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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”  —  David Shipley, The Post's opinion editor, is resigning after trying to persuade Jeff Bezos to reconsider the new direction.
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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  —  Former executive editor Marty Baron told the Daily Beast there was “no doubt in my mind” …
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
Discussion: @jstein_wapo, NPR, The Nation, @elonmusk, @tvietor08, Townhall, Daily Kos, @benmullin, @becketadams, @jonsopel, Issues & Insights, @sohrabahmari, The Handbasket, @maiamindel, Nieman Lab, The Atlantic, @repdonbeyer, @repdonbeyer, @_cingraham, @jasoncolavito, @emmma_camp_, @jpodhoretz, @sunraysunray, @chrchristensen, @yaqiu, @jackmirkinson, @cat_zakrzewski, @cat_zakrzewski, @lionel_trolling, @douthatnyt, @arrington, @jessicalessin, @ktmboyle, @brianstelter, @ashleyrparker, @kmanguward, @edpilkington, @sarafischer, @mgsiegler, @binarybits, @binarybits, @williamturton, @binarybits, @charlesarthur, @brianstelter, @brianstelter, @farhip, @sherman4949, @jackmirkinson, @hadas_gold, @maxwelltani, @kylebrussell, @connor_echols, @gaywonk, @michaelsavage, @amandalitman, @artjipson, @arthistorynews, @eastmond_andrew, @pomurray.bsky.social, @kristaachavez, @adiseredinschi, @afternoondelete, @bencjacobs, @byelin, @johnauthers, @budkennedy, @alykatzz, @jordanschachtel, @john_hudson, @wallstreetmav, @prem_thakker, @mattyglesias, @keitholbermann, @mikeisaac, @mattmday, @hadas_gold, @benmullin, @nkulw, @kazcooke.bsky.social, Chicago Tribune, @grogsgamut.bsky.social, The National Pulse, @davidmaraniss.bsky.social, The Daily Signal, HotAir, @paulbehrens.bsky.social, Clayton Cramer, New Jersey Online, @tomgara@threads.net, @euanmacdonald.bsky.social, Washington Times, Garbage Day, @stevebrant.bsky.social, @tomhayes.bsky.social, UnHerd, Jacqueline Loch on LinkedIn, Associated Press, Howard Pulchin on LinkedIn, Blaze Media, The Daily Wire, @michaelsavage.bsky.social, @2savedemocracy.bsky.social, Fast Company, Robert Reich, The Wrap, New York Daily News, Newser, @jestastrophy.bsky.social, @ernie.tedium.co, @meganotoole.bsky.social, Gizmodo, @jbenmenachem.com, Breitbart, @heidilifeldman@mastodon …, @chrisoffner3d.bsky.social, Bloomberg, @terilg.bsky.social, Financial Times, Sara Langhinrichs Gifford on LinkedIn, @randomgeek@hackers.town, @Naureckas@mastodon.world, @hunterw.bsky.social, @davidmaraniss.bsky.social, @karaswisher.bsky.social, @ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social, @kejames.bsky.social, @susanmcp.bsky.social, @briantylercohen.bsky.social, The Hollywood Reporter, @pastpunditry.bsky.social, @pastpunditry.bsky.social and @maxwelltani, more at Techmeme »
Charlotte Klein / New York Magazine:
Sources: WaPo publisher Will Lewis told Jeff Bezos that changes to the Opinion section would have consequences for the health of the paper
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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Ben Johansen / Politico:
Reversing decades of precedent, the WHCA announces it will no longer coordinate shared coverage of President Trump amid an escalating dispute over press access  —  The move breaks from decades of cooperation between the White House and the journalists who cover the president.
Reuters News Agency:
Reuters, AP, and Bloomberg News editors, all permanent members of the White House pool, say limiting wire access to the president harms people and markets
Brian Stelter / CNN:
On day one of choosing its own “press pool”, the White House replaced HuffPost with Axios; two staunchly pro-Trump outlets, Newsmax and The Blaze, were added
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Sources: MrBeast is in early talks to raise $200M to fund a holding company that would own his packaged goods and media businesses, targeting a ~$5B valuation  —  - YouTube star aims to raise a couple hundred million dollars  — He lost ‘tens of millions’ of dollars on Amazon reality show
Discussion: Hindustan Times
Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Internal memo: Paramount is making changes to its DEI policies to conform to efforts by the Trump administration to eliminate diversity programs  —  The company has a merger pending before the Federal Communications Commission, whose chief has criticized programs focusing on diversity, equity and inclusion.
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Paramount reports Q4 revenue up 5% YoY to $7.98B and a $129M operating loss; Paramount+ subscribers grew by 5.6M in Q4 to 77.5M+ with revenue up 16% YoY
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
Discussion: New York Times
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Netflix says its customers watched 94B+ hours in H2 2024, up 5% YoY; Squid Game, despite premiering on December 26, dominated the period with nearly 87M views  —  Netflix subscribers streamed more content than ever in the back half of 2024 — and the second season of Korean hit drama “Squid Game” was the biggest TV show on the service.
Reuters:
A Vietnam court sentences former journalist Truong Huy San to 30 months in prison over Facebook posts; San wrote “The Winning Side” about post-war Vietnam  —  A court in Vietnam on Thursday sentenced a former journalist to 30 months in prison after finding him guilty of …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Notus, the nonprofit outlet created by the Allbritton Journalism Institute, launches the Washington Bureau Initiative to provide DC coverage to local newsrooms  —  - Reporters covering Washington on behalf of local outlets bring a different perspective to D.C. coverage that is meant to serve local constituents.
Advanced Television:
Gracenote: sports programming on top five streamers globally, Prime Video, Apple TV+, Disney+, Paramount+, and Netflix, grew by 72%+ in the recent quarter  —  Gracenote, the content data business unit of Nielsen, has reported that five of the top SVoD services globally - Prime Video …
Kirk Carapezza / GBH:
Student newspapers that increasingly rely on financial support from the institutions they cover face struggles for editorial independence, as ad sales drop  —  • 4:18 Student journalists struggle for independence when cash is hard to find  —  Outside a modest basement room at the University …
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
UK right-wing political news outlet Guido Fawkes settles a defamation case by Ecotricity founder Dale Vince; founder Paul Staines says costs would be “ruinous”  —  Guido Fawkes has settled a defamation case brought by Ecotricity founder Dale Vince after a preliminary ruling went against the political blog.
Discussion: @dalevince and The Guardian
Thomas Buckley / Bloomberg:
A look at budget pressures on WBD's movie studio unit: sources say WBD CEO David Zaslav has been pushing for more financial accountability and consistency  —  The group's co-leaders keep handing tentpole budgets to original projects from critical darlings.  Will any of them make money?
Discussion: The InSneider and SlashFilm
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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
 
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Source: Instagram considers launching a standalone Reels app, improving recommendations, and distributing more three-minute-long videos, to compete with TikTok
David Bauder / Associated Press:
Wired gained 62,500 new subscribers in the US during the first two weeks of February, as the tech outlet aggressively covers the Trump administration and DOGE
Karissa Bell / Engadget:
Meta's Oversight Board says it will weigh in on Meta's hate speech policies, changed before Trump's inauguration, in a test of the enforceability of its powers
CJ Haddad / CNBC:
AppLovin's stock closes down 12% after two short sellers released reports questioning its AXON ad software and alleging deceptive ad practices and misused data
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The Guardian:
Gary Lineker joins 500 media professionals in signing a letter telling the BBC to “stop censorship on Palestine”, after iPlayer pulled a Gaza documentary
The Guardian:
Sources: UK lawmakers plan key concessions for artists about plans to make it easier for AI companies to use copyrighted work, after lobbying by top artists
Reuters:
Sources and documents: the Reliance-Disney venture is holding seminars in seven Indian cities to woo SMBs to become IPL advertisers, offering $17K ad packages
 

 
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Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg:
Sources: Meta is considering deep budget cuts to its metaverse efforts in 2026, potentially as high as 30% and most likely including layoffs as early as January

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

Will Oremus / Washington Post:
Two studies suggest AI chatbots can shift political views more effectively than TV campaign ads, especially by presenting many claims, regardless of accuracy
 
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