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6:35 AM ET, March 7, 2025

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Sean Burch / The Wrap:
Paramount files two motions in Trump's lawsuit against CBS News, one seeking dismissal on First Amendment grounds and the second saying Texas is the wrong venue  —  Paramount says President Trump's lawsuit over a “60 Minutes” interview with Kamala Harris is “an affront to the First Amendment”
Andrew Marchand / New York Times:
Sources: ESPN and Stephen A. Smith agree to a five-year $100M contract that has Smith continuing on his daily First Take show and scaling back other commitments  —  Stephen A. Smith has agreed to a new contract with ESPN worth at least $100 million for five years, an agreement that will result …
Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch:
A journalist using the pseudonym Dissent Doe, who runs US-based DataBreaches.net, refuses a UK court order to remove two posts on a cyberattack at HCRG  —  A U.S.-based independent cybersecurity journalist has declined to comply with a U.K. court-ordered injunction that was sought following …
Discussion: DataBreaches.Net
Nate Silver / Silver Bulletin:
Disney was never particularly interested in running FiveThirtyEight as a business; the data-driven approach to political coverage still has a bright future  —  Last night, as President Trump delivered his State of the Union address 1, the Wall Street Journal reported that ABC News would lay off …
Michael Savage / The Guardian:
Memo: BBC News CEO Deborah Turness announces a new department that will use AI to give people more personalized content and focus on reaching under-25-year-olds  —  Boss says BBC News's reach is ‘defying gravity’ and it must use AI to ‘support and accelerate our growth’
Reuters:
Vivendi says the net asset value of its investments was €4.83B as of December 31, 2024, following the French publishing group's spinoff of three companies  —  Vivendi (VIV.PA) said on Thursday that the net asset value of its investments amounted to 4.83 billion euros ($5.23 billion) …
Washington Post:
A look at the Trump administration's strategy to transform its traditional press shop into a rapid-response influencer operation via memes, TikTok, and podcasts  —  The Trump administration has transformed its traditional press shop into a rapid-response influencer operation, and “they're all offense, all the time.”
Bloomberg:
Sources: the FCC asked 13 public radio stations, including Boston's WBUR, for details on past sponsorships by March 31, to assess potential guideline violations  —  The Federal Communications Commission sent letters to 13 public radio stations asking them to compile materials detailing past sponsorships …
Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:
Production managers, supervisors, and coordinators at Walt Disney Animation Studios ratify their first union contract, which raises minimum wage rates and more  —  Production managers, production supervisors and production coordinators at the ‘Wish’ studio negotiated for health and pension benefits as well as higher minimum wage rates.
Discussion: C21Media, Variety, Deadline and The Wrap
S.V. Date / HuffPost:
FEC filings: Brian Glenn, a new favored White House reporter, was Right Side Broadcasting Network's main voice when it was paid $92K by Trump political groups  —  Brian Glenn was the one who asked Zelenskyy why he wasn't wearing a suit.  RSBN, the “news” outlet he helped build, has taken $192,000 from Trump.
NewsGuard's Reality Check:
A NewsGuard audit finds that 10 leading AI chatbots repeated false claims and propaganda from a pro-Kremlin network of 150 websites 33% of the time  —  An audit found that the 10 leading generative AI tools advanced Moscow's disinformation goals by repeating false claims from the pro-Kremlin Pravda network 33 percent of the time
 
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Bill Grueskin / Columbia Journalism Review:
Prosecutors say they won't pursue charges against Stanford student journalist Dilan Gohill, arrested while covering a pro-Palestinian protest nine months ago
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Neal Mohan says YouTube Originals didn't work because YouTube wasn't “good at picking content” and so the company decided to focus on building creator tools
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
Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
Memo: MSNBC hires WABC-TV VP and News Director Scott Matthews to serve as head of newsgathering, and plans to hire 100 journalists as part of its news operation
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Mandy Dalugdug / Music Business Worldwide:
Lyric rights licensing company LyricFind sues Musixmatch and its owner TPG Growth, alleging antitrust violations that threaten competition across the industry
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
Rebecca Stewart / Adweek:
Publicis acquires Lotame, which analyzes people's online behavior across 109 countries, and plans to integrate Lotame into its Epsilon service
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”
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
 

 
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Joe Rivano Barros / Mission Local:
Waymo says it temporarily suspended its ride-hailing service in San Francisco during a citywide blackout, as downed traffic lights appeared to halt its vehicles

John Sakellariadis / Politico:
Sources: DHS is investigating whether 6 staffers misled CISA's acting director into taking a polygraph that he failed, compounding instability at the agency

Sri Muppidi / The Information:
Source: OpenAI's share of revenue after the cost of running AI models for paying users has jumped to ~70% in October, up from ~52% at the end of 2024
 
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