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Sources: WaPo is reversing course on its plans not to send any sports staffers to cover the Winter Olympics in Italy and now expects to send four journalists — The newspaper will send a small team of reporters to cover the Olympics after it informed sports journalists on Friday that the paper would not send a group.
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Natalie Korach / Status:
Sources: WaPo is laying off up to 300 employees, including over 100 staffers in the sports, metro, and foreign teams; the sports desk may be shuttered entirely — In the spring of 2016, two years after Jeff Bezos acquired The Washington Post, the billionaire joined then-executive editor Marty Baron for an interview.
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Max Tani / Semafor:
An interview with Minnesota Star Tribune editor Kathleen Hennessey about becoming the central hub of local information amid a surge of immigration operations — The biggest news organization in Minnesota is trying to serve as the sober counterweight to hysterical social media posts …
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New York Times:
How pro-Trump influencers and others on social media used misdirection and fabricated content to muddle the evidence of US agents killing a man in Minneapolis
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Emma Roth / The Verge:
UpScrolled, a platform for sharing photos, videos, and text that claims political impartiality, says user growth has surged since TikTok's US takeover — UpScrolled is a platform for sharing photos, videos, and text, and it aims to remain ‘impartial’ to political agendas.
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Ben Fritz / Wall Street Journal:
Disney's Zootopia 2 grossed $624.6M in China through January 25, nearly as much as every other Hollywood movie released in the country in 2025 combined — The animated sequel outgrossed ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ to become Disney's top film release of 2025 — Walt Disney Animation Studios …
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Michael Savage / The Guardian:
Outgoing BBC DG Tim Davie warns the BBC faces “profound jeopardy” unless it embraces significant changes to funding but rejects ads or subscriptions as options — Exclusive: Outgoing director general indicates support for update to licence-fee model as part of wider changes
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Broadband TV News and @paulblinkhorn.bsky.social
Elizabeth H. Hughes / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
The Philadelphia Inquirer had an operating profit of several million in 2025, with its first YoY revenue growth since 2004; 70% of revenue is from readers — The news that the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette will soon cease publishing has, justifiably, sounded alarms across the media landscape.
Ted Johnson / Deadline:
The US Senate committee hearing on the proposed Netflix acquisition of WBD is set for February 3; Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos is scheduled to testify — A Senate committee will examine the proposed Netflix acquisition of Warner Bros at a hearing scheduled for next week, with co-CEO Ted Sarandos scheduled to testify.
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The Capitol Forum, @chrisyogerst.com, Cord Cutters News, @bekoumovies, @capitol_forum and Wall Street Journal
Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
A look at Plucky Wire, a website for local newsrooms to find and share stories with each other for republication; it is now being used by over 200 publishers — Plucky Wire was incubated in an unlikely place for a journalism technology: the tiny Granite State News Collaborative.
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@sarahscire.com, @torenceli and @tongli.bsky.social
Etan Vlessing / The Hollywood Reporter:
An interview with Substack CEO Chris Best about the new TV app, how videos and livestreams complement editorial content, plans for audio posts, and more — On the heels of Instagram rolling out a Reels app for connected TV, newsletter creators can now offer videos and livestreams to subscribers via Apple TV and Google TV.
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MediaNama, @hamishmckenzie and @hamishmckenzie
Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Despite a $500M federal funding cut, the US public media remains largely intact, as donations are estimated to have grown by ~$300M YoY, with new donors up 84% — Things looked bleak last summer for KCAW, a tiny public radio station serving the remote community of Sitka, Alaska (population 8,393).
Lexy Perez / The Hollywood Reporter:
Melania Trump and director Brett Ratner held a private screening of their controversial Amazon-funded documentary, Melania, at the White House on January 24 — The White House held a private screening of the doc on Saturday night that included black-tied VIPs, monogrammed popcorn tubs and a military band playing movie tunes.
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