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NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Llamas will do the traditional Super Bowl pre-game interview with the president, to be taped on Wednesday with parts aired that day (Brian Steinberg/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/tom-llamas-super-bow…

Tom Llamas Will Tackle Trump Interview During Super Bowl Pre-Game
Tom Llamas Will Tackle Trump Interview For Super Bowl Pre-Game for NBC News

Source: HBO Max is proceeding with its UK and Ireland launch on March 26, offering TNT Sports as a standalone or add-on service, despite Paramount's WBD deal (K.J. Yossman/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/tv/global/hbo-max-uk-launch-going-ah…

HBO Max U.K. Launch Still Going Ahead Despite Paramount Merger
The U.K. launch of HBO Max is still going ahead as planned, despite plans to combine the streaming platform with Paramount+.

I applied the three finger salute to the two pieces of software that is not responsive after two hours. We used to have semi-decent software, but lately the piss-poor upgrades and AI SLOP has infected the "productivity" software. I could update 5 documents, generate PDF for each and rebuild the release folder index in one day or a day and a half if the VPN was slow. All I got done (day 2 of frustration) was three of the smallest documents, on the midsize document it choked and I…

Dish files counterclaims against Disney and ESPN over the launch of limited-time passes for Sling TV and alleges antitrust violations and breach of contract (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/dish-countersues-disney-e…

Dish Countersues Disney, ESPN Over Sling TV Short-Term Passes
Dish Network is firing back at Disney and EPSN in a legal dispute over its launch of limited-time passes for Sling TV

Netflix tests Japan's entrenched baseball viewing habits, long dominated by domestic and free-to-air broadcasters, by locking up World Baseball Classic rights (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Microsoft launches the Publisher Content Marketplace in partnership with Condé Nast, Hearst, AP, and others, to let publishers license content to AI companies (Anu Adegbola/Search Engine Land)
https://searchengineland.com/microsoft-launch…

Microsoft launches Publisher Content Marketplace for AI licensing
New marketplace lets publishers set terms, track usage, and get paid when AI systems ground answers in premium, licensed content.

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-orig…

Crunchyroll to Launch Original Video Games Following Price Hike
Anime media giant Crunchyroll is now developing original video game titles under its Crunchyroll Games banner.

Outside Interactive, formerly Outside Media, which pivoted from ads to a recurring revenue model, reports 2025 revenue up 23% YoY to $125M and its first profit (Mark Stenberg/Adweek)
https://www.adweek.com/media/outside-interactive-profit-transformation/

Outside Interactive Posted Its First Profit—But It’s No longer Just a Media Company
The platform brought in $125 million in 2025, over 60% of which came from recurring lines of revenue.

Nielsen: The most-watched Christmas NFL game was Netflix's Lions-Vikings, with 27.5M live plus same-day US viewers; Prime Video's Chiefs vs. Broncos drew 21.06M (Katie Campione/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2025/12/christmas-2025-n…

Netflix’s Lions-Vikings Leads NFL Christmas Day Audiences; Prime Video Trails With Chiefs-Broncos But Sets ‘Thursday Night Football’ Record
Netflix had the largest audience for this year's Christmas Day NFL matchups, and Prime Video still set a record despite trailing

Source: CBS News may cut ties with new contributor Peter Attia, a wellness expert, after the latest trove of Epstein emails revealed Attia's Epstein links (The Wrap)
https://www.thewrap.com/creative-content/tv-shows/peter-attia-epstein-cbs-param…

CBS News Expected to Cut Ties With Contributor Peter Attia Over Epstein Links | Exclusive
Editor-in-chief Bari Weiss announced Peter Attia’s hiring last week as part of her new vision for the network, but since then he appeared in the Epstein files.