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8:45 AM ET, February 19, 2026

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Julianna Bragg / Axios:
Stephen Colbert's interview on YouTube with US Senate candidate James Talarico draws 7M+ views after it was posted on Monday, bypassing TV restrictions  —  Stephen Colbert alleged that President Trump's talk show directive kept his interview with a Texas Democratic Senate candidate off CBS airwaves …
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Corbin Bolies / The Wrap:
Brendan Carr confirms FCC is investigating The View for potentially violating its equal-time rule and says he was “highly entertained” by the Colbert/CBS drama
Jack Dunn / Variety:
Stephen Colbert says CBS released its statement “without ever talking to me” and talk shows have long been exempt from “equal time” rules
Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
Apple Podcasts' fresh leap into video podcasts accelerates the podcast industry's shift from an audio-centric medium to a decidedly video-focused one  —  Apple Podcasts' fresh leap into video podcasts refocuses the audio medium on visuals  —  Welcome back to Soundbite.
Pranav Baskar / New York Times:
Journalists say an AP reporter and three other journalists were detained in Cameroon while probing a secretive US program that deports migrants to Cameroon  —  An Associated Press reporter was beaten and held with three other journalists and a lawyer, two detainees said …
Rob Tornoe / Editor and Publisher:
Q&A with Walt Handelsman, who retired at the end of 2025 as an editorial cartoonist at New Orleans' Times-Picayune, on the changes in a dwindling profession  —  Walt Handelsman reflects on retirement and the collapse of staff editorial cartooning  —  In 1987, Walt Handelsman sat …
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Deutsche Welle:
Germany public broadcaster Deutsche Welle's 2026 budget shrinks by €21M, prompting the closure of its Greek-language service, cuts to 160 positions, and more  —  The Broadcasting Council and the Administrative Board have, in a joint session with DW, discussed the Budget Reduction Plan.
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Reach makes its national UK newspapers' ABC print sales circulation figures private, joining News UK, Telegraph Media Group, and The Guardian  —  Reach pulls out of public ABC circulation reporting for Mirror, Express and Star titles.  —  Print circulation figures for the Mirror …
Ece Yildirim / Gizmodo:
An experiment finds X's feed algorithm favored conservative content, and switching to the For You feed shifted users' views toward more conservative positions  —  The algorithm also doesn't like posts by traditional news media, the researchers found.  —  In case you had any doubt …
Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
BAFTA Chair Sara Putt says the charity is adding “human creativity” as a guiding principle for its awards in 2026, as the film industry grapples with AI  —  Chair Sara Putt acknowledges concerns in production sector about artificial intelligence taking jobs
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Committee to Protect Journalists:
Palestinian journalists describe being systematically tortured, abused, beaten, and starved in Israel's prisons between October 2023 and January 2026  —  International community must pursue accountability for Palestinian journalists harmed in Israeli custody
David Shepardson / Reuters:
FCC Chair Brendan Carr says, “We're going to be moving forward” with Nexstar's acquisition of Tegna, a merger that requires lifting the station ownership cap  —  The chair of the Federal Communications Commission said Wednesday he supports Nexstar's proposed $3.54 billion acquisition …
Thomas Buckley / Bloomberg:
Sources: the US DOJ has summoned some of the largest theater chains to private conversations about the potential impact of a sale of WBD  —  The US Justice Department has summoned some of the country's largest theater chains to private conversations about the potential impact of a sale …
 
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Hazel Gandhi / Rest of World:
Nonprofit What To Fix says Facebook's content monetization program grew from under 3M to over 12M participants in just over a year; 8M+ accounts are in English
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Melissa Heikkilä / Financial Times:
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
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Google rolls out Lyria 3, a generative music model to make 30-second tracks with Nano Banana-generated cover art, in beta in the Gemini app in eight languages
Katie Robertson / New York Times:
The New York Times wins three 2025 Polk Awards, including for its Trump coverage; The Boston Globe, ProPublica, AP, and Business Insider also won
Cameron Adams / The Daily Beast:
Sources: CNN restricted staff from using its platforms for self-promotion, after Jake Tapper pushing his Joe Biden book turned into a “rolling infomercial”
 

 
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Reuters:
Sources: the US State Department is building an online portal at freedom.gov that will let users in Europe and elsewhere see content banned by their governments

Saritha Rai / Bloomberg:
India's AI Summit: Modi orchestrated a photo op with tech and business leaders holding hands in a line, but Sam Altman and Dario Amodei refused to clasp hands

CNBC:
Social media addiction trial: Mark Zuckerberg says increasing engagement on Instagram is not a company goal and that Meta removes underage users it identifies
 
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