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Washington Post:
Internal email: 60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi told staffers Bari Weiss pulled the CECOT segment after the Trump administration refused an interview — The segment on the deportation of Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador's CECOT prison was postponed after the Trump administration refused to grant the network an interview.
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Sources: Bari Weiss asked 60 Minutes to add new material to its CECOT piece, suggesting a Stephen Miller interview; Weiss: my job is to publish the best stories — Sharyn Alfonsi, a “60 Minutes” correspondent, criticized the network's decision to remove her reporting from Sunday's edition of the show.
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Julia Ornedo / The Daily Beast:
CBS postpones a 60 Minutes segment on El Salvador's CECOT prison, which houses people deported by the Trump administration, just hours before it was set to air — BE RIGHT BACK — The show announced a programming change just before its Sunday night timeslot.
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Max Knoblauch / Sherwood News:
Morgan Stanley: ad tiers account for 30% of Netflix subscribers and 50% of Disney+ subscribers; ad tiers accounted for all US net subscriber additions in 2025 — As streaming prices climb, ad-free subscribers are becoming a rarity. — A mass digital migration is taking place …
CNN:
A list of times the Trump administration tested the limits of the First Amendment during his second term, stoking alarm among civil rights experts and critics — Within weeks of retaking the White House, President Donald Trump boasted that he had “brought free speech back to America.”
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@aclu.org, @brianstelter and The City
Hanna Duggal / Global Investigative Journalism Network:
A look at the top data journalism projects of 2025, including stories on conflict, climate, AI, and social media and disinformation — News coverage in 2025 was dominated by several seismic events, with data journalism outlets closely tracking a world shaped by US trade hegemony …
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The Hill, UPI, @reedfrich.bsky.social, The Moscow Times, Atlantic Council and Modern Diplomacy
Robert D. McFadden / New York Times:
Lou Cannon, a veteran Washington Post reporter who wrote several influential biographies of Ronald Reagan, has died at 92 — He was a foremost authority on the president, tracing his career in unvarnished accounts from his time as California governor through his years in the White House.
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Washington Post, The Wrap, The Santa Barbara Independent and Los Angeles Times
Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Interview with WPP CEO Cindy Rose, who says AI puts pressure on the ad agency's pricing and WPP has 10K data scientists and software engineers and 12K creatives — Advertising group's new CEO plans restructuring and says traditional agency model is from a ‘bygone era’
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Alex Brandstetter on LinkedIn and Semafor
Paul Glynn / BBC:
HarperCollins UK drops children's author and comedian David Walliams following allegations of inappropriate behavior toward young women — Best-selling children's author and comedian David Walliams has been dropped by his publisher HarperCollins UK, the company has said.
Ken Vogel / @kenvogel.bsky.social:
Politico ends its print edition after 19 years, as its early reliance on print ad revenue fades and its audience relies more on digital platforms — Politico's print paper was always something of a contradiction for an outlet that set out to prove that political journalism could thrive in the digital world.
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@billkuchman.bsky.social and @kenvogel.bsky.social
Financial Times:
Memo: TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew says ByteDance's US entities will retain direct control over core US revenue drivers, including ecommerce, ads, and marketing — Oracle, Silver Lake and MGX to invest in new data security joint venture as part of Trump-brokered deal
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Nicholas Henriquez / New Yorker:
The New Yorker has digitized its full archive covering 100 years, including covers and adding upgraded search capabilities; subscribers get unlimited access — For the first time, every cover, article, and issue in the magazine's hundred-year history can be enjoyed on newyorker.com.
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Persuasion, @michaelluo.bsky.social, @tongli.bsky.social, @pgourevitch.bsky.social and Althouse
Karl Bode / Techdirt:
The TikTok deal is the worst of all possible outcomes, shifting ownership of TikTok to Trump's allies, while maintaining the supposed problematic links to China — There were rumblings about this for a while, but it looks like the Trump TikTok deal is done, and it's somehow the worst …
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