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John Kelly / @johnkelly:
The Washington Post's February 10 print edition featured two full pages of AP stories in the A section and a total of eight stories from the wire service — An entire page of wire stories in @murraymatt's @washingtonpost today, three of eight AP stories in the A section. [image]
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Washingtonian, @kennysmith.org, @adamliptak and @arik.org
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Tina Brown / FRESH HELL Tina Brown's Diary:
The Jeff Bezos who bought WaPo in 2013 is not the same one allowing its destruction now, and he has ended the myth that a tech billionaire could save journalism — The whole debacle of the Washington Post brand hara-kiri last week dispatched the myth that a tech billionaire could save serious journalism.
Lillian Rizzo / CNBC:
Paramount sweetens its WBD bid with a “ticking fee” worth ~$650M/quarter if the deal isn't closed by year-end and offers to fund WBD's $2.8B Netflix breakup fee — Paramount Skydance said Tuesday it has sweetened its offer for Warner Bros. Discovery, adding a so-called “ticking fee” …
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Variety, Variety, Deadline, The Wrap, The Hill, Paramount, Los Angeles Times, The Movie Blog, Washington Examiner, StreamTV Insider, The Times, Al Jazeera, Yahoo Finance, Associated Press, Proactive, Bloomberg, Newsmax, The Hollywood Reporter, CNN, Reuters, Wall Street Journal, UPI, The Wrap, Financial Times, Barron's Online, Media Play News and Dow Jones Newswires
Michael Savage / The Guardian:
Tim Davie says the UK Foreign Office's deal with the BBC World Service ends in seven weeks; the office contributed £137M to the service's £400M funding in 2025 — As trust in Russia and China's state broadcasters grows, director general warns of the dangers of cutting back the service
The Information:
Sources: Amazon is planning a marketplace where publishers can sell content to companies offering AI products; Microsoft has rolled out a similar service — Amazon has indicated to publishing industry executives that it is planning to launch a marketplace where publishers can sell their content …
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TechCrunch, Reuters, Fortune, Blockonomi, PYMNTS.com, Catherine Perloff on LinkedIn, BMI, WinBuzzer, @pressgazette.co.uk, Publishers Weekly, The Stack and Crypto Briefing
Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
The European Publishers Council files an EU antitrust complaint against Google over AI Overviews, for “using its market power” to take content without consent — Alphabet (GOOGL.O) unit Google was hit with an EU antitrust complaint by the European Publishers Council on Tuesday …
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Irish Examiner and WinBuzzer
TMZ.com:
Sources: Britney Spears sold her music catalog and other rights to Primary Wave, in a deal estimated to be “in the ballpark” of $200M — BRITNEY SPEARS I SOLD A PIECE OF ME ... AND THE WHOLE DAMN CATALOG!!! … Britney Spears just signed a massive new music deal …
Megan Farokhmanesh / New York Times:
YouTuber Markiplier's self-funded horror film Iron Lung debuted at No. 2 at the US box office with $22M after a fan campaign helped land it on 2,500 screens — “Iron Lung,” a horror movie directed and funded by the video creator known as Markiplier, pulled in $22 million in its first weekend …
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Slate, The A.V. Club, Dexerto and Forbes
Matthew Keys / TheDesk.net:
At a US Senate hearing on ownership caps for local TV stations, Newsmax CEO Chris Ruddy opposed lifting the cap, while NAB CEO Curtis LeGeyt supported the move — The Senate Commerce Committee heard expert testimony from the commercial broadcasting industry's main lobbyist and the founder …
Alicia Park / Forbes:
Polymarket partners with Singapore-based Kaito AI to launch “attention markets”, letting users bet on “mindshare” and “sentiment” metrics from social media — The prediction market is partnering with an AI engine that tracks social media data to create markets about cultural relevance.
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CoinGape, Front Office Sports, @kaitoai, @sjdedic, @tyler_did_it, The Block, NFTgators and Benzinga, more at Techmeme »
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
UK's Reach plans to close two of its three remaining printing plants to focus on digital, even as £194.1M out of its H1 2025 revenue of £256M came from print — Glasgow and Watford sites to close and outsource most of their work. — Reach has proposed to close two of its three remaining print sites across the UK.
Discussion:
HoldtheFrontPage and thenational.scot
New York Times:
In opening statements in a social media addiction trial in Los Angeles, YouTube argues it is an entertainment service like Netflix rather than a social network — The app said in opening statements that it was more of an entertainment platform. The lawsuit claims social media companies design products that cause personal injury.
