaster is also facing an investigation by the FCC and potential threats to its funding.
Matthew Weaver / The Guardian:
A BBC study finds 51% of AI answers to questions about the news had “significant issues”, and 19% of answers citing BBC content introduced factual errors  —  Most answers had ‘significant issues’ when researchers asked services to use broadcaster's news articles as source
Aidan Ryan / The Boston Globe:
How WBZ NewsRadio reporter Matt Shearer became New England's most viral journalist by chasing the weird and wacky stories of the region  —  The small town of Stow, “emotionally in shambles” without a single Dunkin' store, welcomes its first location in years.
Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
NowThis reports 2024 revenue up 122% YoY to $20M and an adjusted profit of $4.6M, achieving profitability for the first time as an independent company  —  The social video publisher credits the election and a new editorial strategy for the momentum  —  The social publisher NowThis …
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Business Insider:
Sources: Netflix is exploring licensing video podcasts and looked into doing a deal with Alex Cooper in 2024 that included creating original shows  —  - Netflix is exploring licensing video podcasts as it looks to its next phase of growth.  — YouTube's success with video podcasts has shown they're not just for listening.
 
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Lee Enterprises says a “cybersecurity event” has disrupted operations at its newspapers since at least February 3, forcing some to not print at all
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A look at former NFL player Shannon Sharpe's success moving from TV commentator to podcasting, especially with his own show, Club Shay Shay
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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

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