International Business Times Enters the CSAM–Fixed Sports Betting–Blackmail Synthesis
Ownership Reality Check
Etienne Uzac and Johnathan Davis personally control IBT Media, the private company behind International Business Times and Newsweek.
There are no public shareholders, no market transparency, and no independent accountability layer. Editorial direction, infrastructure, and strategy sit inside a single ownership circle.
That is not illegal — but it does concentrate narrative power.
Editorial Correction
This article is not reporting. It is narrative laundering. Rumour has been presented as outcome, speculation framed as inevitability, and basic verification abandoned in favour of confidence.
There is no completed acquisition.
There is no merged app.
There is no unified subscription.
There is no operational integration.
Writing as if regulatory reality has already been decided is not analysis — it is pre-clearance conditioning. This pattern is familiar, and it is documented across media consolidation, platform leverage, and coercive silence economics.
Errors happen. What matters is timing, framing, and intent. Publishing this narrative during active regulatory scrutiny is not neutral. It is alignment.
By downplaying verified acquisitions and framing corporate realities as mere speculations, IBT risks contributing to public confusion and mistrust in the media. As narratives become entangled with corporate interests, the integrity of journalism is at stake.
