Check out Mini-Mediagazer for simple mobiles or Mediagazer Mobile for modern smartphones.
5:50 AM ET, February 25, 2025

Mediagazer

 Top News: 
Daniel Arkin / NBC News:
Memo: Lester Holt will step down as anchor of NBC Nightly News at the beginning of the summer, after a decade at the show; he will move full time to Dateline  —  Holt will move full time to NBC's news magazine show “Dateline” at the beginning of the summer.
RELATED:
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
MSNBC makes its lineup overhaul official: Jen Psaki will take over the 9pm hour from Tuesdays to Fridays and Alex Wagner will stay as a senior political analyst  —  Joy Reid will exit MSNBC with the changes, while José Díaz-Balart and Katie Phang will also lose their dayside hours.
Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Joy Reid's evening news show on MSNBC, The ReidOut, is being canceled as part of an overhaul orchestrated by the network's new president Rebecca Kutler  —  Ms. Reid's 7 p.m. program will be replaced by a panel show co-hosted by Symone Sanders Townsend, Alicia Menendez and Michael Steele.
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
In a filing, the White House says President Trump himself made the decision to terminate the AP's access  —  The acknowledgement came in a lawsuit filed by the news organization.  —  President Donald Trump personally decided to bar The Associated Press from some White House events and spaces …
RELATED:
Axios:
The White House asks a judge to let it continue barring the AP from events, arguing that access is at the President's discretion and not a constitutional right
Zoe Tillman / Bloomberg:
A federal judge denies the AP's request to immediately allow its reporters to resume covering White House events; the next hearing is scheduled for March 20
NPR:
A look at some of the fringe, far-right media figures taking on increased prominence at the White House as the Trump administration shuts out mainstream media
David Gilbert / Wired:
A profile of Dan Bongino, Trump's FBI deputy director pick and an ex-Fox News host who rose from online conspiracy circles to become a top right-wing podcaster  —  Dan Bongino rose through the ranks of right-wing media thanks to his unflinching loyalty to Donald Trump and willingness …
Max Tani / Semafor:
A group of foreign correspondents launch Noosphere, a $20/month TikTok-like news app with content by independent journalists, after raising ~$1M  —  The Scoop  —  A group of experienced foreign correspondents are launching a new premium news platform designed to bundle the work of top independent journalists.
Lara O'Reilly / Business Insider:
Filing: advertisers say Rumble's lawsuit accusing them of colluding to boycott the platform is an attempt to “weaponize” antitrust laws  —  - Ad companies targeted by a Rumble lawsuit say it's an attempt to “weaponize” antitrust laws.  — Rumble accused Diageo, WPP …
Craig Silverman / ProPublica:
How Meta paying bonuses to Facebook creators for viral content, even as it dials back fact checking, may lead to a resurgence of false stories on the platform  —  ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.  Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published.
Discussion: TechCrunch
Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Q&A with Vimeo CEO Philip Moyer on going back to its roots as a YouTube rival, TikTok, algorithmic video platform incentives, AI video not taking off, and more  —  AI tools are here to stay, Moyer says, but Vimeo wants to build on ‘authenticity.’  —  AI tools are here to stay, Moyer says …
Dan Milmo / The Guardian:
Kate Bush and 1,000+ other musicians “co-write” a “silent” album to protest the UK's proposal to let AI train on their copyrighted work if they don't opt out  —  Recordings of empty studios represent impact on musicians of UK's plans to let AI train on their work without permission
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of Mediagazer at 5:50 AM ET, February 25, 2025.

View the current page or another snapshot:


Page version:
 
 See Also: 
Mediagazer: site main
Mediagazer River: reverse chronological Mediagazer
Mediagazer Mobile: for phones
Mediagazer Leaderboard: Mediagazer's top sources
 
 Subscribe: 
Mediagazer RSS feed
Mediagazer on X
Mediagazer on Mastodon
 
 
 More News: 
Pew Research Center:
Among US adults asked to name a news influencer, 3% said Philip DeFranco, 2% Tucker Carlson, 2% Ben Shapiro, 7% gave a media outlet, 42% didn't know or respond
Matthew Keys / The Desk:
Altice USA and MSG Networks reach a distribution agreement bringing back the regional sports network to Optimum TV subscribers, after losing access in January
 Earlier Picks: 
 

 
From Techmeme:

Kate Rooney / CNBC:
Garry Tan says ~80% of YC's W25 batch is AI focused and the cohort is growing significantly faster than past ones, with actual revenue, thanks to “vibe coding”

Bloomberg:
Baidu releases Ernie X1, an AI model that articulates its reasoning similar to DeepSeek R1, and upgrades its flagship foundation model to Ernie 4.5

Catherine Thorbecke / Bloomberg:
The hype around AI agent Manus doesn't represent a second DeepSeek moment, but reveals that Chinese startups can compete with AI product companies in the US
 
Sister Sites:

Techmeme
 Top news and commentary for technology's leaders, from all around the web
memeorandum
 What US political commentators are discussing online right now
WeSmirch
 The top celebrity news from all around the web on a single page