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CBS airs 60 Minutes' CECOT segment, which Bari Weiss shelved in December as it lacked an on-camera interview with a Trump official, without such an interview — After accusations of “corporate censorship,” CBS aired a postponed “60 Minutes” segment about the CECOT prison that was largely unchanged.
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Isabella Simonetti / Wall Street Journal:
CBS News airs the delayed 60 Minutes CECOT segment with new introductory and closing remarks; the core of the piece was untouched — CBS News Editor in Chief Bari Weiss's decision to hold the segment in December ignited a firestorm within the network — A “60 Minutes” segment that was held …
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Parker Molloy / The Present Age:
CBS News' credibility, built over decades, is being used now to launder political narratives that wouldn't survive scrutiny if they came from right-wing media — In December, CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss killed a 60 Minutes segment about Venezuelan migrants being tortured in El Salvador's CECOT prison.
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The Philadelphia Inquirer, @justinbaragona.bsky.social, @sachlichepolitik.bsky.social, @abbeyarletto.bsky.social, @willpollock.com, Forbes, @samlitzinger.bsky.social, @jayrosen.bsky.social, @notaaroncraig.bsky.social, @pamspaulding.bsky.social, @wdlindsy@toad.social, @parkermolloy.com, Salon, @murshedz.bsky.social, @newsjennifer.bsky.social, @red-sparrows.bsky.social, The Independent, Newser, Democracy Now, TV Insider, Raw Story, Mediaite and The Guardian
New York Times:
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told CBS News that President Trump would sue the network if it didn't air his interview with Tony Dokoupil unedited — In previously unreported remarks, the White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told CBS News that Mr. Trump would “sue” …
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Financial Times:
Prince Harry and celebrities including Elton John prepare for a roughly 10-week trial against Daily Mail publisher Associated Newspapers for “unlawful activity” — Celebrities set to give evidence over claims that unlawful activity at the media group was ‘habitual and widespread’
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The Guardian, HELLO!, GB News, Deadline, New York Times, The Sun and New York Sun
Matthew Keys / TheDesk.net:
Study: local broadcast TV supported 1.5M+ US jobs in 2025 and had a $748B annual GDP impact, with advertising accounting for the largest share at $628B — The local television broadcast industry saw another year of strong contributions to the American economy, with more than 1.5 million jobs supported …
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Radio World, Woods & Poole Economics, TV Tech, Barrett Media and Inside Radio
Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Sources: Jan Philipp Burgard, Welt EIC and a top Axel Springer editor, was ousted after an investigation into inappropriate behavior toward female employees — Jan Philipp Burgard was one of Axel Springer's most prominent editors, overseeing its influential German broadsheet Welt.
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Semafor
Wall Street Journal:
A profile of Gerry Cardinale, head of RedBird, Paramount's second-largest shareholder, as he lobbies regulators and shareholders to accept Paramount's WBD bid — RedBird's Gerry Cardinale will tell anyone who will listen why the hostile $77.9 billion bid is superior
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
A look at David Ellison's potential proxy fight for WBD, which could be Hollywood's most explosive battle in terms of cost and public scrutiny — After multiple rejections, David Ellison could hit the nuclear button in his quest to wrest the studio empire from would-be-buyer Netflix.
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@laurenmeidasa.bsky.social, IJR, @mmeadway.bsky.social, The Wrap and Variety
Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
A look at lessons from Wikipedia for journalism, including setting a clear set of standards and practices, preventing link rot, and using detailed documentation — It's not a news site. But there's a lot to learn from how Wikipedia constructs shared knowledge about what's happening in the world.
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@niemanlab.org, WebProNews, ZeroHedge News and The Guardian
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Peter Kafka / Business Insider:
An interview with Semafor's Justin Smith on growing its events business around tentpoles and how DC-focused media benefits from the corporate affairs market — - Semafor, the high-profile news startup founded in 2022, says it's now profitable — a rarity for a new media company.
Jeremy Fuster / The Wrap:
With a $1.7B global box office, Disney's Zootopia 2 becomes the highest grossing animated film from a Hollywood studio, behind the Chinese hit Ne Zha 2 — The Disney sequel has passed Pixar's “Inside Out 2” after eight weekends in theaters — After eight weekends, Disney's “Zootopia 2” …
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Financial Times:
OpenAI plans to test ads below ChatGPT replies for users of free and Go tiers in the US; source: OpenAI expects to make “low billions” from ads in 2026 — $500bn start-up seeks ways to fund expansion and fend off competition from rivals Google and Anthropic
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Maxwell Zeff / Wired:
OpenAI will match ads to conversation topics using some personalization data, but says it will not sell user data or expose user conversations to advertisers
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The Drum, AppleInsider, Maxwell Zeff on LinkedIn, Mashable, BMI, The Deep View, Mumbrella, Trak.in, The American Bazaar, Digit, @abraham.bsky.social, @dmandl.bsky.social, Windows Central, Android Central, WinBuzzer, The Hans India, Neowin, Fox Business, The Indian Express, Communicate Online, 9to5Google, TestingCatalog, Reuters, BleepingComputer, Gizmodo, San Francisco Chronicle, The Information, Forbes, Nairametrics, Search Engine Journal, Variety, Axios, New York Times, @the_blackwell_ninja …, Vogue, CNN, WebProNews, CBS News, TechCrunch, PCMag, Engadget, Associated Press, MediaPost, Sherwood News, Implicator.ai, The Economic Times, Analytics India Magazine, Search Engine Land, BBC, Türkiye Today, NewsMax.com, Telegraph, Capital Brief, @alextecplayz@techhub.social, @whoa-magic.lol, 9to5Mac, CNBC, @hypervisible.blacksky.app, The Verge, @wired.com and Fast Company
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