Mediagazer: Time says revenue from events is on pace to make up over 50% of total revenue, up from 28% in 2023; it hosted 11 events in 2022 and plans to host 40+ this year (Mark Stenberg/Adweek)

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Kashmir Hill / New York Times:

Letter: 200+ Thomson Reuters staff ask the company not to renew its ICE contract when it expires in May; Thomson Reuters' Westlaw service is Minneapolis-based — Thomson Reuters, best known for its media outlet and legal research tools, provides an investigative tool to immigration enforcers.

Francisco Rodrigues / CoinDesk:

Binance files a New York defamation suit against Dow Jones over the WSJ's February 23 article on the crypto exchange's handling of Iranian-linked transactions — The situation adds pressure to Binance, which is already operating under a compliance monitor following its $4.3 billion anti-money laundering …

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Perry Stein / Washington Post:

The US DOJ appeals an order blocking the search of a WaPo reporter's devices, claiming journalists the government fears may have sensitive data aren't shielded — The Justice Department appealed a judge's order that blocked officials from searching a Washington Post reporter's electronic devices in a leak investigation.

Corbin Bolies / The Wrap:

NYT defends a March 9 photo showing a massive crowd in Tehran celebrating Mojtaba Khamenei's appointment as Iran's leader, after allegations of AI manipulation — “We rely on the work of human beings to bear witness, gather the facts and help readers better understand the world,” a NYT spokesperson says

Mark Stenberg / Adweek:

Time says revenue from events is on pace to make up over 50% of total revenue, up from 28% in 2023; it hosted 11 events in 2022 and plans to host 40+ this year — The business is on pace to generate more than 50% of its total revenue in 2026 — The legacy news brand Time has nearly completed …

Ethan Millman / The Hollywood Reporter:

Spotify says artists from 75 countries made $500K+ in royalties in 2025, up from 66 in 2024; ~50% of an average artist's streams came from outside their country — “The takeaway here is that music has become increasingly borderless,” Spotify's Joe Hadley says of the company's latest loud and clear report released Wednesday

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Gene Maddaus / Variety:

Q&A with WGA's negotiators on the current staff union strike, Minimum Basic Agreement negotiations, AI, the 2023 strikes, Disney and Sora, copyright, and more — The Writers Guild of America went on strike three years ago in large part out of fears of writers being replaced by artificial intelligence.

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Steven J. Horowitz / Variety:

TikTok partners with Apple to let users with an Apple Music subscription play full songs on TikTok without leaving the app, along with a Listening Party feature — Apple Music and TikTok have joined forces to launch a product that allows TikTok users to play full songs on the platform without having to leave the app.

Discussion: TechCrunch, AppleInsider, The Verge, MacTech.com, Music Week, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, TikTok and Music Business Worldwide, more at Techmeme »

Thomas Buckley / Bloomberg:

Disney promotes Thomas Mazloum to chairman of its parks, cruises, and consumer products division, succeeding Josh D'Amaro, who is set to become CEO on March 18 — Walt Disney Co. is promoting Thomas Mazloum to chairman of the company's parks, cruises and consumer products division …

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Maer Roshan / The Hollywood Reporter:

In an interview, Harvey Weinstein says prison life is “hell”, Disney cut off his insurance and pays a $60K/year pension, he will be “proven innocent”, and more — In his first major sit-down from behind bars, the disgraced mogul fumes about life at Rikers ("I'm dying here" …

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Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:

Canal+ says it will “roll out a major evolution of the Canal+ App” using OpenAI's tech to “power content search and discovery”, and signs a Google Cloud AI deal — “We begin 2026 from a position of strength, clarity and confidence,” says Canal+ CEO Maxime Saada.

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Alice Brooker / Press Gazette:

US-based politics newsletter Tangle Media reports $4.15M in annual revenue in 2025, with 85% coming from 71,000 paid subscriptions and $500,000 from ads — A US-based politics newsletter makes most of its $4m+ in revenue from subscriptions despite offering most of its content for free.