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4:25 AM ET, March 4, 2026

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Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Meta and News Corp sign a multiyear AI content licensing deal that will pay News Corp up to $50M per year; News Corp also has a deal with OpenAI  —  The multiyear pact gives Meta access to content for training and to retrieve information for users of its AI tools
Yuval Halevi / Growtika:
Analysis: 10 major tech publications lost 58% of their Google traffic since early 2024, falling to a combined 65M monthly visits in January 2026; some lost 90%+  —  We tracked the organic search traffic of CNET, Wired, The Verge, TechRadar, and six others from early 2024 to today.
Joseph Cox / 404 Media:
An internal DHS document shows CBP used location data sourced from the online ad industry to track phone locations; ICE has bought access to similar tools  —  An internal DHS document obtained by 404 Media shows for the first time CBP used location data sourced from the online advertising industry to track phone locations.
Liam Scott / Columbia Journalism Review:
The University of Missouri starts a program allowing students to live in DC and report on Missouri politicians for publications affiliated with the school  —  Last Tuesday evening, Tyler Kirwan put on his blue suit and knotted his red tie.  He was heading to the US Capitol Building …
Bloomberg:
Netflix tests Japan's entrenched baseball viewing habits, long dominated by domestic and free-to-air broadcasters, by locking up World Baseball Classic rights  —  Mototsugu Kashiwada has watched baseball for free on TV almost his whole life from his hometown of Hanamaki in northern Japan …
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Sinclair's Tennis Channel is selling its streaming service on the Prime Video Channels store, as part of a streaming push that will include other distributors  —  The Tennis Channel is looking to take a bigger swing at the online TV market.  —  The company, owned by broadcaster Sinclair Inc. …
Peter White / Deadline:
Banijay and RedBird IMI-owned All3Media announce a merger, creating a production giant with $8B in annual revenue, in a deal expected to close in H2 2026  —  The deal between Banijay and All3Media to create a European media powerhouse is done.  —  The pact, which has been in the works for some time …
Isabella Gomez Sarmiento / NPR:
Opening statements begin for the antitrust trial against Live Nation, which is accused of unfairly wielding its power over concert promotion, venues, and more  —  On Tuesday opening statements will begin for the federal antitrust trial against Live Nation, one of the largest entertainment companies in the world.
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Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
Audible launches a cheaper, $8.99/month streaming tier in the US, vs. $14.95 for its premium plans, to compete with Spotify; the plan includes ad-free podcasts
 
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Catherine Perloff / The Information:
Sources: Amazon Publisher Services, which helps websites run ad auctions, is exploring offering technology to help other apps and sites sell ads in AI chatbots
Andre Revilla / Engadget:
X announces a policy change suspending users from Creator Revenue Sharing for 90 days if they post AI-generated videos of an armed conflict without disclosure
Washington Post:
Trump has been on a media offensive since the Iran strikes, using short “exclusive” calls with mainstream outlets to make his points without cross-examination
Kritika Lamba / Reuters:
Ziff Davis agrees to sell its Connectivity division, including Ookla and Downdetector, to Accenture for $1.2B in cash, to focus on enthusiast websites like IGN
CNBC:
Brendan Carr says Paramount's deal for WBD has “real consumer benefits” and is “cleaner” than Netflix's and that he expects it to be approved “pretty quickly”
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Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
The UK's GB News reports revenue up 66% YoY to £26M in the year to May 2025, annual pre-tax losses down 34% YoY to £22M, and TV viewership up 18% YoY to 3.7M
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Lillian Rizzo / CNBC:
Versant reports 2025 revenue fell 5% YoY to $6.69B and net income fell 32% to $930M; platform revenue hit $826M, up 3.9% YoY, the only segment with YoY growth
Max Goldbart / Deadline:
Israeli media: the IDF destroyed the HQ of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting; the English-language site of Iran's official news agency is offline
Maggie Harrison Dupré / Futurism:
Source: Ars Technica fired senior AI reporter Benj Edwards after his February 13 story had AI-fabricated quotes; Edwards admitted to using Claude and ChatGPT
 

 
From Techmeme:

Amrith Ramkumar / Wall Street Journal:
President Trump signs two executive orders aimed at speeding the development of advanced quantum computers and mitigating the security threats they present

Jay Peters / The Verge:
Valve's Steam Machine, its new living room Linux PC, will start at $1,049 for the 512GB base model without a controller, and will go on sale starting June 29

Lily Hay Newman / Wired:
OpenAI unveils an updated GPT-5.5-Cyber model, launches the Patch the Planet initiative in partnership with Trail of Bits to fix open source bugs, and more
 
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