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1:50 PM ET, February 26, 2025

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Jeff Bezos / @jeffbezos:
Jeff Bezos says the WaPo's opinion pages going forward will largely focus on personal liberties and free markets, and opinion editor David Shipley is leaving  —  I shared this note with the Washington Post team this morning: I'm writing to let you know about a change coming to our opinion pages. We are going to be writing every day in support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets. We'll cover other topics too
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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Memo: WaPo CEO Will Lewis says opinion section changes are “not about siding with any political party” but about “being crystal clear about what we stand for”
Kevin Robillard / HuffPost:
The White House kicked out Reuters and a HuffPost reporter from Trump's Wednesday press pool; with AP still blocked, just one wire service remained in the pool  —  Breaking with decades of precedent, the Trump White House is insisting on the ability to choose which reporters cover the president.
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Reuters News Agency:
Editors of Reuters, AP, and Bloomberg News, all permanent members of the White House pool, say limiting wire access to the president harms people and markets  —  By: Reuters News Agency  —  Reuters, The Associated Press and Bloomberg News today issued the following statement:
Discussion: Mediaite, @reuterspr and WTTG-TV
Hadas Gold / CNN:
WHCA President Eugene Daniels said the White House move to take over the press pool “tears at the independence of a free press”; longtime reporters share alarm
Ted Johnson / Deadline:
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt says the White House, not the WHCA, will now decide which outlets will be in the pool covering presidential events
Max Tani / Semafor:
YouTube's VP for News Partnerships Tim Katz says the platform has continued to boom as a news platform, particularly for news commentators like MeidasTouch  —  The News  —  YouTube is touting a mind-boggling statistic to demonstrate its increasing dominance in podcasting.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
YouTube says it now has 1B+ monthly viewers for podcast content worldwide; users watched 400M+ hours of podcasts monthly on living room devices in 2024  —  Podcasts started as an audio-only phenomenon. … According to the Google-owned video giant, YouTube now has more than 1 billion monthly viewers for podcast content worldwide.
The Guardian:
Sources: UK lawmakers plan to offer key concessions to plans to make it easier for AI companies to use copyrighted work, after intense lobbying by top artists  —  Exclusive: partial climbdown over use of work protected by copyright considered after intense lobbying by top artists
Kerry Flynn / Axios:
DoubleVerify acquires media measurement startup Rockerbox in an all-cash deal valued at $85M; LUMA says deal volume in ad tech grew 73% in 2024  —  - The startup was “relatively bootstrapped,” Rockerbox CEO Ron Jacobson says. … - Rockerbox has about 50 employees who will join DoubleVerify's 1,000-person team.
Discussion: @kerrymflynn
Etan Vlessing / The Hollywood Reporter:
WBD says Max will offer sports for free to US standard and premium subscribers; B/R Sports and CNN Max will no longer be available on Max's basic with ads tier  —  Warner Bros. Discovery has halted plans to launch a $10 paywall for its B/R Sports tier, while also pulling sports and news content from the Max ad tier from March 30.
Dylan Byers / @dylanbyers:
Politico's White House correspondent and WHCA President Eugene Daniels leaves Politico, sources say to join MSNBC and co-host a weekend roundtable show  —  Scoop @PuckNews: Politico White House correspondent and WHCA President @EugeneDaniels2 is leaving Politico to join MSNBC, where he will co-host a weekend roundtable show.
Kerry Flynn / Axios:
Vulture launches Telematrix, a TV version of its popular movie trivia game, and expands Cinematrix to movie theaters through a partnership with Screenvision  —  - Starting February 26, Telematrix will be released twice a week. … - Vulture also has partnered with Screenvision to create …
Discussion: @kerrymflynn
Jason Schreier / Bloomberg:
WBD closes three game studios and cancels a highly anticipated Wonder Woman title in a bid to boost the profitability of its interactive entertainment business  —  - Company halts work on highly anticipated Wonder Woman title  — Closures follow several disappointing releases last year
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Sarah Downs / Variety:
WBD says its Max streaming service will launch in Australia on March 31; subscribers to Foxtel will get access to the Basic with Ads tier at no extra cost
 
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