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A Q&A with Houston Chronicle executives and local creator Shawn Singh on partnering with creators, who the outlet sees as "freelancers for the digital age" (Nieman Lab)
https://www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/same-val

“Same values, same mission, same ethics”: How the Houston Chronicle chooses creators to work with
"We are thinking of creators almost as, like, freelancers for the digital age."

A Sports Frenzy for the Most Valuable Influencers https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/arts/sports-influencers-content-creators-nfl-nba.html

Looks like they covered all the buzzwords in their solution. And so much complexity which can (and will) go wrong 🙄
New Company Hopes to Build Age-Verification Tech into Vape Cartridges - Slashdot https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/03/3

TikTok partners with personalized video platform Cameo to allow creators in the US offer personalized video messages directly within the TikTok app (Mandy Dalugdug/Music Business Worldwide)
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/tik…

TikTok to let US creators sell personalized videos in-app through its new Cameo partnership
The integration allows TikTok creators to sign up for Cameo without leaving the platform and add customized call-to-action buttons to their TikTok content.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Audioasis
Critters Buggin:
🎵 Shag
#CrittersBuggin
https://open.spotify.com/track/2OrP23Q7adkksHQUMkbHpi

SUPERCAM IDENTIFIES CORUNDUM IN JEZERO CRATER, MARS, USING TIME-RESOLVED LUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY: #Jezero Crater.

Q&A with Bryan Jacobs, creator of TomWikiAssist, a NanoClaw Clawbot built to edit and write for Wikipedia, on the mostly negative reactions of human editors (Bill Adair/Nieman Lab)
https://www.niemanlab.org/2026…

“I was surprised how upset some people got”: A conversation with the creator of TomWikiAssist, the bot that edited Wikipedia
"It's almost like people were really quite disoriented and terrified by it. And to some extent I get it and I'm trying to empathize with how they're feeling."

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Telekinesis:
🎵 Ghosts and Creatures
#Telekinesis
https://telekinesis.bandcamp.com/track/ghosts-and-creatures
https://open.spotify.com/track/16zgKRb8XXdYoP6hcdkoDS

The FCC approves Charter's $34.5B merger with Cox, combining cable, fiber, and cloud units, and taking the Cox name and using Spectrum for consumer business (Ted Johnson/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2026/02/charter-cox-merger-fcc-1236738909/

FCC Approves Charter’s Merger With Cox Enterprises
The FCC on Friday announced that it has given the greenlight to Charter Communications’ $34.5 billion merger with Cox Enterprises. The merger will combine the cable, commercial fiber and cloud businesses of the companies. When the deal was announced last year, the companies said that the combination would have 38 million subscribers. FCC Chairman Brendan […]

How legacy media outlets like CNN and NYT are borrowing from the creator playbook, experimenting with more casual video formats and platform-specific stories (Natalie Korach/Status)
https://www.status.news/p/cnn-podcast-style-shows-nyt-video

Chasing Creator Currency
Between creator workshops at CNN and a recent video hiring spree at The New York Times, legacy media is chasing the creator playbook, looking for answers to their digital woes.