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Netflix backs out of Warner Bros. purchase, clearing a path for Paramount The streaming giant said it would not raise its bid to buy Warner Bros. Discovery, potentially allowing Paramount Skydance to take over the studio.

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Netflix is OUT on Warner Bros. Discovery, paving the way for Paramount Skydance to buy the entire company. It's a deal with massive implications for both Hollywood and the news industry.

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Voice of America is covering Iran’s protests, but not its best-known dissident The U.S. government broadcaster, overseen by Kari Lake, hardly mentions the name of Reza Pahlavi, the son of Iran’s deposed shah. Some critics accuse it of censorship.

Voice of America’s recent Iran coverage hardly mentions Reza Pahlavi, the country’s best-known dissident. Some critics are accusing it of censorship.

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Voice of America is covering Iran’s protests, but not its best-known dissident The U.S. government broadcaster, overseen by Kari Lake, hardly mentions the name of Reza Pahlavi, the son of Iran’s deposed shah. Some critics accuse it of censorship.

Voice of America’s recent Iran coverage hardly mentions Reza Pahlavi, the country’s best-known dissident. Some critics are accusing it of censorship.

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Longevity guru Peter Attia exits CBS News after Epstein emails surface Communications newly released by the Justice Department reveal chummy communications between the two men.

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Longevity guru Peter Attia is stepping down as a CBS News contributor weeks after he got the job. The Justice Department recently released hundreds of previously undisclosed emails between him and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

A rite of passage that says ‘I’m forever an Olympian’ U.S. speedskater Sarah Warren wrapped up her trip to the Milan Cortina Games with a tattoo of the Olympic rings.

Another gorgeous dispatch from the Olympics — on a tattoo and what it represents — from Rick Maese www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olymp...

“60 Minutes” is airing Anderson Cooper’s South Africa piece Sunday, less than a week after he announced he would leave the CBS program. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

This Is How a Child Dies of Measles When your family becomes a data point in an outbreak

The essay: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

The Atlantic has moved the disclosure on Elizabeth Bruenig’s measles essay to the top of the piece. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Analysis | Alysa Liu had to take control of her destiny before she could fulfill it Alysa Liu, figure skating’s prodigal daughter, retired at 16 only to come back to win gold on her own terms in Milan.

"Alysa Liu became the prodigal daughter of American figure skating Thursday night, carving a most circuitous path to winning the Olympic gold medal, breaking a 24-year drought, and fulfilling what so many U.S. figure skating officials prayed would one day, somehow, be her destiny."

U.K.-based Caffè Nero wins auction to buy Compass Coffee The multinational coffee company will continue to operate 17 D.C.-area cafes under the Compass brand.

U.K.-based Caffè Nero wins auction to buy Compass Coffee www.washingtonpost.com/food/2026/02...

4 journalists detained in Cameroon reporting on Trump’s deportations Lawyers say Trump is sending migrants to Cameroon who originated elsewhere. AP freelancers, among others, were detained while reporting on the deportees.

Four journalists, including AP freelancers, were detained in Cameroon on Tuesday while reporting on migrants deported there by the Trump administration.

They were released, but their devices were confiscated.
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What Ozempic Taught Me About Style and Self-Worth I have always loved clothes. Gaining 100 pounds robbed me of my sense of style, but not my interest in fashion. Nine months on GLP-1s and a diary changed everything all over again.

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Hegseth invited Christian nationalist Doug Wilson to preach at Pentagon The self-described “paleo-Confederate” has argued that wives should submit to their husbands, women should be denied the vote and Christian enslavers were on “firm scriptural ground.”

Hegseth invited Christian nationalist Doug Wilson to preach at Pentagon

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Brendan Carr defends FCC role in dropped Colbert interview: ‘No censorship’ The FCC chief blasted the Texas Democrat whose interview with Colbert was allegedly blocked by CBS, while claiming Americans trust “gas station sushi” more than the news media.

Updated: FCC Chair Brendan Carr defended the agency's involvement in CBS allegedly blocking Stephen Colbert's interview with James Talarico: "There was no censorship here at all."

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The Atlantic’s essay about measles was gut-wrenching. Some readers feel deceived. Some critics and physicians said Elizabeth Bruenig’s account of a mother confronting a child’s death from measles felt misleading once they learned the story was reported fiction.

The Atlantic’s essay about a child’s measles death was gut-wrenching.

Some readers felt deceived when they learned the family in question wasn’t real, the scenario a hypothetical.

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CBS pushed back on Stephen Colbert's description of events and claimed it didn't prohibit the late-night host from airing an interview with James Talarico.
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Stephen Colbert says CBS blocked interview with Texas Democrat over FCC concerns In an on-air rebuke, Colbert said lawyers for CBS’s parent company barred airing an interview with Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D), a U.S. Senate candidate.

CBS late-night host Stephen Colbert rebuked his own network Monday, claiming that lawyers for Paramount Skydance blocked him from airing an interview with Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) over concerns it would violate the FCC’s equal time rule.

Stephen Colbert says CBS blocked interview with Texas Democrat over FCC concerns In an on-air rebuke, Colbert said lawyers for CBS’s parent company barred airing an interview with Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D), a U.S. Senate candidate.

Stephen Colbert issued an on-air condemnation of his own network Monday night, claiming that CBS lawyers blocked an interview with Texas Democrat James Talarico over FCC concerns.

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Inbox: MS NOW will run a Crooked Media compilation show on Saturdays at 9 p.m.

Anderson Cooper is leaving ‘60 Minutes’ after two decades Anderson Cooper departs ’60 Minutes’ amid a new evolution at CBS News under editor in chief Bari Weiss.

Anderson Cooper is leaving 60 Minutes after a two-decade run at the newsmagazine. Cooper decided not to renew his CBS contract amid broader upheaval at the network under David Ellison and Bari Weiss.

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They Are in Love but Don’t Speak the Same Language

He speaks English. She speaks Mandarin. The secret to their happy marriage: Microsoft Translator.

Researcher skeptical of ‘Havana syndrome’ tested secret weapon on himself The CIA investigated a Norwegian government experiment with a pulsed-energy machine in which a researcher built and tested a “Havana syndrome” device on himself.

A researcher skeptical of ‘Havana syndrome’ tested a secret weapon on himself
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A Black newspaper in the former capital of the Confederacy is closing The Richmond Free Press, a Black newspaper in Virginia’s capital city, ceases publication after three decades.

The Richmond Free Press, a Black-owned weekly newspaper that has served Virginia’s capital city for more than three decades, announced that it is ceasing publication, citing a collapse in advertising revenue that made the paper unsustainable.

A Black newspaper in the former capital of the Confederacy is closing The Richmond Free Press, a Black newspaper in Virginia’s capital city, ceases publication after three decades.

The Richmond Free Press, a Black newspaper in the former capital of the Confederacy, is closing.

“Each week our advertising lineage has diminished. Yet the quality remains,” the publisher wrote. “Is it racism? Is the Free Press no longer relevant?”

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Learning a little something about "twizzles."

Inbox: The New Yorker is hiring Washington Post book critic Becca Rothfeld.

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In a new court document, USAGM's acting director of human resources explains the many different titles that Kari Lake has held over the past year. The declaration says that Lake was only Acting CEO from July 31 to Nov. 19 and is now Deputy CEO again. (There's no CEO afaik.)