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5:30 PM ET, March 3, 2026

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Peter White / Deadline:
Banijay and RedBird IMI-owned All3Media announce a merger, creating a production giant with $8B in annual revenue, in a deal expected to close in H2  —  The deal between Banijay and All3Media to create a European media powerhouse is done.  —  The pact, which has been in the works for some time …
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CNBC:
Brendan Carr says Paramount's deal for WBD has “real consumer benefits” and is “cleaner” than Netflix's and that he expects it to be approved “pretty quickly”  —  FCC Chairman Brendan Carr has told CNBC that Paramount's bid to buy Warner Bros. Discovery is …
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Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
A.G. Sulzberger encourages listeners “to support any news organization that's dedicated to original reporting”, in his first ad running across most NYT podcasts  —  The New York Times publisher A.G. Sulzberger has voiced a new ad encouraging listeners to support any news organization dedicated …
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Washington Post:
Trump has been on a media offensive since the Iran strikes, using short “exclusive” calls with mainstream outlets to make his points without cross-examination  —  The blitz of one-on-one calls reveals a deliberate — and unconventional — media strategy amid a consequential moment in Trump's second term.
Jacob Cohen Donnelly / A Media Operator:
Axel Springer buys Bisnow, a B2B commercial real estate media and events company, and creates Brew Media Group, a division encompassing Bisnow and Morning Brew  —  Axel Springer, owner of Politico, Business Insider and German-based Bild, acquired Bisnow, a B2B commercial real estate media …
Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Meta and News Corp sign a multiyear AI content licensing deal that will pay the media company up to $50M a year; News Corp also has a deal with OpenAI  —  The multiyear pact gives Meta access to content for training and to retrieve information for users of its AI tools
Discussion: Deadline
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Perplexity asks a US judge to force Dow Jones and the New York Post to hand over the queries they made to “fish” for a basis to sue for copyright infringement  —  Perplexity has accused Dow Jones and the New York Post of carrying out a fishing exercise and “entrapment” …
Discussion: Financial Times and Bloomberg Law
Kritika Lamba / Reuters:
Ziff Davis agrees to sell its Connectivity division, including Ookla and Downdetector, to Accenture for $1.2B in cash, to focus on enthusiast websites like IGN  —  Ziff Davis (ZD.O) has agreed to sell its Connectivity division, which houses Ookla's Speedtest app and Downdetector outage tracker …
Isabella Gomez Sarmiento / NPR:
Opening statements begin for the antitrust trial against Live Nation, which is accused of unfairly wielding its power over concert promotion, venues, and more  —  On Tuesday opening statements will begin for the federal antitrust trial against Live Nation, one of the largest entertainment companies in the world.
Jennifer Maas / Variety:
David Ellison says Paramount plans to combine Paramount+ and HBO Max into one streamer with 200M+ subscribers, but will let HBO “operate with independence”  —  Paramount Skydance plans to combine Paramount+ and HBO Max into one streaming service, upon the completion …
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Catherine Perloff / The Information:
Sources: Amazon Publisher Services, which helps websites run ad auctions, is exploring offering technology to help other apps and sites sell ads in AI chatbots
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Andre Revilla / Engadget:
X announces a policy change suspending users from Creator Revenue Sharing for 90 days if they post AI-generated videos of an armed conflict without disclosure
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
The UK's GB News reports revenue up 66% YoY to £26M in the year to May 2025, annual pre-tax losses down 34% YoY to £22M, and TV viewership up 18% YoY to 3.7M
Discussion: Telegraph and City A.M.
Lillian Rizzo / CNBC:
Versant reports 2025 revenue fell 5% YoY to $6.69B and net income fell 32% to $930M; platform revenue hit $826M, up 3.9% YoY, the only segment with YoY growth
Max Goldbart / Deadline:
Israeli media: the IDF destroyed the HQ of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting; the English-language site of Iran's official news agency is offline
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Mahmoud Aslan / Wired:
How journalists are reporting from Iran without internet, like using smuggled Starlink terminals, encrypted apps like Signal, and commercial satellite imagery
Discussion: Townhall and Politico
Ted Johnson / Deadline:
President Trump says that he will attend this year's White House Correspondents' Association dinner, marking the first time he will do so as president
 

 
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Bailey Lipschultz / Bloomberg:
Filing: SpaceX aims to raise $75B in its IPO, selling 555.6M shares at $135 each, which would value the company at almost $1.77T

Katherine Blunt / Wall Street Journal:
Alphabet upsized its equity raise to $84.75B, including $35B in underwritten public offerings, up from a planned $30B; a source says it contacted ~75 investors

Carl Franzen / VentureBeat:
Google introduces Gemma 4 12B, a unified, encoder-free open multimodal model that can run locally on devices with 16GB of VRAM or unified memory
 
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