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10:45 AM ET, February 6, 2025

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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
FCC Chair Brendan Carr releases the CBS Harris transcript and seeks comment on a complaint about a CBS station; commissioner Anna Gomez calls the moves reckless  —  The complete interview, which is at the center of a lawsuit filed by President Trump, shows that “60 Minutes” aired a concise version of Ms. Harris's answer on Israel.
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CBS News:
60 Minutes publishes transcripts and video from its interview with VP Kamala Harris that the FCC requested, as the agency reviews the Paramount-Skydance merger  —  We are posting the same transcripts and videos of our interview with Vice President Kamala Harris that we provided to the FCC.
Charlotte Klein / New York Magazine:
The Bulwark had its first profitable year in 2024, and its Substack, which has 76K paid subscribers, is gaining 700 to 1,000 paid subscribers every day or two  —  The explosive success of The Bulwark.  —  It was the day after Donald Trump's inauguration, and Tim Miller was struggling …
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Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
The British Film Institute: UK broadcasters slashed their spending on high-end TV shows to the lowest level since 2015, while US streamers increased spending  —  Channel 4, Channel 5 and Sky also among UK broadcasters making cuts as Netflix, Disney and Amazon pile on pressure
Discussion: Deadline
Axios:
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, answering claims that USAID spent millions on Politico Pro, says DOGE will cancel $8M in Politico subscriptions  —  - Right-wing personalities are using USAspending.gov to dig up more payments from the government to media organizations …
Ernie Smith / Tedium:
WBD releases more than 30 movies on YouTube for free across five channels over the past month, apparently without DRM; some are gems, some are stinkers  —  A major studio is apparently treating YouTube as a place to drop some of its archive films that have lost their cinematic luster.
Sean Burch / The Wrap:
News Corp reports Q2 revenue up 5% YoY to $2.24B, net income up 58% YoY to $306M, Dow Jones revenue up 3% YoY to $600M, and WSJ subscriptions up 4% YoY to 4.2M  —  The news giant lost 30,000 WSJ customers during the holiday quarter as overall Dow Jones subscriber growth was flat
Discussion: News Corporation and Reuters
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: OpenAI is expected to air its first TV ad during Sunday's Super Bowl; MediaRadar: AI companies spent $332M on ads in 2024, over double their 2023 spend  —  The TV spot marks the artificial-intelligence company's biggest foray into consumer advertising to date
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Warner Music buys a controlling stake in Tempo Music, which owns the song rights of Bruno Mars, Adele, and more; a source says the deal values Tempo at $450M  —  - Warner is acquiring a controlling stake in Tempo Music  — Tempo owns all or parts of songs by many top hitmakers
Chris Welch / The Verge:
Comcast adds Dolby Atmos to Dolby Vision for the Super Bowl, available to Xfinity TV customers as part of its Enhanced 4K offerings  —  It could make the on-field action sound more immersive.  Either way, it's worth watching the game in HDR if you can.  —  It could make the on-field action sound more immersive.
 
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Burnie Burns, a co-founder of online video pioneer Rooster Teeth, says his company, Box Canyon Productions, acquired the Rooster Teeth brand and assets from WBD
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sonos is laying off about 200 employees, or 12% of its staff, as it reorganizes to make its product teams “flatter, smaller, and more focused”
Kyle Buchanan / New York Times:
How online Oscar scandals have caught awards strategists who once influenced via whisper campaigns flat-footed, as Netflix struggles to deal with Emilia Pérez
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Jon Allsop / Columbia Journalism Review:
How Trump shutting down USAID, which boasted in recent years of supporting 6,000+ journalists and 700 newsrooms in 30+ countries, affects journalism globally
Gene Maddaus / Variety:
The foreperson of the Florida jury that found CNN defamed a US Navy veteran says she would've awarded ~$100M, not $5M, and the “public is fed up with fake news”
Discussion: TVNewsCheck
404 Media:
Sources: DOGE staff were ordered to stop using Slack while the group moves from the OMB to the Executive Office of the President, which is not subject to FOIA
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Lara Trump will begin hosting a weekend show on Fox News on Feb. 22; there is no precedent for a sitting president's relative to host a show on a major channel
 

 
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Kif Leswing / CNBC:
Apple says general counsel Kate Adams and policy chief Lisa Jackson will retire, and Jennifer Newstead, Meta's former chief legal officer, will replace Adams

Shashwat Chauhan / Reuters:
The US CFTC announces that spot crypto asset contracts will begin trading for the first time on CFTC-registered futures exchanges

A.J. Vicens / Reuters:
US and Canadian authorities warn that Chinese hackers are using the Brickstorm malware to install backdoor access within unnamed government and IT entities
 
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