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11:20 PM ET, February 26, 2026

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CNBC:
Netflix walks away from a deal to buy WBD's studio and streaming assets after WBD deemed Paramount's $31/share bid to be superior; NFLX jumps 8%+ after hours  —  Netflix is walking away from a deal to buy Warner Bros. Discovery's studio and streaming assets after the WBD board on Thursday deemed …
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Ted Johnson / Deadline:
US Senator Elizabeth Warren calls a potential Paramount-WBD merger an “antitrust disaster” and questions the influence of the Trump White House on the deal  —  Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) continued her criticisms of Paramount-Skydance as it is poised to win the bidding …
Ted Johnson / Deadline:
Memo: CNN CEO Mark Thompson urged employees to avoid jumping to conclusions after Netflix pulled out of the WBD deal and to focus on serving CNN's audience  —  That has triggered a new level of consternation at the network, not just because of the every present worries about cutbacks …
Kerry Flynn / Axios:
The Athletic hires six former Washington Post sports reporters, including Candace Buckner, after the Post dismantled its sports section earlier in February  —  The Athletic is hiring a slew of sports reporters from the Washington Post to expand its coverage of D.C. teams.
Jill Goldsmith / Deadline:
WBD reports Q4 revenue fell 6% YoY to $9.46B, net loss narrowed 49% to $252M, streaming revenue rose 4% to $2.8B, and streaming subs hit 131.6M, up 3.5M from Q3  —  HBO Max added subscribers and grew revenue. … But it's the roiling M&A tide, with Paramount suddenly in a position to hijack …
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Riddhi Setty / Columbia Journalism Review:
The Cleveland Plain Dealer says adding an “AI rewrite specialist” has saved reporters enough time for an extra day to report while producing as many stories  —  Cleveland.com is embracing AI tools, including an AI rewrite desk.  —  In October of last year, Chris Quinn …
Discussion: Fast Company
Jeremy Barr / The Guardian:
Netflix plans to debut Dynasty: The Murdochs, a four-part docuseries about Murdoch's rise and court battle over control of his media empire, on March 13  —  ‘Dynasty: The Murdochs’ will debut on the streamer on 13 March  —  The real-world drama that is said to have inspired the hit HBO show Succession …
Jennifer Maas / Variety:
Starz reports Q4 revenue fell to $322.8M vs. $344.5M a year ago, net loss narrowed to $20.7M vs. $31.8M a year ago, and US streaming subs hit 12.7M, up 370K QoQ  —  Starz ended 2025 with things looking up post-Lionsgate split the now-standalone company narrowed its losses to $20.7 million vs. $31.8 million in the comparable Q4 of 2024.
John Koblin / New York Times:
Nielsen: ~32.6M viewers watched Trump's State of the Union address, not including people who watched via streaming; Fox News led with 9M+ viewers  —  The audience was roughly on par with former President Biden's final State of the Union address in 2024.  —  About 32.6 million viewers tuned …
Madeline Coleman / The Athletic:
Apple TV will offer Season 8 of Netflix's Drive to Survive F1 docuseries in the US; in turn, Netflix will air Apple TV's Canadian Grand Prix coverage in the US  —  Share full article  —  In a shocking move, Apple TV and Netflix are collaborating with each other this Formula 1 season …
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Committee to Protect Journalists:
A record 129 press members were killed in 2025, the second consecutive YoY record; Israel was responsible for two-thirds of killings in 2025 and 2024
 
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Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Ozone, a publisher alliance for ad sales representing 500 media brands, signs a deal that makes Ozone's inventory available on the Microsoft Media Marketplace
Discussion: InPublishing
Diego Ore / Reuters:
Mexican broadcaster TV Azteca, controlled by Ricardo Salinas Pliego, says shareholders approved a voluntary bankruptcy process to restructure company finances
Discussion: Bloomberg
Naina Raisinghani / The Keyword:
Google rolls out Nano Banana 2, aka Gemini 3.1 Flash Image, with faster image generation, advanced world knowledge, and precision text rendering and translation
Reuters:
Sources: CNBC is planning an overhaul which will result in nearly a dozen layoffs, including the website's managing editor, and the introduction of a paywall
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Annie Bang / Bloomberg:
Instagram is testing Shop the Look, an AI feature that surfaces duplicates of influencers' clothes, angering some who say their image was used without consent
Discussion: Social Media Today
Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: WaPo lost $100M+ in 2025, after losing ~$100M in 2024 and $77M in 2023; its publisher told staff that expenses surpassed revenue between 2022 and 2025
Sam Roberts / New York Times:
Ann Godoff, a top Random House and Penguin Press editor who cultivated the careers of dozens of novelists and nonfiction authors over 30+ years, died at age 76
Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
The BBC, Sky News, FT, The Guardian, and The Telegraph form the Standards for Publisher Usage Rights coalition to tackle AI “scraping” of journalism
Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
WPP says it plans to cut £500M per year in costs by 2028 and sell non-core businesses, as part of a sweeping overhaul to restore growth after a difficult period
The Guardian:
A Hong Kong appellate court overturns fraud convictions against Apple Daily founder Jimmy Lai, a rare legal victory for the prominent pro-democracy activist
Zack Whittaker / ~this week in security~:
A reporter writes about a visit from the FBI in 2020, following his story about a hack, and the long-term personal impact, along with eroding press freedoms
 

 
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Anthropic:
Dario Amodei says Anthropic cannot “in good conscience” accede to DOD's request to remove safeguards and will work to ensure a smooth transition if offboarded

Annie Palmer / CNBC:
Block says it is laying off 4,000+ of its 10,000+ employees, saying AI tools have changed “what it means to build and run a company”; XYZ jumps 23%+ after hours

Dan Goodin / Ars Technica:
Security researchers detail AirSnitch, a series of attacks that bypass Wi-Fi client isolation, enabling machine-in-the-middle attacks in modern Wi-Fi networks
 
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