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Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
Memo: Notus plans to “dramatically expand” its coverage of national politics with a “new version of NOTUS under a new name” and will double staff from 50 to 100 — As we first reported in last night's @semafor media newsletter, NOTUS is rebranding/dramatically expanding. In a memo to staff this morning, the organization said it plans to “launch this new version of NOTUS under a new name” and double staff from 50 to 100. [image]
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Corbin Bolies / The Wrap:
Notus hires several Washington Post journalists, including columnist Dana Milbank and reporters Paul Kane and Jeff Stein, as well as Politico reporter Joe Gould — The hires come as news outlets seize upon the Jeff Bezos-owned paper's mass layoffs last month
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Catherine Shoard / The Guardian:
Warner Bros. won a record-tying 11 awards at the 98th Oscars, followed by Netflix with 7 and Apple, Disney, Focus, and Neon with 1 each; Paramount had none — Film studio - currently in acquisition talks with Paramount - earned 11 awards thanks to films by Ryan Coogler and Paul Thomas Anderson
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Nicole Sperling / New York Times:
How A24, which racked up seven Oscars in 2022, fell flat with Marty Supreme, which had nine nominations but won none despite Timothée Chalamet's viral campaign — A few years ago, the indie studio A24 was luxuriating in Academy Awards. On Sunday it was shut out entirely.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Filing: David Zaslav is set to receive at least $550M in compensation related to the Paramount-WBD deal, including $517.2M in equity in the combined company — Amount for exec includes $34.2 million in severance and $335.4 million tax reimbursement. which will decline over time
Chris Eggertsen / Billboard:
RIAA: US recorded music revenue grew 3.1% YoY in 2025 to a record $11.54B; streaming grew 3% YoY to $9.75B, including $6.38B from paid subscriptions, up 5.8% — Paid subscription revenue hit $6.38 billion, up 5.8% year-over-year, while vinyl revenue topped $1 billion.
Emanuel Fabian / The Times of Israel:
Times of Israel's military correspondent says he received death threats from Polymarket bettors asking him to change his report on a missile strike in Israel — Bettors are using death threats to try to get The Times of Israel's military correspondent to change his report on a missile impact in central Israel.
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Carrie Budoff Brown / Politico:
Q&A with Ted Sarandos on his visit to Brussels, Netflix's European investments, EU regulation, YouTube, TikTok, WBD, Trump's Susan Rice criticism, AI, and more — Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos arrives in Brussels on Tuesday with a clear message for EU regulators ahead of a looming review …
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Deadline, The Independent, Business Insider, Politico, Reuters and Al Jazeera
Matthew Keys / TheDesk.net:
South Korean public broadcaster KBS partners with Sinclair to offer Korean-language programming via Sinclair's NextGen TV stations across the US — South Korean public broadcaster KBS is partnering with Sinclair, Inc. on a new multicast network that will offer Korean-language programming …
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@drkimberlyd.bsky.social, @thedesk.net, Radio & Television … and Korea Joongang Daily
Seth Vertelney / USA Today:
FIFA and YouTube partner for the 2026 World Cup; media partners will be able to stream the first 10 minutes of every match and select full matches on YouTube — FIFA has announced a partnership with YouTube that will allow media partners and creators to expand their content ahead of the 2026 World Cup.
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TV Tech, YouTube Official Blog and The Keyword
JD Knapp / The Wrap:
CBS News 24/7's 60-person unionized staff begins a 24-hour walkout with support from WGAE, a week after delivering a strike pledge to management — “We eagerly await an acceptable contract offer from Paramount — which just shelled out tens of billions of dollars to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery," the union bargaining committee says
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Nellie Andreeva / Deadline:
Disney's incoming president Dana Walden unveils new Disney Entertainment leadership, including elevating Debra OConnell as chair of Entertainment TV — Dana Walden, incoming President and Chief Creative Officer of The Walt Disney Company as of Wednesday, has revealed the new leadership structure of Disney Entertainment.
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