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11:20 AM ET, February 1, 2025

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Wall Street Journal:
The FCC requested footage and a transcript of 60 Minutes' Kamala Harris interview as it reviews the Paramount-Skydance merger; CBS News is working to comply  —  Government has asked for footage, transcript from the segment, which is the subject of a lawsuit against CBS by President Trump
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Sources: some CBS News journalists express alarm over reports that Paramount is trying to settle a Trump lawsuit; others say a settlement may look like a bribe  —  Journalists, including some at CBS News, are expressing alarm at reports that CBS parent company Paramount Global is trying …
Lara O'Reilly / Business Insider:
X adds Nestlé, Abbott Laboratories, Colgate, Lego, Pinterest, Tyson Foods, and Shell to its lawsuit filed in Texas claiming advertisers unlawfully boycotted X  —  Elon Musk's X is suing more big advertisers as part of a lawsuit that alleges they collectively conspired to boycott advertising …
Michael Luciano / Mediaite:
Memo: the Pentagon evicts the NYT, NBC News, NPR, and Politico from Pentagon offices and offers the workspace to the NY Post, OANN, Breitbart, and HuffPost  —  The Department of Defense ordered a handful of news media outlets to vacate their offices inside the Pentagon so that they may be replaced …
Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
Forbes announces layoffs that will affect roughly 5% of its total workforce; new CEO Sherry Phillips blames financial underperformance for the cuts  —  The cuts come after the publisher failed to meet its 2024 financial goals  —  The business news publisher Forbes announced a sweeping round …
CBS News:
Sources: Trump officials plan to pause some federal websites to delete content contrary to Trump's thinking, including about climate change, gender, and equity  —  The Trump administration plans to scrub some federal government websites in order to remove content contrary to the president's thinking …
Hanaa' Tameez / Nieman Lab:
With Trump reshaping the NLRB, newsroom unions expect longer processing times for union petitions and labor violation claims, and frequent, drawn out strikes  —  “If you want something out of your crappy news company, you're going to have to go fight for it yourself out on the picket line.”
Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
WBD and UK-based Cutting Edge Group strike a $1B+ deal to create a joint venture that will own and manage almost 100 years of film and television music  —  US company creates joint venture to own and manage almost 100 years of film and television music  —  Warner Bros Discovery has struck …
Stephanie Kirchgaessner / The Guardian:
WhatsApp says it disrupted a campaign in which 90 journalists and other members of civil society were targeted using spyware from Israel-based Paragon  —  Messaging app said it had ‘high confidence’ some users were targeted and ‘possibly compromised’ by Paragon Solutions spyware
Sharon Knolle / The Wrap:
Eric Reinhart, who wrote an op-ed for the LAT, says his lines highly critical of RFK Jr. were deleted and a misleading headline was added supporting RFK Jr.  —  A writer who penned an op-ed for the Los Angeles Times warning of the dangers of confirming Robert F. Kennedy Jr …
Katie Strang / New York Times:
Former Fox Sports host Julie Stewart-Binks sues the network, alleging that executive VP Charlie Dixon sexually assaulted her in 2016 following a work meeting  —  Former Fox Sports anchor and reporter Julie Stewart-Binks filed a lawsuit Friday in Los Angeles County Superior Court in which she alleges …
 
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Thomas Seal / Bloomberg:
Instagram and Facebook, which blocked news links in Canada, are hosting hundreds of scam ads pretending to be from news outlets ahead of Canadian elections
Alexander Lee / Digiday:
LinkedIn says short-form video is its fastest-growing content category, and total video viewership grew 36% YoY between October 30, 2024 and January 29, 2025
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Chuck Todd is leaving NBC News after joining in 2007; in a memo, Chuck Todd said his podcast Chuck Toddcast would be “coming with me”
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Dade Hayes / Deadline:
Charter lost 123,000 video subscribers in Q4 vs. a decline of 257,000 in Q4 2023, ending 2024 with 12.9M total video customers, down ~9% from the end of 2023
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Adobe Chief Strategy Officer Scott Belsky leaves the company to join A24 film studio as a partner; he co-founded Behance, which Adobe acquired for $150M in 2012
Paul Sonne / New York Times:
Experts say the Kremlin's throttling of YouTube is driving Russians to state-controlled platforms; Google data shows Russian traffic to YouTube is down ~66% YoY
 

 
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Joe Rossignol / MacRumors:
Kuo: A20 chips in iPhone 18 models will be made using TSMC's 2nm process, as TSMC's trial production of 2nm chips reached yields well above the 60%-70% range

Ananya Bhattacharya / Rest of World:
Former staff, investors, and industry experts reflect on the demise of Dunzo, the Indian online delivery pioneer undone by mismanagement, competition, and more

Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Democratic senators helping Trump's strongest Senate allies repeal Section 230 could give the Trump administration unprecedented power to control online speech

 
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