Mediagazer: FanDuel Sports, the renamed regional sports network that succeeded Bally Sports, is now available on Amazon Prime Video, offering channels for $19.99/month (Matt Tamanini/The Streamable)

Gannett signs a deal to sell the Austin American-Statesman and related publications to Hearst Corporation; the sale is expected to close by March 31 — American-Statesman staffAustin American-Statesman — Gannett Co. has signed an asset purchase agreement with Hearst Corporation to divest …

Discussion: Gannett Co., Inc., TVNewsCheck, mikemcguff.com, @caseyseiler.bsky.social, @jswatz.bsky.social, @abigailrosenthal.bsky.social, Houston Business Journal and MediaPost

Bron Maher / Press Gazette:

ABC: 50%+ of 164 audited UK magazines saw their print circulation decline by 10%+ in 2024; 13 increased their print circulation, with Homes & Gardens up 8% — More than half of the magazines audited by ABC saw their print circulation decline by 10% or more in 2024, the latest data show.

Discussion: Press Gazette, ABC and The Media Leader

Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
ABC: 55% of the combined 2024 digital magazine circulation in the UK came from “all you can read” services like Apple News+, Kindle Unlimited, and Readly

Discussion: The Media Leader

Washington Post:

Email: the US State Department orders the cancellation of news subscriptions globally, in particular the Economist, NYT, Politico, Bloomberg, AP, and Reuters — Embassies and consulates were told to terminate subscriptions to the New York Times, the Associated Press and others.

Discussion: Reuters, TVNewsCheck, Adpulp, The Guardian, @dannygroner.bsky.social, @cmonstah.bsky.social, New York Post, @ginsengity.bsky.social, @davekeating, @mediaevan.bsky.social, @jonathanmaus.bsky.social, @attorneynora.bsky.social, @taraogrady.bsky.social, @laurenleharper.bsky.social and @Nonilex@masto.ai

The Guardian:

Italy's national journalist union launches legal action after Giorgia Meloni's government refused to answer questions about allegedly using spyware on critics — Union submits criminal complaint to prosecutors as ministers refuse to answer questions about alleged hacks

Discussion: European Federation …, Bloomberg and @fabiochiusi.bsky.social

Ted Johnson / Deadline:

Filing: CBS plans to seek financial information from Trump, Truth Social, TMTG, and more if Trump's $20B lawsuit against CBS goes to a discovery phase — The network's attorneys outlined their likely requests in a filing in Texas federal court on Tuesday. They also said they would seek …

Discussion: Mediaite, The Root, Poynter, The Washington Free Beacon, People and TVNewsCheck

Suzanne Vranica / Wall Street Journal:

Sources: top X execs hinted to Interpublic and other ad firms that a lack of spending on X could lead to legal woes, due to X's lawsuit against some advertisers — Interpublic recently signed an advertising agreement with the platform; other agencies are also in negotiations

Discussion: Arielle Garcia on LinkedIn, @chronotope.aramzs.xyz, @wsjbusiness and @ryanbarwick

Brian Steinberg / Variety:

Adrienne Roark, who was named president of CBS News in August of last year, plans to leave the company at the end of February to take a role at Tegna — They just can't keep senior executives at the top of CBS News. — Adrienne Roark, who was named president of the Paramount Global news division …

Discussion: Fox News, The Desk, TV Tech, @c_cgottlieb, The Wrap, @byronbeck, Adweek, New York Post, @thegussreport, @bristei, Cord Cutters News, @joematrixtruth, TVNewsCheck, The Hollywood Reporter and Radio & Television …

Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:

SiriusXM expands its $5.99 per month podcast subscription offering to Spotify, YouTube Music, and more, after launching it on Apple Podcasts in August 2024 — The SiriusXM Podcasts+ offering is expanding to YouTube Music and Spotify. — SiriusXM is expanding its podcast subscription offering to Spotify, YouTube Music and more.

Discussion: Inside Radio and Fortune

Sara Fischer / Axios:

Sources: the Pentagon's chief spokesperson invites conservative radio hosts Clay Travis and Buck Sexton to broadcast their show from the Pentagon — - The Defense Department informed NPR, the New York Times, NBC News and Politico that they had to move out of their workspaces at the Correspondents' Corridor in the Pentagon last month.

Discussion: @mediaevan.bsky.social, Poynter, @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social and @sarafischer

Tom Wheeler / Brookings:

FCC Chair Brendan Carr should clarify the vague “public interest standard”, as his politicization of FCC's processes against CBS goes against legal precedent — The Order prohibits any “federal department, agency, entity, officer, employee, or agent” from acting …

Discussion: Status, Truth on the Market, TVNewsCheck, The Hill, Mediaite and The Wrap

Matt Tamanini / The Streamable:

FanDuel Sports, the renamed regional sports network that succeeded Bally Sports, is now available on Amazon Prime Video, offering channels for $19.99/month — After well over a year, the in-market sports streaming service is finally available through Amazon's streaming hub.

Discussion: Awful Announcing, Barrett Media, Business Wire, Bloomberg, The TV Answer Man!, Cord Cutters News and KSTP-TV

Michael Levenson / New York Times:

A Mississippi judge has ordered a local newspaper to remove an editorial criticizing Clarksdale city officials; the paper's owner plans to challenge the order — The owner of The Clarksdale Press Register said he planned to challenge a judge's order against an editorial that criticized city officials.

Discussion: MediaPost, KSTP-TV, @nytimes.com, Freedom of the Press …, The Independent and Raw Story