12:10 AM ET, February 2, 2026
February 1, 2026
11:55 PM
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
A look at Netflix's bid for WBD and the regulatory hurdles ahead, as Ted Sarandos is set to testify before the US Senate antitrust subcommittee on February 3
7:55 PM
Thomas Buckley / Bloomberg:
Sources: Disney's board is aligning on promoting theme-park division chairman Josh D'Amaro to the role of CEO
4:55 PM
Rebecca Rubin / Variety:
Amazon's Melania documentary opens with $7M at the North American box office, above pre-release estimates of $3M to $5M; Amazon spent $75M on the documentary
12:00 PM
Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
NBCU says some brands are paying a record $10M+ for 30-second Super Bowl ad slots this year, with advertisers paying an average of $8M, matching 2025's peak
January 31, 2026
January 30, 2026
11:05 PM
Matthew Keys / TheDesk.net:
Former GM of Sacramento public radio service CapRadio, Jun Reina, was arrested and charged with allegedly embezzling ~$1.33M from station funds for personal use
8:35 PM
Washington Post:
Independent journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort have been released from custody after their arrests for coverage of a protest at a Minnesota church
6:45 PM
Winston Cho / The Hollywood Reporter:
Don Lemon is released from custody on a no money bond; Lemon's lawyer says he intends to plead not guilty
5:55 PM
Richard Luscombe / The Guardian:
Press freedom groups denounce the arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort, saying the arrests are an “unequivocal attack on the First Amendment”
5:40 PM
Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
A profile of Josh D'Amaro, a front-runner for Disney CEO who oversees Disney parks, cruises, and video games; his unit supplied ~60% of Disney's 2025 profit
5:00 PM
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Bob Iger has told associates that he plans to step down as Disney CEO before December 31; the board plans to vote on his replacement next week
4:00 PM
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: OnlyFans is in talks to sell a nearly 60% stake to Architect Capital in a deal that values the company at around $5.5B, including debt
3:25 PM
Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer:
Authorities led by Italian investigators seized three illegal IPTV services in Europe; the US DOJ also said it dismantled three pirate services in Bulgaria
3:00 PM
Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
Analysis of Apple News in the UK: Apple News+ has 1.7M subscribers generating ~$136M for outlets; national papers account for 55% of time spent on Apple News
2:50 PM
Bloomberg:
Sources: BMG, a division of Bertelsmann, is weighing a bid for music rights investor Concord in a deal that could value Concord as high as $7B
1:30 PM
Robert Channick / Chicago Tribune:
A look at Chicago alt-weekly The Chicago Reader as it scales back to a monthly publication under new EIC Sarah Conway and reverts to a for-profit business model
12:55 PM
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Bluesky releases its first transparency report: users rose 60% in 2025 to 41.2M, including AT Protocol accounts; moderation reports from users grew 54% to 9.97M
10:40 AM
David Folkenflik / NPR:
Current and ex-VOA staff say a recent VOA interview by Kari Lake, who is calling herself USAGM deputy CEO, tramples on the firewall between the two agencies
9:40 AM
April Rubin / Axios:
Journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort were arrested by federal agents on Jan. 29 and Jan. 30, respectively, for their coverage of a Minnesota church protest
8:15 AM
Gene Maddaus / Variety:
Ahead of contract talks between SAG-AFTRA and studios beginning February 9, negotiators consider ideas such as an AI “tax” on studios that use synthetic actors
January 29, 2026
9:55 PM
Anna Tingley / Variety:
Reporters from mainstream news organizations including NYT, WaPo, AP, and Vanity Fair were shut out of the premiere screening of Melania in Washington, DC
9:30 PM
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Darren Aronofsky's Primordial Soup debuts its short-form Revolutionary War series, made via Google DeepMind with human voices and distributed by Time Studios
8:30 PM
New York Times:
Sources: WaPo's layoffs may narrow its scope to topics of expertise and reader interest based on digital traffic, with politics and video becoming more central
7:00 PM
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Indie film and anti-monopoly groups urge state attorneys general to block the Netflix-WBD deal and also object to any WBD acquisition by Paramount or Comcast
6:25 PM
Roushni Nair / Reuters:
Australia's Nine Entertainment plans to sell its broadcast radio business to the Laundy family for AU$56M and buy digital outdoor ad firm QMS Media for AU$850M
6:15 PM
Max Goldbart / Deadline:
WBD partners with X and TikTok to share Eurosport and TNT Sports coverage of the Winter Games in markets across Europe
4:43 PM
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Apple reports Q1 revenue from Services, which includes the App Store, Apple Pay, Apple TV, Apple Music, and iCloud, up 14% YoY to $30B, in line with estimates
4:10 PM
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Joe Rogan says he declined to pay the $500 entry fee for the new Golden Globes podcast award, won by Amy Poehler, because “I don't want to be a part of that”
2:35 PM
Mike Fleming Jr / Deadline:
Former Lionsgate executive Nathan Kahane launches True North, with backing from Entertainment 360, to produce and finance films from emerging filmmakers
2:10 PM
Ben Horney / Front Office Sports:
Source: the NFL won't allow prediction-market ads during Super Bowl LX on February 8, but sports betting ads are allowed, reportedly limited to six total ads
12:40 PM
Nieman Lab:
The Guardian, FT, NYT, USA Today Co., and others are blocking or limiting the Internet Archive's crawlers to prevent AI crawlers from using IA as a backdoor
12:05 PM
Jake Kanter / Deadline:
A BBC-commissioned review of its content warns against “clunky” color-blind casting and “preachy” anti-colonial storylines that turn off viewers
10:55 AM
The Atlantic:
The Atlantic hires David Brooks as a staff writer and host of a new weekly video podcast, starting in February, after 22 years as an NYT opinion columnist
10:00 AM
Max Tani / Semafor:
To avert layoffs, WaPo's White House correspondents, not considered at risk, write a letter to Jeff Bezos highlighting collaborations among the paper's sections
8:50 AM
Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
Atlas Obscura reports $18.3M in revenue in 2025 and a $2.6M profit, the first annual profit in its 16-year history, in the first year under CEO Louise Story
8:25 AM
Wall Street Journal:
Brett Ratner, director of Amazon's Melania documentary, filmed President Trump for a planned documentary-style project about the 2020 Abraham Accords
7:30 AM
Lillian Rizzo / CNBC:
Comcast reports NBCU's Q4 revenue rose 5.5% YoY to $7.62B and an adjusted EBITDA loss of $122M; Peacock had a $552M loss on $1.6B in revenue and 44M subscribers
January 28, 2026
10:25 PM
Tom Knowles / The Guardian:
The UK's Advertising Standards Authority bans some Coinbase ads, finding them “irresponsible” for suggesting crypto as a solution to the cost of living crisis
9:50 PM
Todd Bishop / GeekWire:
LinkedIn's Q2 revenue rose 11% YoY, topping $5B for the first time, giving it a $20B+ annual run rate; Satya Nadella says LinkedIn paid video ads grew 30% YoY
9:30 PM
Murray Stassen / Music Business Worldwide:
A coalition of music publishers, including UMG, filed a second lawsuit against Anthropic, seeking $3B over allegations of copyright infringement of 20k+ songs
9:00 PM
James Faris / Business Insider:
Internal docs: Paramount is planning to add a heavy dose of short-form video to Paramount+, initially from existing content, and host user-generated content
8:30 PM
Colin Moynihan / New York Times:
A US judge sentences a third person to jail for participating in a murder-for-hire plot, directed by Iran, targeting journalist and activist Masih Alinejad
7:31 PM
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Barry Diller expressed interest in buying CNN in H1 2025, before WBD said it would spin off cable networks; a WBD spokesman says CNN is not for sale
6:45 PM
Charlotte Klein / New York Magazine:
Sources: WaPo CEO Will Lewis floated several plans to make the company profitable again; some efforts failed to pan out, part of a pattern of fits and starts
6:00 PM
Todd Spangler / Variety:
David Ellison's disrupt-and-delay strategy on the Netflix-WBD deal hinges on US and EU regulators or Trump killing it outright or attaching onerous conditions
5:10 PM
New York Times:
Amazon's $35M marketing campaign for Melania is ~10x the budget for similar documentaries like CNN's RBG; some suggest Amazon is currying favor with Trump
4:17 PM
Meta:
Meta reports Q4 revenue up 24% YoY to $59.9B, vs. $58.35B est., net income up 9% to $22.8B, and family DAP up 7% to 3.58B for December; META up 6%+ pre-market
3:55 PM
Katie Campione / Deadline:
Slate's unionized editorial staff ratifies a new three-year contract that establishes guardrails around the use of AI in Slate's newsroom for the first time
3:15 PM
Selome Hailu / Variety:
Nielsen: Bluey was the most-streamed title in the US in 2025, with 45.2B minutes on Disney+; Grey's Anatomy was second with 40.9B minutes on Hulu and Netflix
1:35 PM
BelfastTelegraph.co.uk:
The Belfast Telegraph publisher Mediahuis plans a major investment in local news, with 11 new editorial roles and the opening of an office in Northern Ireland
12:40 PM
Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Roundtable:
Following the UK CMA's proposals, Google says it is exploring controls to let websites opt out of AI Overviews and AI Mode
12:20 PM
Marie Woolf / Globe and Mail:
Canada says it is talking to Meta to restore news to Facebook and Instagram as the Online News Act is put on the table as part of trade negotiations with the US
11:45 AM
Press Gazette:
Mirror Group lawyers say the publisher “accepts the allegations” of phone hacking but the claimants failed to file within the six-year statute of limitations
10:55 AM
Casey Loving / The Wrap:
The Television Academy merges the Outstanding Scripted Variety Series and Outstanding Talk Series into a single category for 2026 Emmys as submissions decline
10:45 AM
Martin Holmes / Yahoo Entertainment:
CBS Evening News anchor Tony Dokoupil interviewed his own mother during Tuesday's broadcast regarding the cognitive benefits of grandparenting
10:15 AM
Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
Bluesky says it is working to make feeds more “live”, interactive, and timely during live events, and teases improvements to posting and follow suggestions
9:15 AM
Ethan Millman / The Hollywood Reporter:
Spotify paid out $11B+ to the music industry in 2025, up 10% YoY, bringing its all-time payments to $70B, and now accounts for ~30% of recorded music revenue
8:30 AM
Robert Booth / The Guardian:
The UK CMA proposes measures to let publishers opt out of content scraping for Google's AI Overviews and AI training without losing visibility in search results
8:01 AM
Ellise Shafer / Variety:
The BBC names Rhodri Talfan Davies, currently its director of nations, as interim Director-General and confirms outgoing DG Tim Davie will exit on April 2
7:50 AM
Washington Post:
Audio: Bari Weiss told staff that she wanted CBS News to appeal to political moderates, saying “we're for the center-right, and we're for the center-left”
7:10 AM
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
The Hill says it has “fortified” its breaking news team due to a “bonkers” US news cycle; Comscore says The Hill had 1.24B page views across 2025, up 7% YoY
6:15 AM
James Faris / Business Insider:
Sources: Paramount's Dane Glasgow told staff that Paramount+ gained ~1M subscribers on the day of its first UFC event; Paramount calls the figures “unverified”
