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New York Times:
Sources: WaPo's layoffs may narrow its scope to topics of expertise and reader interest based on digital traffic, with politics and video becoming more central — The changes are expected to include significant layoffs in areas like sports and international coverage. — Fewer reporters are being sent to the Super Bowl.
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To avert layoffs, WaPo's White House correspondents, not considered at risk, write a letter to Jeff Bezos highlighting collaborations among the paper's sections — The Scoop — The Washington Post's White House reporters are making an effort to avert what are expected to be large cuts impacting …
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Nieman Lab:
The Guardian, FT, NYT, USA Today Co., and others are blocking or limiting the Internet Archive's crawlers to prevent AI crawlers from using IA as a backdoor — Outlets like The Guardian and The New York Times are scrutinizing digital archives as potential backdoors for AI crawlers.
Roushni Nair / Reuters:
Australia's Nine Entertainment plans to sell its broadcast radio business to the Laundy family for AU$56M and buy digital outdoor ad firm QMS Media for AU$850M — Australia's Nine Entertainment (NEC.AX) on Friday deepened its pivot toward digital media, agreeing to buy outdoor advertising group QMS Media …
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Lillian Rizzo / CNBC:
Comcast reports NBCU's Q4 revenue rose 5.5% YoY to $7.62B and an adjusted EBITDA loss of $122M; Peacock had a $552M loss on $1.6B in revenue and 44M subscribers — Comcast posted mixed results for its fourth quarter on Thursday, beating analyst expectations on earnings but slightly missing on revenue.
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Anna Tingley / Variety:
Reporters from mainstream news organizations including NYT, WaPo, AP, and Vanity Fair were shut out of the premiere screening of Melania in Washington, DC — “Are you getting in?” — “No, are you?” — On Thursday afternoon, in the lobby of the Trump Kennedy Center …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Darren Aronofsky's Primordial Soup debuts its short-form Revolutionary War series, made via Google DeepMind with human voices and distributed by Time Studios — Filmmaker Darren Aronofsky used AI to travel back in time 250 years ago to the American Revolution.
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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Indie film and anti-monopoly groups urge state attorneys general to block the Netflix-WBD deal and also object to any WBD acquisition by Paramount or Comcast — Documentary filmmakers, independent movie theaters and nonprofit groups are urging state attorneys general to block Netflix Inc.'s acquisition …
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Max Goldbart / Deadline:
WBD partners with X and TikTok to share Eurosport and TNT Sports coverage of the Winter Games in markets across Europe — WBD will share exclusive behind-the-scenes video content and certain highlights footage on X channels throughout the games, while X handles will include Eurosport, TNT Sports and HBO Max branded channels.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Apple reports Q1 revenue from Services, which includes the App Store, Apple Pay, Apple TV, Apple Music, and iCloud, up 14% YoY to $30B, in line with estimates — Apple booked a record haul for the December 2025 quarter thanks to a spike in iPhone sales, while its services business continued to boom …
Ben Horney / Front Office Sports:
Source: the NFL won't allow prediction-market ads during Super Bowl LX on February 8, but sports betting ads are allowed, reportedly limited to six total ads — The rise of prediction markets over the last year has been impossible to ignore, with companies like Kalshi and Polymarket raising billions …
The Atlantic:
The Atlantic hires David Brooks as a staff writer and host of a new weekly video podcast, starting in February, after 22 years as an NYT opinion columnist — New home for his writing, and to launch a video podcast — The Atlantic is announcing that David Brooks, who for years …
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Wall Street Journal:
Brett Ratner, director of Amazon's Melania documentary, filmed President Trump for a planned documentary-style project about the 2020 Abraham Accords — How a former Hollywood player, ‘Rush Hour’ director Brett Ratner, found himself in the epicenter of global power
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New York Times:
Amazon's $35M marketing campaign for Melania is ~10x the budget for similar documentaries like CNN's RBG; some suggest Amazon is currying favor with Trump
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