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Gene Weingarten / The Gene Pool:

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Sharon Knolle / The Wrap:

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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 …

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Sources: at a Paramount board meeting this month, Shari Redstone said she was in favor of resolving President Trump's $20B lawsuit against CBS News — Consumer sentiment has turned south as high prices weigh on households. Could that crimp big pieces of the president's economic agenda, including tariffs?

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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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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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Dade Hayes / Deadline:
Nexstar anticipates The CW to become profitable in 2026, largely due to a push into live sports, which account for about 40% of its total programming time

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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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