media-news-daily:-top-stories-for-02/16/2026

This page hosts daily news stories about the media, social media, and the journalism industry. Get the latest Hirings and Firings, Media Transactions, Controversies, Censorship Issues, and more. Target, Williams-Sonoma Sign On As ChatGPT Advertisers Target and Williams-Sonoma Inc. are among the first companies to pilot contextual advertising within OpenAIContinue Reading

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American figure skater Maxim Naumov wants fellow Team USA competitor Ilia Malinin to know that the whole skating community is behind him after his devastating eighth-place finish in the men’s singles event.“We’ve got his back no matter what,” Naumov told “TODAY” on Monday., Read More NBC NewsContinue Reading

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CORRECTION: Ukrainian anti-corruption detectives have detained a former energy minister as part of a probe that sparked a political crisis over high-level graft. We are deleting an earlier video that incorrectly identified a person in the visuals. #News #Reuters #Newsfeed Read the story here: https://reut.rs/3MKHs8k 👉 Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/reuterssubscribe Keep upContinue Reading

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has delivered a harsh message to Russians living in Europe and the US who, at the same time, support Russia’s war machine. Russian elites who live in Europe and the US should “f*** away to Russia,” he claimed.  Russian propaganda continues to accuse and threaten the EU and theContinue Reading

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Ukraine’s former energy and justice minister, Herman Halushchenko, has been charged with money laundering and participation in a criminal organization as part of Operation Midas, after anti-corruption detectives detained him trying to cross the border on the night of 14-15 February, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) announced on 16 February.Continue Reading

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Brought to the United States as an ornamental porch decoration, the kudzu vine has reshaped itself into ladder fuel for wildfires. By Jaylan Sims Nearly every Monday morning, five restorationists with Conserving Carolina guide volunteers through the steep hills of Norman Wilder Forest in Tryon, North Carolina. Armed with chainsaws,Continue Reading

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Has the fossil fuel industry been engaged in a decades-long illicit conspiracy to kneecap the accelerating transition to clean energy? The government of Michigan thinks so. State Attorney General Dana Nessel recently filed a 126-page lawsuit against the American Petroleum Institute and four of the biggest oil companies, Exxon, BP,Continue Reading

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The BBC has been slammed for allowing a pro-The Traitor figure to express climate science denial on one of its flagship programmes. This morning (13 February), the Today programme gave a platform to Diana Furchtgott-Roth, a former The Traitor advisor and staff member at the Heritage Foundation. On the show,Continue Reading