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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%+  —  Netflix is walking away from a deal to buy Warner Bros. Discovery's studio and streaming assets after the WBD board on Thursday deemed a revised bid by Paramount Skydance to be superior.
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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 …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Since bidding for WBD began in September, its stock price has risen 148% and Paramount raised its bid by 63%, a testament to David Zaslav's dealmaking abilities  —  In repeatedly rebuffing takeover offers from Paramount Skydance, Warner Bros. Discovery's board managed to create one of Hollywood's …
Winston Cho / The Hollywood Reporter:
California AG Rob Bonta says Paramount-WBD “is not a done deal” as CA DOJ “has an open investigation” and the companies haven't “cleared regulatory scrutiny”  —  If the Justice Department and foreign regulators approves the deal, it'll be up to state attorneys general to challenge the merger.
Chris Gardner / The Hollywood Reporter:
Equalpride acquires Condé Nast's LGBTQ+ digital outlet Them, which was launched in 2017 and is led by EIC Fran Tirado  —  On the heels of layoffs, Equalpride CEO Mark Berryhill says, “Adding the ‘Them’ brand accelerates our mission and expands the ways we can champion LGBTQ+ voices year-round."
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Chris Gardner / The Hollywood Reporter:
Equalpride, parent company of LGBTQ+ outlets like Out and The Advocate, cuts staff, including the EICs of Pride.com and The Advocate  —  Commenting on the latest round of cuts, a source tells THR, “These brands mean a lot to people, and we need to be telling our stories now more than ever.”
Discussion: The Wrap
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Spotify launches Audiobook Charts in the US and the UK, which will be updated weekly and highlight the top audiobooks overall and by genre  —  Spotify is launching Audiobook Charts for the U.S. and U.K., the company announced on Friday.  Similar to the streaming giant's Music and Podcast Charts …
Discussion: Spotify, Neowin and 9to5Mac
Reggie Ugwu / New York Times:
A look at the appeal of video podcasts for Netflix: they're cheap to produce, may attract viewers interested in topical news, and could fuel Netflix's ad tier  —  The podcasts in the streamer's debut crop, including “The Pete Davidson Show,” have revived metaphysical questions about the definition of the medium.
Marcus Mendes / 9to5Mac:
In an interview, Apple's SVP of Services Eddy Cue says Brazil is Apple TV's second-largest and fastest growing market in terms of subscribers  —  In an interview with Brazilian newspaper Folha de S. Paulo, Cue emphasized Brazil's growing role in Apple TV's global business …
Arijeta Lajka / New York Times:
An analysis of 1,000+ YouTube Shorts videos recommended to kids: the algorithm pushes bizarre, often nonsensical, AI-generated videos, and many lack disclosures  —  Experts caution that low-quality, A.I.-generated videos on YouTube geared toward children often feature conflicting information …
 
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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
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
Discussion: Fast Company
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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
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
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
 

 
From Techmeme:

CNBC:
OpenAI raised $110B at a $730B pre-money valuation, up from $500B in a secondary financing in Oct.; Amazon invested $50B, Nvidia and SoftBank invested $30B each

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

Axios:
Sam Altman says OpenAI shares Anthropic's red lines with respect to AI use by the military, which are “an issue for the whole industry”
 
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