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Scott Nover / Washington Post:
Sources: DOD barred press photographers from briefings on the Iran conflict after they published photos of Pete Hegseth that his staff deemed “unflattering”  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's staff took issue with images taken in a rare briefing last week and decided to shut …
Francisco Rodrigues / CoinDesk:
Binance files a New York defamation suit against Dow Jones over the WSJ's February 23 article on the crypto exchange's handling of Iranian-linked transactions  —  The situation adds pressure to Binance, which is already operating under a compliance monitor following its $4.3 billion anti-money laundering …
Nadia Khomami / The Guardian:
The UK's Society of Authors launches a “Human Authored” logo to help identify works written by humans in a market increasingly flooded by AI-generated books  —  Tracy Chevalier announces registration scheme at the London Book Fair as AI works flood market
Martha Bellisle / Associated Press:NEW!
A federal judge declines to issue a restraining order that would force Washington state's legislature to give press passes to three conservative media figures  —  Washington state lawmakers were within their rights when they declined to issue press passes to three conservative media figures …
Kashmir Hill / New York Times:
Letter: 200+ Thomson Reuters staff ask the company not to renew its ICE contract when it expires in May; Thomson Reuters' Westlaw service is Minneapolis-based  —  Thomson Reuters, best known for its media outlet and legal research tools, provides an investigative tool to immigration enforcers.
Borys Kit / The Hollywood Reporter:
David Ellison made his first public appearance before WBD execs; sources: he called the deal process “turbulent”, downplayed layoffs, and left some unsatisfied  —  The CEO talked to the Warners' executive leaders but left some feeling unsatisfied.  “We were hoping for more,” says one insider.
Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
Time says revenue from events is on pace to make up over 50% of total revenue, up from 28% in 2023; it hosted 11 events in 2022 and plans to host 40+ this year  —  The business is on pace to generate more than 50% of its total revenue in 2026  —  The legacy news brand Time has nearly completed …
Perry Stein / Washington Post:
The US DOJ appeals an order blocking the search of a WaPo reporter's devices, claiming journalists the government fears may have sensitive data aren't shielded  —  The Justice Department appealed a judge's order that blocked officials from searching a Washington Post reporter's electronic devices in a leak investigation.
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Corbin Bolies / The Wrap:
NYT defends a March 9 photo showing a massive crowd in Tehran celebrating Mojtaba Khamenei's appointment as Iran's leader, after allegations of AI manipulation  —  “We rely on the work of human beings to bear witness, gather the facts and help readers better understand the world,” a NYT spokesperson says
Alice Brooker / Press Gazette:
US-based politics newsletter Tangle Media reports $4.15M in annual revenue in 2025, with 85% coming from 71,000 paid subscriptions and $500,000 from ads  —  A US-based politics newsletter makes most of its $4m+ in revenue from subscriptions despite offering most of its content for free.
Gene Maddaus / Variety:
Q&A with WGA's negotiators on the current staff union strike, Minimum Basic Agreement negotiations, AI, the 2023 strikes, Disney and Sora, copyright, and more  —  The Writers Guild of America went on strike three years ago in large part out of fears of writers being replaced by artificial intelligence.
 
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Spotify says artists from 75 countries made $500K+ in royalties in 2025, up from 66 in 2024; ~50% of an average artist's streams came from outside their country   Find
 
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Steven J. Horowitz / Variety:
TikTok partners with Apple to let users with an Apple Music subscription play full songs on TikTok without leaving the app, along with a Listening Party feature
Maer Roshan / The Hollywood Reporter:
In an interview, Harvey Weinstein says prison life is “hell”, Disney cut off his insurance and pays a $60K/year pension, he will be “proven innocent”, and more
Thomas Buckley / Bloomberg:
Disney promotes Thomas Mazloum to chairman of its parks, cruises, and consumer products division, succeeding Josh D'Amaro, who is set to become CEO on March 18
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Alice Brooker / Press Gazette:
The Spectator has invested £1M in its subscription platform CoEditor, helping it reach an all-time high subscriber total and saving a projected ~£500K a year
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
MoffettNathanson: YouTube became the world's largest media company in 2025 with an estimated $62B in revenue, passing $60.9B earned by Disney's media business
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Sources: Nielsen's Gracenote sues OpenAI for copyright infringement, saying OpenAI copied Gracenote's data and relational framework used to connect metadata
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A coalition of 41 press freedom groups writes an open letter condemning the arrest of Nashville journalist Estefany Rodriguez by ICE and urging her release
Sean Hollister / The Verge:
After social media backlash, Superhuman says authors can now opt out of Grammarly's Expert Review feature by emailing a dedicated address
 

 
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Grace Kay / Business Insider:
Sources: xAI's AI agent project Macrohard has stalled as Tesla ramps up its own AI agent project Digital Optimus; Elon Musk says it is a joint xAI-Tesla project

Hayden Field / The Verge:
Anthropic debuts Anthropic Institute, an internal think tank led by co-founder Jack Clark, combining its Societal Impacts, Red Team, and Economic Research teams

Bloomberg:
Meta unveils four new chips, the MTIA 300, MTIA 400, MTIA 450, and MTIA 500, set to launch by the end of 2027; the MTIA 300 is in production for content ranking
 
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