Check out Mini-Mediagazer for simple mobiles or Mediagazer Mobile for modern smartphones.
7:30 PM ET, February 8, 2026

Mediagazer

 Top News: 
New York Times:
Memos: Will Lewis has stepped down as WaPo publisher and CEO; former Tumblr CEO Jeff D'Onofrio, who joined WaPo last June as CFO, is acting publisher and CEO  —  His departure came days after the company cut 30 percent of the staff.  He will be replaced in the interim by Jeff D'Onofrio, the chief financial officer, the company said.
Discussion: NPR, Business Insider, Associated Press, Forbes, @jasonmurray117, Vanity Fair, @jamessurowiecki, @kgroetz, @joshuajfriedman.com, @sallyjenki, @scfilipowski, @yoda, @sallyjenki, @cfishman, @sonnybunch, @aoxamaxoa, Variety, @TCatInReality@mastodon.social, @loudmouthjulia, @dylanbyers, @hshaban, @chelsea_janes, @washpostcomms, @richarddeitsch, @mattyglesias, The Indian Express, @nataliekorach, The Daily Caller, @postguild, @timmarchman.bsky.social, @dlknowles.bsky.social, @zandisussex, @sarahlongwell25, @joshuajfriedman.com, @dcsportsbog, Lawyers, Guns & Money, MS NOW, @bencjacobs, @edokeefe, @neontaster, @saraheschwartz.bsky.social, @cwebbonline.com, @penguinsix, @farhip, @autumnsan1, @marlownyc, @johnshewchuk, @n__c__l, @jbillinson, @edroso.bsky.social, @kleinman.bsky.social, @judybattista, @jerrybrewer, @eliasisquith.blog, @sallyjenki, @jayrosen.bsky.social, @semaforben, The.Ink, @dmnd.me, @edmundlee, @paulthedogman.bsky.social, @juliewestfall, @rhreid, @mcbyrne, @jdawsey1, @chriscillizza, @jeremymbarr, @jeremymbarr, @jbenton, @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social, @greatemuwarvet.bsky.social, @grudgie.bsky.social, @jamisonfoser.bsky.social, CBS News, @leferkins.bsky.social, @andrewmceo.bsky.social, @profmisterlizzie.bsky.social, @pbump.com, @chrislhayes.bsky.social, @davidleheny.bsky.social, @karaswisher@threads.com, @sheltiedad.bsky.social, @johnmone.bsky.social, @wajali.bsky.social, @kcoxdc.bsky.social, @admiralmpj.bsky.social, The Guardian, @jakeadelstein, @runwithskizzers.bsky.social, @katzish.bsky.social, @ruebenbvargas.bsky.social, @andersen.buzz, @meredithshiner.com, @bobbyallyn.bsky.social, @mattressisland.bsky.social, @shannonosaka.bsky.social, @karlbode.com, @jekeep.bsky.social, @katebevan.com, @mikesenters.bsky.social, @newsjennifer.bsky.social, @melissaryan.bsky.social, @jamesrball.com, @jamesrball.com, @benmullin.bsky.social, Deadline, @samuraiko.bsky.social, The Wrap, @kimischilling.bsky.social, @maxtani.bsky.social, @marisakabas.bsky.social, @bencollins.bsky.social, @maxtani.bsky.social, The Hill, The Rebooting, The Verge, NewsMax.com and Wall Street Journal
RELATED:
Jon Passantino / Status:
Sources: before the layoffs, a group of wealthy DC locals asked Will Lewis whether WaPo would sell them its local and sports sections, but never got an answer  —  Last month, just ahead of the devastating layoffs at The Washington Post, a group of wealthy D.C. locals approached Post publisher …
Financial Times:
A WaPo newsroom source says senior management was livid that Will Lewis attended Super Bowl festivities as news of layoffs broke, adding, “Bezos lost patience”  —  British journalist's tenure was controversial after Jeff Bezos appointed him to turn around the newspaper
Drew Lerner / Awful Announcing:
WaPo Publisher Will Lewis appeared at NFL Honors in San Francisco Thursday, after failing to show for a Zoom call in which WaPo announced historic layoffs  —  Will Lewis likes sports.  He just doesn't like paying sports journalists.  —  The Washington Post publisher who presided over the axing …
Financial Times:
Sources: WaPo is losing about $100M per year but aiming to break even by the end of 2026, which could unlock fresh funding from Jeff Bezos  —  Billionaire hopes that culling hundreds of journalists will stem heavy losses and refocus the struggling newspaper
Natalie Korach / @nataliekorach:
Sources: Washington Post Executive Editor Matt Murray spiked a story prepared by the newspaper's media desk covering the historic layoffs
RELATED:
Miranda Green / Columbia Journalism Review:
A Tow Center probe found that GOP-aligned Metric Media filed 9K+ FOIA requests across the US in the past year, often about culture-war issues like banned books  —  Metric Media filed more than nine thousand public records requests last year.  It used the data to target Democratic politicians and private citizens.
Discussion: Pixel Envy
Hadas Gold / CNN:
Anthropic is running Super Bowl ads criticizing ads in chatbots, prompting a public response from OpenAI CEO Sam Altman defending plans for ads in ChatGPT  —  A long-simmering rivalry between two of the world's biggest AI companies was on public display this week as Anthropic and OpenAI took swings at one another online.
Michael Williams / CNN:
Entertainment and sports agent Casey Wasserman, who chairs the 2028 LA Olympics coordinating committee, faces calls to resign after appearing in Epstein emails  —  The head of the coordinating committee for the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles is facing calls to step down after emails released …
Wall Street Journal:
A civil subpoena shows the US DOJ is investigating Netflix for potential anticompetitive tactics as DOJ probes the company's proposed acquisition of WBD  —  As it probes bids for Warner, the department is asking if the streamer has engaged in conduct that could make it a monopoly
Gene Maddaus / Variety:
Netflix settles a 2022 defamation lawsuit brought by con artist Anna Sorokin's former friend, who claims she was falsely portrayed in its series Inventing Anna  —  Netflix has settled a defamation lawsuit brought a Vanity Fair staffer who claimed that she was falsely portrayed in the Shonda Rhimes series “Inventing Anna.”
Discussion: The Wrap
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of Mediagazer at 7:30 PM ET, February 8, 2026.

View the current page or another snapshot:


 
 See Also: 
Mediagazer: site main
Mediagazer River: reverse chronological Mediagazer
Mediagazer Mobile: for phones
Mediagazer Leaderboard: Mediagazer's top sources
 
 Subscribe: 
Mediagazer RSS feed
Mediagazer on X
Mediagazer on Mastodon
 
 
 More News: 
Democracy for Sale:
Docs: a Labour thinktank run by a current UK minister hired a PR firm in 2023 to investigate journalists from the Guardian and other outlets to ID their sources
Will Oremus / Washington Post:
NewsGuard sues the FTC, alleging censorship after the FTC barred Omnicom from working with NewsGuard as a condition of the ad agency's Interpublic acquisition
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Filing: Amazon's spending on content, including music, sports rights, and licensed and produced TV and film, rose 10% YoY to $22.4B
Discussion: Media Play News
 Earlier Picks: 
 

 
From Techmeme:

Siddhant Khare:
A software engineer explains AI fatigue, compounded by a FOMO treadmill of using labs' latest tools, thinking atrophy, and more, alongside boosted productivity

Will Douglas Heaven / MIT Technology Review:
Moltbook was peak AI theater, less of a glimpse at the future and more of a mirror simply reflecting society's current obsession with AI

Alexandra Alter / New York Times:
How AI is impacting the romance novel industry, with authors failing to disclose AI use and using pen names more, bogging down the publishing ecosystem
 
Sister Sites:

Techmeme
 Top news and commentary for technology's leaders, from all around the web
memeorandum
 What US political commentators are discussing online right now
WeSmirch
 The top celebrity news from all around the web on a single page