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Audio: Bari Weiss told staff that she wanted CBS News to appeal to political moderates, saying “we're for the center-right, and we're for the center-left” — The editor in chief said the network needs to produce journalism people want as she named a raft of new contributors from her website, the Free Press.
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Bari Weiss announces a slate of new CBS News contributors, including pundit Mark Hyman and existing Free Press writer and conservative historian Niall Ferguson
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Staff meeting: Bari Weiss says CBS News will be “toast” if it clings to its broadcast audience and will put a “huge emphasis on scoops” and “scoops of ideas”
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Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
Bluesky says it is working to make feeds more “live”, interactive, and timely during live events, and teases improvements to posting and follow suggestions — The Bluesky 2026 roadmap teases updates for feeds, follows, posting, and real-time features.
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@erikwemple:
[Thread] Staff of WaPo's local section sent a letter to owner Jeff Bezos, pleading, “Don't eliminate our jobs”, and listing accomplishments in breaking news — Staffers at the Washington Post's local section have sent the letter below to owner Jeff Bezos. The request: “Don't eliminate our jobs.” [image]
Ellise Shafer / Variety:
The BBC names Rhodri Talfan Davies, currently its director of nations, as interim Director-General and confirms outgoing DG Tim Davie will exit on April 2 — The BBC has named Rhodri Talfan Davies as its interim director general and confirmed that outgoing director general Tim Davie will exit in April.
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
The Hill says it has “fortified” its breaking news team due to a “bonkers” US news cycle; Comscore says The Hill had 1.24B page views across 2025, up 7% YoY — The Hill has “fortified” its breaking news team to make the most of a “bonkers” news cycle in US politics.
Cecilia Kang / New York Times:
TikTok settles a California lawsuit ahead of a landmark social media addiction trial; Snap recently settled the suit, while Meta and YouTube remain defendants — The settlement means TikTok will avoid a trial where plaintiffs had planned to argue that social media platforms are inherently defective …
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Ethan Millman / The Hollywood Reporter:
Spotify paid out $11B+ to the music industry in 2025, up 10% YoY, bringing its all-time payments to $70B, and now accounts for ~30% of recorded music revenue — Spotify head of music Charlie Hellman called payouts “the largest annual payment to music from any retailer in history.”
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David McCabe / New York Times:
TikTok says the new US entity has not updated its algorithm since the joint venture was announced, after users accused it of suppressing posts related to ICE — Some users had accused the app of blocking them from posting videos about Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The app said it was a power outage issue.
James Faris / Business Insider:
Sources: Paramount's Dane Glasgow told staff that Paramount+ gained ~1M subscribers on the day of its first UFC event; Paramount calls the figures “unverified” — - Paramount+ brought in about 1 million new customers on the day of its first UFC event, an exec told staffers.
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Robert Booth / The Guardian:
The UK CMA proposes measures to let publishers opt out of content scraping for Google's AI Overviews and AI training without losing visibility in search results — News organisations hope proposals will increase leverage to get paid if content is used in AI summaries
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Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Sources: Google sends “cease and desist” letters to Kantar, halting Kantar and Barb's UK TV measurement tools comparing YouTube with linear TV and streamers — ‘Cease and desist’ letter forces Barb and Kantar to halt measurement service just months after its launch
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Gretel Kahn / Reuters Institute:
How Cuban journalists report on the island from exile while facing financial, logistical, and safety difficulties — As journalists, we have to amplify their voices with our tools," says José J. Nieves from news site El Toque — Year after year, Cuba remains the worst country …
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