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Derek Thompson / @dkthomp:
Matt Murray saying that WaPo will no longer write for “one slice of the audience” demonizes the strategy of fiercely reporting on Trump that made it successful  —  This part of the Matt Murray email to WaPo staffers makes me most depressed about the paper's future. What you've got here is a media company where the owner has not only overhauled strategy but also required that new leadership pursue a Bad Strategy and demonize the very [image]
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Jeremy Barr / The Guardian:
Marty Baron says “I firmly believe” Jeff Bezos prioritizes his other interests over WaPo; Jim VandeHei says “I have no clue what their strategy was or is”
Brian Stelter / CNN:
In an interview, WaPo Executive Editor Matt Murray says Jeff Bezos supports “reinvention” and wants the WaPo to be “a bigger, relevant, thriving institution”
Ruth Marcus / New Yorker:
How Jeff Bezos forced WaPo into severe decline in President Trump's second term, including mass layoffs that seem to transform it into a kind of Politico-lite
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Ex-WaPo Executive Editor Marty Baron says “this ranks among the darkest days in the history of” the paper; WaPo laid off Amazon beat reporter Caroline O'Donovan
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Etan Vlessing / The Hollywood Reporter:
Lionsgate reports a Q3 net loss of $46.2M, vs. a $21.9M loss a year earlier, $724.3M in revenue, vs. $705.9M est., motion picture revenue up 35% YoY to $421.2M  —  The Hollywood major unveiled its latest financial results as a standalone film and TV studios company after splitting from its Starz streaming platform.
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Rebecca Rubin / Variety:
Lionsgate hires Kathleen Grace, previously chief strategy officer at AI company Vermillio, as its first-ever chief AI officer to lead AI strategy and execution  —  Lionsgate is leaning into AI, hiring Kathleen Grace to serve as its first-ever Chief AI Officer.
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Alexander Osipovich / Wall Street Journal:
Thomson Reuters' CEO says AI cannot easily replace the company's legal-research expertise, after its stock fell following the release of Claude legal work tools  —  Two of the companies battered by this week's artificial-intelligence selloff, Thomson Reuters and Intercontinental Exchange …
Corbin Bolies / The Wrap:
News Corp reports $242M in Q2 net income, down 21% YoY, rev. up 6% YoY to $2.36B vs. $2.30B est., digital-only WSJ subs up 13% to 4.3M, HarperCollins rev. up 6%  —  The company's real estate business also posted revenue growth  —  News Corp saw fiscal second-quarter revenue increase …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Amazon reports Q4 ad revenue up 23% YoY to $21.32B, slightly above expectations, and subscription services revenue up 14% to $13.12B  —  The company's shares fell in after-hours trading Thursday after Amazon said it expected $200 billion in capital spending for 2026 as it races to compete in the AI space.
Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer:
Substack notifies users about a “limited” data breach in October 2025, found on February 3 and now patched; a threat actor leaked a database of ~697K records  —  Newsletter platform Substack is notifying users of a data breach after attackers stole their email addresses and phone numbers in October 2025.
Jennifer Maas / Variety:
Crunchyroll says it is developing original video game titles under its Crunchyroll Games banner in partnership “with Japanese publishers and global developers”  —  Anime media giant Crunchyroll is now developing original video game titles under its Crunchyroll Games banner.
Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
Outside Interactive, formerly Outside Media, which pivoted from ads to a recurring revenue model, reports 2025 revenue up 23% YoY to $125M and its first profit  —  Following a five year transformation, the platform brought in $125 million in 2025, over 60% of which came from recurring lines of revenue
Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land:
Google releases a core update to Discover, rolling out first to US users, aiming to cut clickbait and show more locally relevant, in-depth, timely content  —  Google has released the February 2026 Discover core update, which focuses specifically on how content is surfaced in Google Discover.
 
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Trump says he will stay out of the Netflix-Paramount battle over WBD, a reversal from his December 2025 claim that he would be involved in the approval process
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Amazon MGM Studio plans to develop new AI tools via its “AI Studio” to speed TV and film production and cut costs, in collaboration with AWS and LLM providers
 

 
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Annie Palmer / CNBC:
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