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Sources: David Ellison's interference in WBD's failed summer talks to extend HBO Max's South Park licensing deal left David Zaslav distrustful of Ellison (Oliver Darcy/Status)
https://www.status.news/p/warner-bros-discovery-paramount-david-ell…

The Davids, Divided
A failed summer deal over "South Park" helped poison the well between David Zaslav and David Ellison—tensions now erupting into plain view as the WBD auction nears its endgame.

'Do you think you're the devil himself?': highlights from the bizarre, newly released Bannon-Epstein interview (David Smith/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/05/steve-bannon-jeffrey-epstein-files-interview
http://www.memeorandum.com/260205/p55#a260205p55

Instant Analysis: Giants defeat Cowboys, 34-17 https://www.giants.com/news/instant-analysis-giants-defeat-cowboys-34-17-jaxson-dart-stats

"Today, Venezuela; tomorrow ze vorld!"
We've seen this movie before...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/04/us-running-venezuela-now-seems-less-likely-but-second-intervention-possible<…

"In a commercial brochure published in 1957 by Remington Rand UNIVAC, we learn about the advantages of the new FLOW-MATIC language, the brainchild of Grace Hopper.
On page 5 of this brochure we find, among an enumeration of six key advantages of FLOW-MATIC, a beautiful quote:
> Breaks the Communications Barrier Between Programming and Management Groups
The impossible dialogue was already a problem in 1957. I do not think this should be a surprise to anyone."

Grace Hopper & David Letterman
Among the many documents available at the Computer History Museum website there is an interesting artifact: a commercial brochure published in 1957 by the Remington Rand UNIVAC, "a division of Sperry Rand Corporation", titled "introducing a new language for automatic programming". In it, we learn about the advantages of the new (at the time) FLOW-MATIC programming language, the brainchild of United States Navy Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper.

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)
https://www.thewrap.com/media-platforms/jo

David Ellison Promises ‘Editorial Independence’ at CNN in Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery Merger
Paramount CEO David Ellison told CNBC on Thursday that CNN would maintain “editorial independence” if the company’s bid to buy Warner Bros. Discovery closes, an attempt to assuage fears the network would radically change to appease the Trump administration.

A coordinated international operation has dismantled a major online marketplace where cybercriminals traded stolen data.
https://www.computing.co.uk/news/2026/security/cyberc…

Cybercrime forum LeakBase dismantled in coordinated crackdown
A coordinated international operation has dismantled a major online marketplace where cybercriminals traded stolen data.

Anthropic plans a 30-second ad during the Super Bowl parodying the prospect of intrusive ads in AI conversations, and will also air a 60-second pre-game ad (Suzanne Vranica/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/bus…

Gestern gesehen: Ein Fotograf kauft bei einer Haushaltsversteigerung eine Kiste Negative, erkennt, dass das sehr gelungene Street Photography ist und fängt an, der (ein paar Jahre zuvor verstorbenen) Fotografin hinterher zu recherchieren. Sie arbeitete als Kindermädchen und fotografierte nur für sich selbst. Dokumentarfilm-Empfehlung für alle, die sich für Fotografie und Straßenfotografie interessieren.
Update: DVD ist verschenkt.

❝Sites of memory increasingly fail to reach new generations. Visitors learn facts, dates, perpetrators. But knowledge of past crimes does not automatically prevent future ones. Many institutions still teach a reassuring lesson: there were evil people once, they were defeated, we are different. Evil is placed safely in the past. The visitor leaves morally intact.❞