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E. W. Scripps agrees to sell its multicast network Court TV to Law&Crime owner Jellysmack, as it seeks to reduce debt tied to its Ion and Katz acquisitions (Matthew Keys/TheDesk.net)
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February 9, 2026 at 9:50 PM
E. W. Scripps agrees to sell its multicast network Court TV to Law&Crime owner Jellysmack, as it seeks to reduce debt tied to its Ion and Katz acquisitions (Matthew Keys/TheDesk.net)
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The Academy will no longer show Oscar-nominated films to members on big screens after the screenings drew "an average of five members" over the last years (Scott Feinberg/The Hollywood Reporter)
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February 9, 2026 at 8:40 PM
The Academy will no longer show Oscar-nominated films to members on big screens after the screenings drew "an average of five members" over the last years (Scott Feinberg/The Hollywood Reporter)
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Nexstar seeks to broaden The Hill's sponsors, pitching it as "non partisan and brand safe" ahead of midterms; Comscore: its page views grew 7% in 2025 to 1.24B (Brian Steinberg/Variety)
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February 9, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Nexstar seeks to broaden The Hill's sponsors, pitching it as "non partisan and brand safe" ahead of midterms; Comscore: its page views grew 7% in 2025 to 1.24B (Brian Steinberg/Variety)
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OpenAI says ads in ChatGPT are not eligible to appear near "sensitive or regulated topics like health, mental health or politics" (Madison Mills/Axios)
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February 9, 2026 at 7:20 PM
OpenAI says ads in ChatGPT are not eligible to appear near "sensitive or regulated topics like health, mental health or politics" (Madison Mills/Axios)
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OpenAI says it has started testing ads in ChatGPT in the US for logged-in adult users on the Free and Go tiers and that the ads do not change ChatGPT answers (OpenAI)
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February 9, 2026 at 7:12 PM
OpenAI says it has started testing ads in ChatGPT in the US for logged-in adult users on the Free and Go tiers and that the ads do not change ChatGPT answers (OpenAI)
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UK's weekly street newspaper Big Issue makes its two top digital editors redundant as part of a "difficult but necessary" restructure of the organization (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette)
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February 9, 2026 at 6:40 PM
UK's weekly street newspaper Big Issue makes its two top digital editors redundant as part of a "difficult but necessary" restructure of the organization (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette)
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Beast Industries, the entertainment conglomerate founded by MrBeast and last valued at $5.2B, acquires Step Mobile, a teen-focused banking app (Valida Pau/The Information)
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February 9, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Beast Industries, the entertainment conglomerate founded by MrBeast and last valued at $5.2B, acquires Step Mobile, a teen-focused banking app (Valida Pau/The Information)
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YouTube launches genre-specific YouTube TV Plans as lower-cost alternatives to the $82.99 monthly subscription; the Sports Plan is priced at $64.99 per month (Abner Li/9to5Google)
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February 9, 2026 at 4:55 PM
YouTube launches genre-specific YouTube TV Plans as lower-cost alternatives to the $82.99 monthly subscription; the Sports Plan is priced at $64.99 per month (Abner Li/9to5Google)
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Holywater, the Ukrainian-founded company behind microdrama platform My Drama, acquires AI-assisted VFX company Jeynix and rebrands as Holywater Tech (Tony Maglio/The Hollywood Reporter)
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February 9, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Holywater, the Ukrainian-founded company behind microdrama platform My Drama, acquires AI-assisted VFX company Jeynix and rebrands as Holywater Tech (Tony Maglio/The Hollywood Reporter)
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Amazon's Melania documentary fell 67% in its second week box office with $2.4M; Amazon MGM Studios says it is sparking "interest" among Prime Video subscribers (Pamela McClintock/The Hollywood Reporter)
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February 9, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Amazon's Melania documentary fell 67% in its second week box office with $2.4M; Amazon MGM Studios says it is sparking "interest" among Prime Video subscribers (Pamela McClintock/The Hollywood Reporter)
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Source: WaPo planned a marketing campaign with a new slogan, We The People, but dropped it after MS Now launched a $20M brand campaign with the same slogan (Max Tani/Semafor)
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February 9, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Source: WaPo planned a marketing campaign with a new slogan, We The People, but dropped it after MS Now launched a $20M brand campaign with the same slogan (Max Tani/Semafor)
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The Athletic is investing in live blogs and video to combat AI scraping; Similarweb says The Athletic had 16.9M unique visitors in January 2026, up 59% YoY (Sara Guaglione/Digiday)
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February 9, 2026 at 2:10 PM
The Athletic is investing in live blogs and video to combat AI scraping; Similarweb says The Athletic had 16.9M unique visitors in January 2026, up 59% YoY (Sara Guaglione/Digiday)
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Turning Point USA's All-American Halftime Show during the Super Bowl peaked at 6.1M concurrent YouTube viewers; the show wasn't on X due to licensing issues (Jordy Fee-Platt/The Athletic)
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February 9, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Turning Point USA's All-American Halftime Show during the Super Bowl peaked at 6.1M concurrent YouTube viewers; the show wasn't on X due to licensing issues (Jordy Fee-Platt/The Athletic)
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A look at the 2026 Super Bowl ads from Anthropic, Amazon, OpenAI, and others, as AI continued to take center stage in ad creation and AI product promotion (Lauren Forristal/TechCrunch)
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February 9, 2026 at 1:10 PM
A look at the 2026 Super Bowl ads from Anthropic, Amazon, OpenAI, and others, as AI continued to take center stage in ad creation and AI product promotion (Lauren Forristal/TechCrunch)
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In a reversal, Trump endorses Nexstar's $6.2B acquisition of Tegna, saying "We need more competition against THE ENEMY, the Fake News National TV Networks" (Laya Neelakandan/CNBC)
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February 9, 2026 at 12:50 PM
In a reversal, Trump endorses Nexstar's $6.2B acquisition of Tegna, saying "We need more competition against THE ENEMY, the Fake News National TV Networks" (Laya Neelakandan/CNBC)
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HBO Max is set to launch in the UK and Ireland on March 26, with ad-supported tiers costing £4.99 or £5.99 per month and ad-free at £9.99 or £14.99 per month (K.J. Yossman/Variety)
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February 9, 2026 at 12:10 PM
HBO Max is set to launch in the UK and Ireland on March 26, with ad-supported tiers costing £4.99 or £5.99 per month and ad-free at £9.99 or £14.99 per month (K.J. Yossman/Variety)
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Sources: Live Nation-US DOJ settlement talks divide the Trump admin; DOJ antitrust boss Gail Slater is sidelined as Live Nation lobbies against a March trial (Semafor)
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February 9, 2026 at 11:35 AM
Sources: Live Nation-US DOJ settlement talks divide the Trump admin; DOJ antitrust boss Gail Slater is sidelined as Live Nation lobbies against a March trial (Semafor)
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YouTube launches a Premium paywall for song lyrics on YouTube Music, after testing it in recent months; users get five free lyrics before they have to subscribe (Abner Li/9to5Google)
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February 9, 2026 at 11:15 AM
YouTube launches a Premium paywall for song lyrics on YouTube Music, after testing it in recent months; users get five free lyrics before they have to subscribe (Abner Li/9to5Google)
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Q&A with YouTube VP of Subscription Products Christian Oestlien on YouTube TV's future, the NFL and Oscars deals, its friendly rivalry with Netflix, and more (Lucas Shaw/Bloomberg)
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February 9, 2026 at 10:35 AM
Q&A with YouTube VP of Subscription Products Christian Oestlien on YouTube TV's future, the NFL and Oscars deals, its friendly rivalry with Netflix, and more (Lucas Shaw/Bloomberg)
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Washington Post Guild Steward Sarah Kaplan says the reported 300 layoffs figure doesn't account for non-Guild cuts, making the actual total "well over" 300 (Paul Farhi/@farhip)
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February 9, 2026 at 10:20 AM
Washington Post Guild Steward Sarah Kaplan says the reported 300 layoffs figure doesn't account for non-Guild cuts, making the actual total "well over" 300 (Paul Farhi/@farhip)
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How AI is impacting the romance novel industry, with authors failing to disclose AI use and using pen names more, bogging down the publishing ecosystem (Alexandra Alter/New York Times)
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February 9, 2026 at 9:30 AM
How AI is impacting the romance novel industry, with authors failing to disclose AI use and using pen names more, bogging down the publishing ecosystem (Alexandra Alter/New York Times)
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A look at the first year of Illinois' news tax incentive program; it awarded $4M in tax credits to support 260 jobs at 120 outlets, one-third of them nonprofits (Rebuild Local News)
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February 9, 2026 at 9:01 AM
A look at the first year of Illinois' news tax incentive program; it awarded $4M in tax credits to support 260 jobs at 120 outlets, one-third of them nonprofits (Rebuild Local News)
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A Hong Kong court sentences the 78-year-old Apple Daily founder Jimmy Lai to 20 years in prison over national security charges, ending a five-year legal saga (Reuters)
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February 9, 2026 at 4:10 AM
A Hong Kong court sentences the 78-year-old Apple Daily founder Jimmy Lai to 20 years in prison over national security charges, ending a five-year legal saga (Reuters)
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A Tow Center probe found that GOP-aligned Metric Media filed 9K+ FOIA requests across the US in the past year, often about culture-war issues like banned books (Miranda Green/Columbia Journalism Review)
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February 9, 2026 at 12:30 AM
A Tow Center probe found that GOP-aligned Metric Media filed 9K+ FOIA requests across the US in the past year, often about culture-war issues like banned books (Miranda Green/Columbia Journalism Review)
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Entertainment and sports agent Casey Wasserman, who chairs the 2028 LA Olympics coordinating committee, faces calls to resign after appearing in Epstein emails (Michael Williams/CNN)
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February 8, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Entertainment and sports agent Casey Wasserman, who chairs the 2028 LA Olympics coordinating committee, faces calls to resign after appearing in Epstein emails (Michael Williams/CNN)
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