Sources: WaPo is losing about $100M per year but aiming to break even by the end of 2026, which could unlock fresh funding from Jeff Bezos (Financial Times)

https://www.ft.com/content/f430690e-0ec3-4dbc-b677-e0e6882c5588
http://mediagazer.com/260206/p6#a260206p6

The UK raises the TV license fee, the BBC's main funding source, from £174.50 to £180 a year from April 1, saying it gives the BBC a "stable financial footing" (The Guardian)

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/feb/06/bbc-licence-fee-to-rise-from-april
http://mediagazer.com/260206/p5#a260206p5

Germany is set to introduce an investment commitment obliging streaming services and TV broadcasters to spend 8% of their German revenue on local content (Leo Barraclough/Variety)

https://variety.com/2026/digital/global/germany-investment-commitment-streamers-broadcasters-1236654286/
http://mediagazer.com/260206/p4#a260206p4

Streaming-only Super Bowl ads gain traction among advertisers; source: NBCUniversal charges around $3M for a 30-second ad rather than $7M-$10M for a TV ad (Brian Steinberg/Variety)

https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/streaming-only-super-bowl-commercials-oikos-elf-raisin-bran-1236653642/
http://mediagazer.com/260206/p3#a260206p3

Sources: Washington Post Executive Editor Matt Murray spiked a story prepared by the newspaper's media desk covering the historic layoffs (Natalie Korach/@nataliekorach)

https://x.com/nataliekorach/status/2019614374432825673
http://mediagazer.com/260206/p2#a260206p2

SiriusXM reported Q4 net income of $99M vs. $287M a year ago, rev. of $2.19B vs. $2.17B est., and "robust" guidance including an in-car audio focus; SIRI up 9% (Adam Jacobson/Radio & Television Business Report)

https://rbr.com/sirius-xm-shares-soar-on-earnings-street-beat/
http://mediagazer.com/260206/p1#a260206p1

Inside Disney's search for a successor to Bob Iger: 100+ candidates narrowed to Josh D'Amaro, named CEO, and Dana Walden, who was promoted to ensure she stayed (Wall Street Journal)

https://www.wsj.com/business/media/behind-disneys-search-for-a-lasting-successor-to-bob-iger-74dc8916?st=gaLtWY&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
http://mediagazer.com/260205/p22#a260205p22

Sources: MS NOW is in advanced discussions with Crooked Media on a licensing deal to air some of the podcast network's programs on MS NOW's linear channel (Oliver Darcy/Status)

https://www.status.news/p/ms-now-crooked-media-podcasting-deal
http://mediagazer.com/260205/p21#a260205p21

Lionsgate reports a Q3 net loss of $46.2M, vs. a $21.9M loss a year earlier, $724.3M in revenue, vs. $705.9M est., motion picture revenue up 35% YoY to $421.2M (Etan Vlessing/The Hollywood Reporter)

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/lionsgate-third-quarter-loss-2-1236496336/
http://mediagazer.com/260205/p20#a260205p20

Lionsgate hires Kathleen Grace, previously chief strategy officer at AI company Vermillio, as its first-ever chief AI officer to lead AI strategy and execution (Rebecca Rubin/Variety)

https://variety.com/2026/film/news/lionsgate-hires-chief-ai-officer-1236653786/
http://mediagazer.com/260205/p19#a260205p19

News Corp reports $242M in Q2 net income, down 21% YoY, rev. up 6% YoY to $2.36B vs. $2.30B est., digital-only WSJ subs up 13% to 4.3M, HarperCollins rev. up 6% (Corbin Bolies/The Wrap)

https://www.thewrap.com/media-platforms/journalism/news-corp-q2-2026-earnings/
http://mediagazer.com/260205/p18#a260205p18

Amazon reports Q4 ad revenue up 23% YoY to $21.32B, slightly above expectations, and subscription services revenue up 14% to $13.12B (Todd Spangler/Variety)

https://variety.com/2026/digital/news/amazon-q4-2025-earnings-capex-advertising-sales-1236653797/
http://mediagazer.com/260205/p17#a260205p17

Reddit reports Q4 revenue up 70% YoY to $726M, vs. $665M est., DAUq up 19% to 121.4M, above est., forecasts Q1 revenue above est., announces a $1B share buyback (Jonathan Vanian/CNBC)

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/05/reddit-rddt-q4-2025.html
http://mediagazer.com/260205/p16#a260205p16

Thomson Reuters' CEO says AI cannot easily replace the company's legal-research expertise, after its stock fell following the release of Claude legal work tools (Alexander Osipovich/Wall Street Journal)

https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/stock-market-today-dow-sp-500-nasdaq-02-05-2026/card/data-companies-hit-by-ai-selloff-push-back-on-claude-threat-kDYcvX3XTlbFT1ZoaE9D
http://mediagazer.com/260205/p15#a260205p15

Thomson Reuters reports Q4 revenue up 5% YoY to $2B, matching est., and news division organic revenue up 5% to $232M, boosted by licensing deals; TRI falls 7%+ (Kenneth Li/Reuters)

https://www.reuters.com/business/thomson-reuters-reports-higher-fourth-quarter-revenue-2026-02-05/
http://mediagazer.com/260205/p14#a260205p14

Google releases a core update to Discover, rolling out first to US users, aiming to cut clickbait and show more locally relevant, in-depth, timely content (Barry Schwartz/Search Engine Land)

https://searchengineland.com/google-releases-discover-core-update-february-2026-468308
http://mediagazer.com/260205/p13#a260205p13

Crunchyroll says it is developing original video game titles under its Crunchyroll Games banner in partnership "with Japanese publishers and global developers" (Jennifer Maas/Variety)

https://variety.com/2026/gaming/news/crunchyroll-original-video-games-price-hike-1236652317/
http://mediagazer.com/260205/p12#a260205p12

Kamala Harris rebrands and revives KamalaHQ as Headquarters, a "Gen-Z led progressive content hub", in partnership with People For the American Way (Todd Spangler/Variety)

https://variety.com/2026/digital/news/kamala-harris-kamalahq-headquarters-relaunch-1236653453/
http://mediagazer.com/260205/p11#a260205p11

Substack notifies users about a "limited" data breach in October 2025, found on February 3 and now patched; a threat actor leaked a database of ~697K records (Sergiu Gatlan/BleepingComputer)

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/newsletter-platform-substack-notifies-users-of-data-breach/
http://mediagazer.com/260205/p10#a260205p10

Matt Murray saying that WaPo will no longer write for "one slice of the audience" demonizes the strategy of fiercely reporting on Trump that made it successful (Derek Thompson/@dkthomp)

https://x.com/dkthomp/status/2019351378603155700
http://mediagazer.com/260205/p9#a260205p9