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Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Jeff Bezos' opinion section changes contradict his October 2024 edict that WaPo won't endorse a presidential candidate because it can't be seen as taking a side — Months after insisting he would never allow his personal interests to influence the Post's content, one of the world's richest …
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Gene Weingarten / The Gene Pool:
Source: The Washington Post's media critic Erik Wemple wrote about the changes at its opinion section, but the piece was killed — Hello. — Welcome to a special edition of — Yesterday, at a hastily called meeting of the Opinions section of The Washington Post …
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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”
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Corbin Bolies / The Daily Beast:
Marty Baron condemns changes to WaPo's opinion section, says he is “disgusted” as Bezos is “betraying” WaPo's “longstanding principles” for commercial interests
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Sharon Knolle / The Wrap:
Source: over 40 newsroom employees at the Los Angeles Times have taken buyout offers from owner Patrick Soon-Shiong, including roughly 17 reporters — “We should put out a missing flyer in search of the man who bought our paper and made promises about its future,” one employee tells TheWrap
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Sewell Chan / Columbia Journalism Review:
The last remaining member of the Los Angeles Times editorial board, Carla Hall, says she is taking a buyout, ending her 32-year tenure at the paper — After owner Patrick Soon-Shiong spiked the paper's Kamala Harris endorsement, a staff exodus resulted. — Carla Hall, the last remaining member …
Mark K. Miller / TVNewsCheck:
Nexstar Q4: revenue up 14.1% YoY to $1.49B, ad revenue up 29.6% to $758M driven by election year political advertising, net income of $229M; NXST jumps 11.1% — That resulted in net Income of $229 million, adjusted EBITDA of $628 million, net cash provided by operating activities of $411 million …
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
TikTok is preparing to shut down Creator Marketplace, which connects brands with creators, and replacing it with TikTok One, which includes AI tools, on April 1 — TikTok is preparing to sunset its creator marketplace in favor of a new, more expanded experience, the company has informed businesses and creators via email.
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
WBD reports Q4 revenue down 2% YoY to $10B, ad revenue down 11% to $1.8B, and losses up 24% YoY to $494M, including $1.9B in charges and restructuring expenses — Like its rivals., Warner is navigating a difficult era for the media sector, one in which linear TV audiences, much easier to monetize …
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Harshita Mary Varghese / Reuters:
WBD projects at least 150M subscribers by the end of 2026, as Max is set to launch in Germany and Italy in Q1 2026; Netflix ended 2024 with 302M subscribers
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Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
Google Search's new rules for product-review sites upend publishers' business models; Similarweb says Forbes Advisor's traffic fell 83% YoY in January 2025 — New rules for recommendation sites such as Forbes Vetted and CNN Underscored threaten their business models, hurt freelancers
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Michael Levenson / New York Times:
A Mississippi judge lifts an order requiring a newspaper to remove an editorial, after Clarksdale city officials voted to abandon their libel lawsuit — The judge's order against The Clarksdale Press Register in Clarksdale, Miss., had alarmed press advocates, who said it was a violation of the First Amendment.
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Jake Kanter / Deadline:
BBC Chief Content Office Charlotte Moore is leaving to become Left Bank Pictures CEO and Sony Pictures TV's creative director of international production — Newswire … PMC — Deadline is a part of Penske Media Corporation. © 2025 Deadline Hollywood, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
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Dylan Butts / CNBC:
Meta apologizes and says it had fixed an “error” that resulted in some Instagram users seeing violent and graphic content in their Reels recommendations — Meta apologized on Thursday and said it had fixed an “error” that resulted in some Instagram users reporting a flood …
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John Koblin / New York Times:
Sony Pictures Entertainment says it is soliciting bids from media and tech companies for the streaming rights to new episodes of Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune — Sony Pictures Entertainment is soliciting bids for the streaming rights to the two popular game shows.
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BBC:
The BBC apologizes and admits “serious flaws” in the making of a documentary on children in Gaza, after criticism that the narrator was a Hamas official's son — The BBC has apologised and admitted “serious flaws” in the making of a documentary about children's lives in Gaza.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Pete Distad, previously named as the CEO of now-shuttered Venu Sports streaming service, will serve as CEO of Fox's recently announced DTC streaming service — Pete Distad has a new gig after the shutdown of sports-streaming joint venture Venu Sports.
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Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Sky COO Nick Herm criticizes Amazon for failing to tackle sports broadcast piracy, costing “hundreds of millions”, and to stop illegal Fire Stick TV devices — Broadcaster accuses company of failing to do enough to tackle piracy, often involving its Fire Stick TV devices
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