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Jeff Bezos / @jeffbezos:
Jeff Bezos says the WaPo's opinion pages going forward will largely focus on personal liberties and free markets, and opinion editor David Shipley is leaving — I shared this note with the Washington Post team this morning: I'm writing to let you know about a change coming to our opinion pages. We are going to be writing every day in support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets. We'll cover other topics too
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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Memo: WaPo CEO Will Lewis says opinion section changes are “not about siding with any political party” but about “being crystal clear about what we stand for” — David Shipley, The Post's opinion editor, is resigning after trying to persuade Jeff Bezos to reconsider the new direction.
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Corbin Bolies / The Daily Beast:
Marty Baron condemns changes to WaPo's opinion section, says he is “disgusted” as Bezos is “betraying” WaPo's “longstanding principles” for commercial interests
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Kevin Robillard / HuffPost:
The White House kicked out Reuters and a HuffPost reporter from Trump's Wednesday press pool; with AP still blocked, just one wire service remained in the pool — Breaking with decades of precedent, the Trump White House is insisting on the ability to choose which reporters cover the president.
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Reuters News Agency:
Editors of Reuters, AP, and Bloomberg News, all permanent members of the White House pool, say limiting wire access to the president harms people and markets — By: Reuters News Agency — Reuters, The Associated Press and Bloomberg News today issued the following statement:
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
On day one of choosing its own “press pool,” the White House replaced HuffPost with Axios; two staunchly pro-Trump outlets, Newsmax and The Blaze, were added
Hadas Gold / CNN:
WHCA President Eugene Daniels said the White House move to take over the press pool “tears at the independence of a free press”; longtime reporters share alarm
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Ted Johnson / Deadline:
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt says the White House, not the WHCA, will now decide which outlets will be in the pool covering presidential events
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Max Tani / Semafor:
YouTube's VP for News Partnerships Tim Katz says the platform has continued to boom as a news platform, particularly for news commentators like MeidasTouch — The News — YouTube is touting a mind-boggling statistic to demonstrate its increasing dominance in podcasting.
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The Guardian:
Sources: UK lawmakers plan key concessions for artists about plans to make it easier for AI companies to use copyrighted work, after lobbying by top artists — Exclusive: partial climbdown over use of work protected by copyright considered after intense lobbying by top artists
David Folkenflik / NPR:
NPR Chief Diversity Officer Keith Woods says he is retiring May 2 after 15 years at NPR; CEO Katherine Maher says NPR won't veer from a dedication to diversity — NPR Chief Diversity Officer Keith Woods announced Wednesday that he would retire after a 46-year career in journalism and 15 years …
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The Information:
Source: Instagram considers launching a standalone Reels app, improving recommendations, and distributing more three-minute-long videos, to compete with TikTok — Instagram is considering launching a stand-alone app for its short-form-video feature, Reels, Instagram chief Adam Mosseri told staff this week …
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Etan Vlessing / The Hollywood Reporter:
WBD says Max will offer sports for free to US standard and premium subscribers; B/R Sports and CNN Max will no longer be available on Max's basic with ads tier — Warner Bros. Discovery has halted plans to launch a $10 paywall for its B/R Sports tier, while also pulling sports and news content from the Max ad tier from March 30.
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The Guardian:
Gary Lineker joins 500 media professionals in signing a letter telling the BBC to “stop censorship on Palestine”, after iPlayer pulled a Gaza documentary — Exclusive: Film and TV stars among those writing to corporation after it pulled Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Paramount reports Q4 revenue up 5% YoY to $7.98B and a $129M operating loss; Paramount+ subscribers grew by 5.6M in Q4 to 77.5M+ with revenue up 16% YoY — Paramount Global said it swung to a loss in the fourth quarter, as a surge in costs tied to content and restructuring offset robust performance …
David Bauder / Associated Press:
Wired gained 62,500 new subscribers in the US during the first two weeks of February, as the tech outlet aggressively covers the Trump administration and DOGE — Shortly after becoming Wired's global editorial director in 2023, Katie Drummond acted on an early-morning idea.
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