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Kerry Flynn / Axios:
The Athletic hires six former Washington Post sports reporters, including Candace Buckner, after the Post dismantled its sports section earlier in February — The Athletic is hiring a slew of sports reporters from the Washington Post to expand its coverage of D.C. teams.
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Jill Goldsmith / Deadline:
WBD reports Q4 revenue fell 6% YoY to $9.46B, net loss narrowed 49% to $252M, streaming revenue rose 4% to $2.8B, and streaming subs hit 131.6M, up 3.5M from Q3 — HBO Max added subscribers and grew revenue. … But it's the roiling M&A tide, with Paramount suddenly in a position to hijack …
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Committee to Protect Journalists:
A record 129 press members were killed in 2025, the second consecutive YoY record; Israel was responsible for two-thirds of killings in 2025 and 2024 — Key findings — More journalists and media workers were killed in 2025 than in any other year since the Committee to Protect Journalists …
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Nagham Zbeedat / Haaretz:
Israel bans five Palestinian media outlets, alleging they operate as propaganda or media arms for Hamas without releasing evidence for the claim — The platforms were banned under Israel's Counter-Terrorism Law as security officials reportedly allege incitement and links to Hamas.
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Committee to Protect … and @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social
Reuters:
Sources: CNBC is planning an overhaul which will result in nearly a dozen layoffs, including the website's managing editor, and the introduction of a paywall — CNBC is restructuring its newsroom to unify its TV and digital operations in a move that would result in nearly a dozen layoffs including …
Jeremy Barr / The Guardian:
Netflix plans to debut Dynasty: The Murdochs, a four-part docuseries about Murdoch's rise and court battle over control of his media empire, on March 13 — ‘Dynasty: The Murdochs’ will debut on the streamer on 13 March — The real-world drama that is said to have inspired the hit HBO show Succession …
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Deadline, What's on Netflix and The Hollywood Reporter
Christopher Palmeri / Bloomberg:22 minutes ago
WBD's board determines that Paramount's latest offer of $31/share is a “Company Superior Proposal”, triggering a four-day period in which Netflix can counter — Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. said a new offer from Paramount Skydance Corp. is a better deal for shareholders that the one it agreed to earlier with Netflix Inc.
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CNBC, The Wrap, Variety, New York Times, ir.wbd.com, The Hollywood Reporter, Advanced Television, UPI and Broadband TV News
Madeline Coleman / The Athletic:
Apple TV will offer Season 8 of Netflix's Drive to Survive F1 docuseries in the US; in turn, Netflix will air Apple TV's Canadian Grand Prix coverage in the US — Share full article — In a shocking move, Apple TV and Netflix are collaborating with each other this Formula 1 season …
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Harry Davies / The Guardian:
Northern Ireland's police and the Metropolitan police admit to unlawfully obtaining BBC correspondent Vincent Kearney's communications data to identify sources — Former Northern Ireland correspondent Vincent Kearney subjected to ‘unprecedented’ surveillance, says lawyer
Riddhi Setty / Columbia Journalism Review:
The Cleveland Plain Dealer says adding an “AI rewrite specialist” has saved reporters enough time for an extra day to report while producing as many stories — Cleveland.com is embracing AI tools, including an AI rewrite desk. — In October of last year, Chris Quinn …
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Fast Company
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Ozone, a publisher alliance for ad sales representing 500 media brands, signs a deal that makes Ozone's inventory available on the Microsoft Media Marketplace — Ozone deal with Microsoft Media Marketplace is first tie-up with buy-side ads platform. — Publisher online ad sales coalition Ozone …
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Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: WaPo lost $100M+ in 2025, after losing ~$100M in 2024 and $77M in 2023; its publisher told staff that expenses surpassed revenue between 2022 and 2025 — The company recently cut staff by 30% as it looks to refocus its coverage — The Washington Post lost more than $100 million last year …
