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Source: the US Department of Commerce plans to allow the export of Nvidia's old H200 chips to China, seeking a compromise over controlling exports to China (Reed Albergotti/Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/12/08/2025/commerce-t…

Exclusive: Commerce to open up exports of Nvidia H200 chips to China
The move, which has the support of Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, could bolster Nvidia’s revenue by opening up a huge market for its chips while ensuring US technology remains the standard worldwide.

Sources: Live Nation-US DOJ settlement talks divide the Trump admin; DOJ antitrust boss Gail Slater is sidelined as Live Nation lobbies against a March trial (Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/02/08/2026/live-nation-settle…

Exclusive: Live Nation settlement talks are dividing Trump’s DOJ
Ticketing giant Live Nation has been negotiating with senior DOJ officials outside the antitrust division to avert a trial over whether the company is operating an illegal monopoly, according to people familiar with the matter.

times new viking have apparently reunited! https://www.brooklynvegan.com/the-spits-times-new-viking-snooper-prison-affair-the-serfs-playing-outline-at-knockdown-center/

The Spits, Times New Viking, SNÕÕPER, Prison Affair & The Serfs playing Outline at Knockdown Center
This all-punk edition of Outline happens March 6 and will be Times New Viking's first NYC show since 2012.

Great new local arts event calendar from the editors of McSweeney's
https://www.sanfranciscoisdead.com/

Alt view https://fosstodon.org/@samvarma/115676948558905505

Paramount's WBD bid is backfiring in DC; a Trump official says Paramount seems to "believe the worst possible tropes" about corruption in the administration (Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/12/08/2025

Finger-pointing in Washington as Paramount goes hostile
The Ellisons “leaned into the stereotypes” of a politicized regulatory process in its aggressive pursuit of for Warner Bros.

DOJ files show how Epstein courted media to launder his image by easily exploiting some digital media figures, but also the impact of accountability journalism (Max Tani/Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/02/08/2026/new-emai…

Exclusive: New emails show how Epstein used the media to rehab his reputation
Most of the revelations in the files have not revealed journalistic sins, but have highlighted uncomfortably close relationships.

at a packed LPR for psychic hotline's winter jazzfest to-do. william tyler on echo-decay guitar, ala his gorgeous "time indefinite" (& minus yasmin williams, who had to bow out); & joe westerlund, emitting gorp-jazz percussion dreams with sam gendel & nick sanborn, ala his "curiosities from the shift" #nyc

Sources: Paramount's Gulf sovereign funding, accounting for ~30% of the deal's value, and potential political scrutiny led WBD to reject Paramount's initial bid (Rohan Goswami/Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/12/08/2025

Paramount’s Mideast financing doomed Warner Bros. Discovery auction bid
WBD’s board grew uneasy with how complicated Paramount’s offer became.

Source: WaPo planned a marketing campaign with a new slogan, We The People, but dropped it after MS Now launched a $20M brand campaign with the same slogan (Max Tani/Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/02/08/2026/washington-post-suffer…

Exclusive: Washington Post suffers marketing mishap with new slogan
The paper had prepared a new brand campaign, with a new tagline meant to convey its connection to America: “We The People.”