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Lois Beckett / The Guardian:
Patrick Soon-Shiong says LAT opinion pieces will show an AI-generated rating of their political content, and an AI-generated list of alternative political views — Los Angeles paper's ‘Insights’ tool comes after months of public debate between opinion staff and billionaire owner
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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Sources: the Academy has talked informally with Netflix and others about airing the Oscars in future years; its exclusive negotiating window with Disney lapsed — The audience for the Oscars has declined more than 50% over the last decade. Will that lead to a break-up with its home of more than 50 years?
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Ryan Coleman / Entertainment Weekly:
Hulu faced technical difficulties during its live airing of the Oscars; in the Oscars' first hour, 34K+ users told Downdetector that the service wasn't working — More than 34,000 users reported the streaming site was down within the ceremony's first hour.
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Rick Porter / The Hollywood Reporter:
Nielsen and Disney: the 97th Oscars averaged 18.07M viewers in the US, down 7% YoY, across ABC and Hulu, where it was livestreamed for the first time
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Chris Welch / The Verge:
Hulu cut its live stream before the Oscars ended, falsely stating “the live event has now ended” while Best Actress and Best Picture were still to come
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Dawn Chmielewski / Reuters:
Independent films triumphed over more popular titles at the 97th Academy Awards, with Neon's Anora claiming five Oscars and A24's The Brutalist winning three — The 97th Academy Awards marked a celebration of independent film, with Neon's “Anora” claiming five Oscars, including for best film, lead actress and director.
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Marc Tracy / New York Times:
No Other Land, about Israeli demolitions of Palestinian homes, won Best Documentary at the 2025 Oscars, a rebuke after no distributor picked it up in the US — In their acceptance speeches, the Israeli and Palestinian co-directors called for “serious actions to stop the injustice.”
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Oliver Darcy / Status:
Sources: incoming Paramount president Jeff Shell asked CBS News chief Wendy McMahon and 60 Minutes boss Bill Owens in October to release the Harris transcript — As Paramount's merger with Skydance nears the finish line, CBS News chief Wendy McMahon and “60 Minutes” boss Bill Owens …
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Sahil Patel / The Information:
Sources: YouTube is preparing a Netflix-like redesign of its TV app, with paid content from other streamers like Max and Paramount+ on the homepage — It should have been easy. — YouTube in late 2022 began including in its app video-streaming services operated by other media companies …
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Lachlan Murdoch says Fox Nation has 2M to 2.5M subscribers, suggests a new stand-alone Fox streaming outlet would be aimed at “cord nevers” and “cord cutters” — At Fox Corp., executives are counting more heavily on streaming subscribers.
David Enrich / New York Times:
A look at NYT v. Sullivan and whether SCOTUS' landmark 1964 decision can survive Trump's second term, as a growing right-wing movement seeks to overturn it — In any given year, the United States Supreme Court hears only 80 or so cases. That means that — in a nation with more than 1.3 million attorneys …
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Wall Street Journal:
MLB plans a TV model where teams cede local rights to MLB for a unified streaming package; teams get ~25% of revenue from local media, the most of any US sport — The big sports network is walking away from the national pastime, accelerating baseball's need to cope with the demise of the TV economy that fueled its growth for decades.
Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Gannett fires The Palm Beach Post Editorial Page Editor Tony Doris after he ran a cartoon on the Israel-Hamas war that drew criticism from a local Jewish group — Tony Doris was the editorial page editor of The Palm Beach Post. He was fired after running a cartoon about the war in Gaza.Saul Martinez for The New York Times
Matthew Keys / The Desk:
Source: Fubo is readying a Sports & Broadcasting Package that is expected to launch before the start of the NFL's 2025 season, for $50 to $60 per month — Streaming cable television alternative Fubo is readying a new programming package that will offer broadcast channels …
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Elsa Keslassy / Variety:
Canal+ Group signs an agreement with local film guilds in France to invest at least €480M in French films over the next three years — France's leading pay TV banner Canal+ Group has signed an agreement with local film guilds to invest at least €480 million ($503 million) in French films over the next three years.
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