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10:50 AM ET, March 6, 2025

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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Financial Times CEO John Ridding plans to step down on July 1 after 19 years, and will take an honorary FT chair title; the FT will now find a replacement  —  Financial Times CEO John Ridding is stepping down in June after leading the newspaper group for almost 20 years.
Naman Ramachandran / Variety:
ITV reports FY 2024 revenue down 3% YoY to $5.34B, Studios revenue down 6% YoY to $2.63B, digital ad revenue up 15% YoY, and its efficiency program saved $77.5M  —  The U.K.'s ITV revealed strong profit growth in its full-year results for 2024, despite facing challenges from the U.S. actors …
Andrew Cohen / Awful Announcing:
Gannett posts job listings for an AI sports editor and AI-assisted sports reporter; after flubs in 2023, it paused using LedeAI for high school sports stories  —  Gannett plans to hire an “AI Sports Editor” and “AI-Assisted Sports Reporter” as America's largest newspaper chain doubles-down on artificial intelligence in its newsrooms.
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Netflix plans to host its second live boxing special on July 11 at Madison Square Garden with a rematch of Katie Taylor vs. Amanda Serrano  —  The all-women's boxing card will be held at Madison Square Garden July 11, and will stream live on Netflix.  —  Netflix is back in business …
Chris Welch / The Verge:
All Elite Wrestling and Amazon Prime Video announce a new multi-year agreement to offer AEW's pay-per-view events in the US, Canada, and the UK on Prime Video  —  The new pay-per-view streaming partnership kicks off this weekend with AEW Revolution, which costs $49.99.
Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
Politico unveils an AI tool that lets Politico Pro subscribers generate detailed policy reports using data from Politico's reporting and analysis  —  In February, the White House announced plans to cancel $8 million of Politico Pro subscriptions  —  Political news publisher Politico unveiled …
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The Wrap:
Sources: LAT's Hector Becerra faced an HR probe in 2022 over alleged “insulting” behavior, including bullying; LAT says it has “been addressed and resolved”  —  The paper's De Los editor Paloma Esquivel resigned last week, accusing HR of dismissing her complaints against Becerra
Gordon Smith / Journalism.co.uk:
How the Financial Times is using online polls to engage readers and grow subscriptions; polls in FT newsletters regularly record engagement rates above 75%  —  The newspaper has a loyal, well-informed readership keen to share their opinions.  Polls in its newsletters record engagement over 75 per cent
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
UK journalist Graham Johnson estimates he cost News UK £500M through his testimony, books, and legal research since his phone hacking conviction in 2014  —  Former tabloid reporter Graham Johnson believes he helped cost the publisher of The Sun £500m.
 
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A TollBit analysis of 160 websites on its content licensing service finds AI search engines drive 96% less referral traffic than Google Search
Rick Porter / The Hollywood Reporter:
Nielsen: Trump's address to Congress drew 36.6M viewers, a larger number than three of Biden's addresses to Congress but smaller than any in Trump's first term
Variety:
Variety.com names Zack Sharf as managing editor; Sharf joined Variety in January 2022 as digital news director after seven years at IndieWire
Ted Johnson / Deadline:
Tom Llamas will succeed Lester Holt as anchor of NBC Nightly News after Holt signs off in early summer
Ian Carlos Campbell / Engadget:
Amazon announces an “AI-aided dubbing” pilot program on Prime Video, starting with dubbing in English and Latin American Spanish on 12 movies and series
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Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
WSJ journalists laid off amid consolidation of tech and media teams include Alexa Corse, Tom Dotan, Asa Fitch, Ben Fritz, Miles Kruppa, and Aaron Tilley
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The Sun names Jon Lloyd, previously behind TV content formats like Come Dine With Me, as its director of video to lead a video-first commissioning strategy
 

 
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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

A.J. Vicens / Reuters:
US and Canadian authorities warn that Chinese hackers are using the Brickstorm malware to install backdoor access within unnamed government and IT entities

Mike Isaac / New York Times:
Meta says it is shifting some of its investment from metaverse toward AI glasses and wearables, and “we aren't planning any broader changes than that”
 
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