Mediagazer: Once averse to politics, Meta is now paying political creators thousands per month to post on Facebook; one liberal creator says Meta paid him $268K in January (Kyle Tharp/Chaotic Era)

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Piers Morgan's Uncensored names Rashida Jones, who left MSNBC in 2025, as CEO, and raises capital; the YouTube-based media company was reportedly seeking ~$30M — Morgan's company, Uncensored, also raised cash from Antenna Group, Raine Ventures, and Reuben Brothers.

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ESPN hires six sports journalists, including enterprise reporter Kent Babb, who were laid off from WaPo when the newspaper eliminated 300+ jobs in February — ESPN said it has hired six sports journalists who were cut from The Washington Post when it eliminated more than 300 jobs in early February …

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CBS News correspondent Scott MacFarlane says he is leaving the network, and looking “forward to some independence and finding new spaces to share” his work — I just shared this note with my wonderful CBS News colleagues: — To my incredible colleagues at CBS:

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Kyle Tharp / Chaotic Era:

Once averse to politics, Meta is now paying political creators thousands per month to post on Facebook; one liberal creator says Meta paid him $268K in January — For years, Meta, Facebook's parent company, has had a complicated relationship with politics.

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Brian Steinberg / Variety:

Bill O'Reilly launches a new weekly interview podcast called We'll Do It Live, debuting in the same week as Sean Hannity's similar show Hang Out — One of Bill O'Reilly's most infamous lines becomes the title of what he no doubt hopes will becomes a popular new venture. — “We'll do it LIVE!”

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Bloomberg:

Sources: Tencent mulls rejoining Paramount's WBD deal as a passive investor with several hundred million; filing: Tencent withdrew a $1B commitment in December — Tencent Holdings Ltd. intends to invest several hundred million dollars in Paramount Skydance Corp.'s acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. …

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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:

Wasserman rebrands as The Team as Casey Wasserman's talent and management agency intensifies its efforts to find a buyer — The talent and management firm previously hired Moelis to lead a sales process. — Wasserman is gone, say hello to “The Team.” — The talent agency founded …

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Sean James / Mediaite:

Megyn Kelly says 60 Minutes made “deceptive edits” to a Pete Hegseth interview to “rehabilitate” Israel's role in Iran war because of Weiss' “pro-Israel” stance — Megyn Kelly accused 60 Minutes of making “deceptive edits” to its Pete Hegseth interview so that it could …

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Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg / Wall Street Journal:

Simon & Schuster names ex-Amazon executive Greg Greeley as its new CEO, succeeding Jonathan Karp, who will launch a Simon & Schuster imprint called Simon Six — Publisher turns to industry outsider as expanded entertainment options squeeze the book business

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Vauhini Vara / Bloomberg:

How James Patterson, one of the world's bestselling authors, is trying to revive waning book sales by co-authoring novels with Viola Davis, MrBeast, and others — After decades atop the thriller game, James Patterson is fending off waning sales by doubling down on collaborations—and dabbling in romantasy too.

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Ben Fritz / Wall Street Journal:

An interview with Pixar Chief Creative Officer Pete Docter, who wants the studio to return to universally relatable concepts after recent box office failures — The ‘Toy Story’ studio used to print money for Disney but hasn't made an original blockbuster in nearly a decade.

Ben Fritz / Wall Street Journal:
Pixar's Hoppers opened to an estimated $88M worldwide this weekend, the biggest debut for an original animated movie since 2017, as Disney tries to revive Pixar

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David Sims / The Atlantic: How Hollywood's once-reliable bets are floundering, as stars matter less, auteur filmmakers become selling points, and sequels lose their grip on the box office

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