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3:54 PM ET, February 25, 2026

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Yasmin Khorram / Politico:
Sources: Netflix's Ted Sarandos plans to attend White House meetings Thursday, amid the WBD bid battle and after Trump's demand that Netflix fire Susan Rice  —  The Warner Bros. board of directors said on Tuesday that no final decision has been made.  If Paramount gets the nod …
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Rob Golum / Bloomberg:
A group of 11 state AGs, led by two Republicans, send a letter to the DOJ opposing Netflix's proposed acquisition of WBD, saying it will harm consumers  —  State attorneys general led by two Republicans are raising concerns about the proposed takeover of the Warner Bros. studios by Netflix Inc., saying it will harm consumers.
Lauren Hirsch / New York Times:
WBD says Paramount's new $31-a-share offer could lead to a better deal than Netflix's, potentially triggering a four-day period for Netflix to revise its bid
Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch:
Edison Research's Share of Ear survey: podcasts have overtaken talk radio for the first time in the US, capturing 40% listening time vs. 39% for radio  —  Podcasts have officially overtaken AM/FM talk radio as the more popular medium for spoken-word audio in the United States, according to Edison Research's Share of Ear survey.
Bobby Allyn / NPR:
Kalshi says it has suspended an editor for MrBeast and a former GOP California gubernatorial candidate for insider trading, its first public enforcement action  —  An editor who works for YouTube's biggest creator, MrBeast, has been suspended from the prediction market platform Kalshi …
Gary Baum / The Hollywood Reporter:
Source: Paramount is probing allegations that president Jeff Shell leaked details about its $7.7B deal with UFC a month before its August 2025 announcement  —  The studio has brought on an outside law firm to investigate the allegations, which have also been alerted to the SEC.
Discussion: @eriqgardner, The Wrap and Deadline
Hanaa' Tameez / Nieman Lab:
Q&A with Bostopia's Evan George on his TikTok and Instagram videos under @bostopianews, summarizing Boston local news while offering his own opinions  —  “You don't need to pretend to [to be neutral] or be worried about [what people think].  Because now it just sounds like you're hiding things …
Discussion: @niemanlab.org
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Beehiiv CEO Tyler Denk says creators on the platform are generating nearly $5M in collective annual earnings from subscriptions and its ad network  —  The CEO of Substack rival Beehiiv says the growing platform has a key philosophical difference from its more established rival.
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
UK weekly street newspaper Big Issue promotes Deputy Editor Steven MacKenzie to editor, succeeding Paul McNamee, who led the publication for 19 years  —  Weekly street newspaper Big Issue has promoted deputy editor Steven MacKenzie to editor.  —  MacKenzie will succeed Paul McNamee, who has led the publication for 19 years, in March.
Eduardo Suárez / Reuters Institute:
Q&A with Carlos Dada, founder and EIC of the Salvadoran newspaper El Faro, on outlet's impact, covering his country from afar while living in exile, and more  —  In this interview, he discusses his work and the challenges of reporting from exile  —  Carlos Dada is one of the most …
 
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Trishla Ostwal / Adweek:
Koah, which embeds sponsored ads directly into AI chatbots and aims to build an AdSense for AI, raised a $20.5M Series A led by Theory Ventures
Max Tani / Semafor:
Sources: Jasmine Crockett ejected an Atlantic reporter from an event and called police on a CNN reporter; the Atlantic's editor called the ejection unacceptable
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Michael Calderone / The Wrap:
Progressive organizations and media networks, including MeidasTouch and Courier, plan two streaming events to counter Trump's State of the Union speech
Perry Stein / Washington Post:
A federal judge in Virginia denies the US DOJ's request to search Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson's devices as part of a national security leak probe
Robert Channick / Chicago Tribune:
Sources: Nexstar's WGN-TV in Chicago has laid off eight veteran reporters and anchors; the outlet has been eliminating a variety of positions for several months
Tom Singleton / BBC:
The UK ICO fines Reddit £14.47M for unlawfully using children's personal information; Reddit began verifying user ages in July 2025 to comply with the UK OSA
 

 
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Amrith Ramkumar / Wall Street Journal:
President Trump signs two executive orders aimed at speeding the development of advanced quantum computers and mitigating the security threats they present

Jay Peters / The Verge:
Valve's Steam Machine, its new living room Linux PC, will start at $1,049 for the 512GB base model without a controller, and will go on sale starting June 29

Carl Franzen / VentureBeat:
Sakana AI launches Fugu, a multi-agent orchestration system accessible through a single model API, claiming Fugu Ultra matches Fable and Mythos on benchmarks
 
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