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Disney names Josh D'Amaro, head of its theme parks and consumer products division, as CEO, replacing Bob Iger, effective March 18; D'Amaro joined Disney in 1998 — Dana Walden named president and chief creative officer of the company — The Walt Disney Co., after a more than two-year saga …

Dade Hayes / Deadline:

Disney names Dana Walden, co-chairman of Disney Entertainment, as its president and chief creative officer, a newly created role, effective March 18 — Disney Experiences Chairman Josh D'Amaro has been elevated to CEO of the Walt Disney Co., capping a closely watched multi-year process of identifying Bob Iger's successor.

Jennifer Maas / Variety:
Disney says new CEO Josh D'Amaro's initial annual package is set at ~$38.4M, with a $2.5M base, and President Dana Walden's is set at ~$24M, with a $3.75M base

Discussion: Deadline, The Wrap, Business Insider, Fortune, Inc.com, New York Post, The Hollywood Reporter, The Indian Express, Just Jared, Yahoo Finance and Washington Examiner

Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:

Publicis CEO Arthur Sadoun says the company is among the few in the sector to crack the use of generative AI, and pledges another €1B for AI and data operations — Chief executive says French ad group is among sector's few companies to have figured out how to scale the technology

Discussion: The Times, Anne Stagg on LinkedIn, Adweek and The Drum

Adrià Calatayud / Wall Street Journal:

Publicis reports 2025 net profit of €1.65B, down from €1.66B in 2024, and total revenue up 8.5% YoY to €17.4B, but PUB falls 8%+ driven by AI fears — Shares in European afternoon trading were on track for their biggest one-day percentage drop since April 2020

Discussion: campaignlive.com, MediaPost, BMI, PR Week UK and MediaBrief

Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:

New York Public Radio names Christy Tanner as its CEO; Tanner is a former AP reporter and spent eight years at CBS, expanding its streaming platform — Ms. Tanner was previously an executive at CBS News and serves on the board of Audacy, a major U.S. broadcaster and podcast producer.

Discussion: Radio & Television …, Variety, TheDesk.net, Gothamist and Current

Hannah Abraham / Forbes:

Reliance's Jio Studios acquires a 50.1% equity stake in Sikhya Entertainment for ~$16.7M, uniting India's largest studio with the Oscar-winning production house — Sikhya Entertainment co-founders Guneet Monga Kapoor and Achin Jain with Jio Studios President Jyoti Deshpande

Discussion: Variety, Livemint, The Indian Express, BW Marketing World, Outlook India, The Hollywood Reporter India, Financial Express, The Economic Times, Moneycontrol, MediaNews4U, Business Standard, CNBC-TV18, News18, Fortune India, The Hindu, The Hindu BusinessLine and BMI

Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:

DMGT reports revenue down 1% YoY to £1.1B, adjusted operating profit up 11% to £97M, and digital ad revenue down 15% to £148.3M due to Google's AI Overviews — Digital advertising revenue at the publisher of the Daily Mail fell by 15% last year.

Charlie Savage / New York Times:

Court docs: the US DOJ failed to tell a judge about a 1980 law protecting journalists when it sought to seize WaPo reporter Hannah Natanson's devices last month — The Justice Department did not address a 1980 law that generally bars warrants for reporting material when it sought to seize …

Discussion: @stevewolgast.bsky.social, @charliesavage.bsky.social, @ericjgeller.com and The Reporters Committee …

Isaac Rouse / Polygon.com:

Crunchyroll raises its US prices by $2/month; the cheapest, $10/month tier gets its first price bump since 2019 and now offers offline downloads on one device — If you didn't secure a Crunchyroll subscription when it was on sale during Black Friday, we have some bad news, anime fans: The price has officially gone up.

Discussion: Ars Technica, Mashable, Digital Trends, The Wrap, Engadget, IGN, Kotaku, Screen Rant, Comic Book, Crunchyroll News, PCMag, CNET, The Verge and r/anime, more at Techmeme »

Rick Porter / The Hollywood Reporter:

CBS pulls a 60 Minutes segment with contributor Peter Attia that was set to re-air after the Super Bowl, as Attia's name appears ~1,700 times in Epstein docs — Attia, named a contributor to the network last week, is named in the latest release of documents related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Discussion: The Wrap, MediaPost, Inc.com, Mediaite and New York Post

Greg Evans / Deadline:

In an interview, Don Lemon says he offered to turn himself in to federal agents prior to his arrest, but the offer was ignored: “they want to intimidate you” — In his appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live last night, former CNN and current independent journalist Don Lemon said he offered …

Discussion: Associated Press, The Hill, New York Daily News, National Enquirer, NBC News, TMZ.com, PinkNews, Bossip and Poynter

Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:

LADbible-owner LBG Media reports adjusted revenue up 10% YoY to £92M in the year to September 30, pre-tax profit down 3% to £14M, and £49.7M in direct revenue — LBG Media reported total adjusted revenue up 10% in the year to 30 September.

Discussion: @pressgazette.co.uk, The Standard and BusinessCloud