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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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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Sources: WaPo CEO Will Lewis and Executive Editor Matt Murray skipped a screening of Becoming Katharine Graham, a new documentary on the WaPo's fabled publisher — A premiere for a documentary about Katharine Graham, the longtime publisher, had people talking about changes at the paper, and in Washington.
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The Atlantic, Washington Post, The Wrap, @katierobertson.bsky.social and Axios
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 …
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Reach reports FY 2024 revenue down 5.3% YoY to £539M, operating profit up 6% to £102M, digital revenue up 2.1% to £130M, and print revenue down 7.3% to £407M — Cost cuts and growing digital revenue helped Reach to increase its annual profits in 2024 as it released its results for the year.
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HoldtheFrontPage and Reach plc
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 — The awards, however, posted gains in some younger demographics.
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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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Annie Aguiar / New York Times:
After the success of crowdfunded show The Chosen, streamers are focusing on Bible stories with Game of Thrones-style intrigue and romantic comedy elements — After the success of “The Chosen,” Amazon and Netflix are converting Bible stories into films and TV shows with “Game of Thrones”-style intrigue and romantic comedy elements.
Katie Robertson / New York Times:
A profile of WHCA President Eugene Daniels, as he pushes back on the Trump administration's hostility to reporters and navigates a move from Politico to MSNBC — Eugene Daniels, president of the White House Correspondents' Association, is pushing back on the administration's hostility …
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TVNewsCheck, The Washington Free Beacon, @katie_robertson, The Wrap, Los Angeles Times and Deadline
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
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US Campaign …, Informed Comment, The Daily Wire, Refinery29, Instapundit, Associated Press, Decider, The Forward, Commentary Magazine, @sana.msf.ca, Dazed, @tiagodf.bsky.social, The Hollywood Reporter, Al Jazeera, Mirror, The Wrap, Reuters, GoldDerby, Variety, NPR and New York Daily News
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
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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Tubefilter and The Verge, more at Techmeme »
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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@steveholbert4, @iamnickreynolds, @kenstonemedia.bsky.social and @cwalker.bsky.social
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.
Discussion:
Advanced Television, Broadband TV News and Deadline
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.
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