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5:00 PM ET, February 25, 2023

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Chris Quinn / Plain Dealer:
The Cleveland Plain Dealer says it will no longer carry the Dilbert comic strip after its creator Scott Adams went on a racist rant on his online video show  —  7,932  —  Scott Adams, creator of the Dilbert comic strip, went on a racist rant this week on his Coffee with Scott Adams online video show …
Anumita Kaur / Washington Post:
WaPo, CNN, Politico, ABC, Axios, Gannett, and others demand the release of January 6 footage that the House speaker provided exclusively to Tucker Carlson  —  Scores of news organizations — including The Washington Post — on Friday demanded congressional leaders release a trove …
John Ourand / Sports Business Journal:
Sources: WBD seeks to shed regional sports networks, telling teams they need to take rights back from AT&T SportsNet by March 31 or channels face bankruptcy  —  Warner Bros. Discovery has told teams that it plans to exit the regional sports network business entirely within the next several weeks.
Nellie Andreeva / Deadline:
Memo: Vice Media Group CEO Nancy Dubuc says she is leaving the company after five years; sources say she was at the end of her contract and decided to move on  —  EXCLUSIVE: Nancy Dubuc is leaving Vice Media Group where she was CEO for the past five years.  She just announced her decision …
Derek Willis / ProPublica:
Politwoops, a ProPublica project that tracked and archived politicians' deleted tweets since 2012, is shutting down as the required Twitter tools no longer work  —  Whether officials were deleting an embarrassing post or just correcting a typo, Politwoops tracked them all.
Mitchell Clark / The Verge:
A major outage has taken down Dish Network's websites, apps, and customer support systems; remote employees have been cut off from accessing their work systems  —  Since Thursday morning, Dish Network has been experiencing a major outage that's taken down the company's main websites, apps …
Hanaa' Tameez / Nieman Lab:
A profile of Camille Padilla Dalmau, who co-founded 9 Millones, a publishing and crowdfunding platform for journalists investigating untold Puerto Rico stories  —  When Camille Padilla Dalmau decided to study journalism in the United States, it was with the intention of later returning home to Puerto Rico.
Discussion: @hanaatameez
Clare Malone / New Yorker:
A profile of Media Matters for America researcher Kat Abughazaleh, who is building a TikTok following by needling Tucker Carlson and other Fox News hosts  —  According to Kat Abughazaleh, a researcher at Media Matters for America, “You don't know Fox News until you are watching it for a job.”
Sahil Patel / The Information:
Source: Apple hired TV and digital video advertising executive Lauren Fry to build a video ad business for Apple TV+, which doesn't have an ad-supported tier  —  Apple has hired Lauren Fry, a TV and digital video advertising executive, to help build a video advertising business …
Katie Robertson / New York Times:
CEO Roger Lynch says Condé Nast missed its 2022 revenue target by less than 1%, e-commerce grew close to 20%, and subscriptions were “slightly below” target  —  The chief at Condé Nast, which only occasionally discusses its financial results, said ad revenue grew year over year …
Discussion: @edmundlee
Glenn Peoples / Billboard:
TikTok's test in Australia that limits some users' access to licensed music is to study what is trending, how users access its service, and more, per a source  —  The short-form video app known for breaking viral hits is using music in a different way Down Under.  —  What's TikTok without music?
 
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John Eggerton / Next TV:
The FCC designates the Standard General-Tegna merger for a hearing before an administrative law judge, a move that historically delays if not kills such deals
Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer:
News Corp says attackers behind a data breach the company disclosed in February 2022 gained access in February 2020, stealing some personal data including SSNs
Gene Maddaus / Variety:
HBO Max parent company WarnerMedia sues Paramount Global over allegedly breaching their contract by steering South Park specials and other content to Paramount+
CBS News:
Penguin Random House plans to publish original versions of Roald Dahl's novels after facing a backlash over plans to edit them to be more “suitable” for readers
Peter White / Deadline:
The New York Post signs a first-look unscripted deal with producer Asylum Entertainment to adapt its stories into documentaries, limited series, and docuseries
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Larry Edelman / The Boston Globe:
Boston Globe Media plans to launch a half-hour weekday TV news show featuring Globe journalists this spring, available on NESN, BostonGlobe.com, and their apps
Reuters:
Sources: Netflix is preparing to open an office in Vietnam; a source says the opening could be as early as late 2023, but regulatory work could push it later
Alexandra Canal / Yahoo Finance:
Warner Bros. Discovery misses Q4 estimates with a $2.1B net loss and $11.01B in revenue, vs. $11.23B expected, and grew global DTC subscribers by 1.1M to 96.1M