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Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
Memo: Notus plans to “dramatically expand” its coverage of national politics with a “new version of NOTUS under a new name” and will double staff from 50 to 100 — As we first reported in last night's @semafor media newsletter, NOTUS is rebranding/dramatically expanding. In a memo to staff this morning, the organization said it plans to “launch this new version of NOTUS under a new name” and double staff from 50 to 100. [image]
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Corbin Bolies / The Wrap:
Notus hires several Washington Post journalists, including columnist Dana Milbank and reporters Paul Kane and Jeff Stein, as well as Politico reporter Joe Gould — The hires come as news outlets seize upon the Jeff Bezos-owned paper's mass layoffs last month
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Catherine Shoard / The Guardian:
Warner Bros. won a record-tying 11 awards at the 98th Oscars, followed by Netflix's six; Apple, Disney, Focus, and Neon had one each, while Paramount had none — Film studio - currently in acquisition talks with Paramount - earned 11 awards thanks to films by Ryan Coogler and Paul Thomas Anderson
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Karissa Waddick / USA Today:
After Trump said some outlets wanted the US to “lose the War”, FCC Chair Carr threatened broadcasters, saying they can lose their licenses over war coverage — FCC Chair Brendan Carr said news broadcasters coverage of Iran war could impact their license renewal.
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New York Times:
Sources: Jeff Bezos said “I don't care” after being told that WaPo could lose subs due to Opinion changes; 60K+ canceled their subs in February after layoffs — Jeff Bezos called Matt Murray, the executive editor of The Washington Post, in late November to send an urgent message: Please do not quit.
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Ben Mullin / @benmullin:
At a meeting, Jeff Bezos told top Washington Post editors and reporters that he had spurned seven offers to sell the news organization
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The Atlantic:
Sources: President Trump is increasingly taking journalists' calls himself, as his personal phone number circulates and is offered for sale to rich individuals — The president's personal iPhone has been lighting up. — Washington's hottest commodity is a 10-digit number that can swing financial markets …
BBC:
How two lost Doctor Who episodes, not viewed since their airing in 1965, were found and restored; they are the first lost episodes discovered since 2013 — A cardboard box found in a collector's “ramshackle” collection of vintage films contained two episodes of Doctor Who that have not been viewed since airing in the 1960s.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Filing: Paramount president Jeff Shell says the allegation that he leaked corporate info is an “utterly false tale” created by a “fixer” who sued him for $150M — Exec demands monetary damages in cross-complaint against R.J. Cipriani, who sued Shell for $150 million
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Lukas I. Alpert / MarketWatch:
How BuzzFeed went from a $1.7B digital-media darling in 2016 to the brink of bankruptcy, as an early investor blames mismanagement following a 2021 SPAC merger — BuzzFeed rode a wave of VC investment to become a force, but never found a path to profitability.
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Jessica Testa / New York Times:
An interview with Piers Morgan about leaving Fox to build his own YouTube-based company Uncensored, hiring Rashida Jones as CEO, controversies, Trump, and more — Last week, on Piers Morgan's show, one guest called another a “terrorist piece of crap” as the journalist Glenn Greenwald and a retired U.S. general watched.
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Blake Brittain / Reuters:
Encyclopedia Britannica and its Merriam-Webster subsidiary sue OpenAI for allegedly misusing their reference materials to train its AI models — Encyclopedia Britannica and its Merriam-Webster subsidiary have sued OpenAI in Manhattan federal court for allegedly misusing their reference materials …
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Katie Glueck / New York Times:
Q&A with NYT tech reporter Tiffany Hsu on how AI-generated ads are shaping the political landscape, as candidates from both parties increase deepfake use in ads — Wait, that's not the real James Talarico ... Weird voice-overs. Fake images of politicians. Scenes that seem real until you look closely.
Dade Hayes / Deadline:
Nielsen: sports accounted for 29.2% of all ad-supported TV viewing by 25-to-54-year-olds in Q4; broadcast made up 9.8% of non-sports viewing and streaming 43% — While the rise of sports programming in recent years has been well-documented, new figures from Nielsen illustrate the extent of its dominance.
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