Fox News, MS Now, and CNN all recorded double-digit growth in total viewers and among viewers in the 25-54 demo after US and Israeli attacks on Iran on Feb. 28 (Mark Mwachiro/Adweek)
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Sources: a coalition of states including California, Colorado, and New York prepares to sue on antitrust grounds if the Nexstar-Tegna deal gets FCC approval (Wall Street Journal)
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A US district court judge heard arguments over rules that limit journalists' access to the Pentagon, in a case brought by NYT, and vows to issue a prompt ruling (Michael Kunzelman/Associated Press)
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In an interview, EIC Jeffrey Goldberg says the Atlantic added 50 journalists in 2025, for a total of 200+, and has ~1.5M paying subscribers, up from 1M in 2024 (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette)
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USA Today's US digital-only paid subscriptions in Q4 fell 30% YoY but digital revenue in 2025 was flat at $1.1B; CEO Mike Reed expects more AI deals in 2026 (Bron Maher/A Media Operator)
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A survey of 3K Irish adults finds 57% pay for traditional TV services, down from 70% in 2023, as the use of illegal TV streaming devices grows (James Wilson/Newstalk)
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Sources: NOTUS founder Robert Allbritton has discussed taking advantage of WaPo's layoffs to significantly expand the outlet into a full-scale operation (Max Tani/Semafor)
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Indonesia says it will ban "high-risk" platforms, including YouTube, TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, X, and Roblox, for children under 16 from March 28 (Edna Tarigan/Associated Press)
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SEC filing: Byron Allen buys a 10.7% stake in Starz for $25M from investment fund Liberty 77, led by former Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
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Sources: the NBA may launch a streaming hub for local broadcasts next season, a year earlier than planned, due to the upcoming demise of Main Street Sports RSNs (Tom Friend/Sports Business Journal)
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In a letter, Tim Davie explains why the BBC failed to edit out the N-word in its BAFTA stream: it was said twice, but the team did not hear it the first time (Max Goldbart/Deadline)
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Some podcasters exclusive to Netflix see their YouTube channel growth slow; sources: Netflix limits how many clips podcasters can share on third-party platforms (Ashley Carman/Bloomberg)
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Sources: Axel Springer agrees to buy the Telegraph for £575M, ending the proposed acquisition by DMGT and a bid by a consortium led by Dovid Efune (Financial Times)
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A look at local news outlets including The 51st, City Cast, and The Baltimore Banner expanding in Washington, D.C. to help fill a void created by WaPo layoffs (Sophie Culpepper/Nieman Lab)
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Podcast transcript with Nilay Patel and Liz Lopatto, on why prediction market players want to be seen not as gambling but as news, incentivizing insider trading (Nilay Patel/The Verge)
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Journalism Funding Partners announces that Google chose the group as a third-party administrator for California's public-private partnership to fund newsrooms (Journalism Funding Partners)
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UMG reports Q4 revenue up 4.8% YoY to €3.61B and paid listening up 2.4% YoY to €1.26B; UMG says it is not moving ahead with a US listing at this time (Dylan Smith/Digital Music News)
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A reporter for Nashville Noticias, Estefany Rodríguez, has been detained and is being sent to an ICE center in Louisiana; she had reported on ICE previously (Mikeie Honda Reiland/Nashville Banner)
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How AI is helping expand coverage; the Philadelphia Inquirer launched four AI-assisted newsletters in 2025, which have been a "massive subscription driver" (Alexandra Bruell/Wall Street Journal)
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Patch's AI-generated newsletters, which carry local and national ads and rely on aggregation and event calendars, have ~1M subscribers across 14K US communities (Liz Skalka/Columbia Journalism Review)
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Italian authorities confirm that Francesco Cancellato, director of news site Fanpage, had his phone hacked in December 2024 using spyware made by Paragon (Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai/TechCrunch)
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X overhauls its Creator Subscriptions with new features including exclusive threads, a refreshed subscriptions paywall, and a shareable subscriptions card (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
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The Washington Post enters a multiyear licensing deal with Veritone to make its video journalism and archival footage available to partners and creators (Matthew Keys/TheDesk.net)
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The White House's official X account posted a video mixing footage from Call of Duty with real military strikes against Iranian targets (Zack Zwiezen/Kotaku)
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An interview with Ben Levisohn, recently named editor-in-chief of Barron's, on his routine, the magazine's digital strategy, and more (Ray Schultz/MediaPost)
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Sources: FIFA will allow TV broadcasters to cut away to ads during the World Cup's three-minute "hydration breaks" that will split each half of matches (Henry Bushnell/The Athletic)
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In an interview, David Ellison says CNN would retain editorial independence if the WBD deal closes: "it's maintained at CBS and it will be maintained at CNN" (Corbin Bolies/The Wrap)
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Netflix buys InterPositive, a 16-person company founded by Ben Affleck that builds an AI model based on a production's dailies to be used in postproduction (Todd Spangler/Variety)
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Internal memo: CBS Mornings top producer Shawna Thomas will leave her role; a source says CBS News executives are eager to find a way to keep working with her (Brian Steinberg/Variety)
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The BBC suggests opening iPlayer to other public broadcasters to "help ensure the UK retains a streaming platform that competes with global services" (Max Goldbart/Deadline)
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