Mediagazer: A US federal judge rejects OpenAI's request to dismiss the NYT's lawsuit, allowing the main copyright infringement claims to go forward while narrowing the suit (Bobby Allyn/NPR)

8:35 PM ET, March 26, 2025

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The Atlantic publishes Houthi attack plans that Trump advisers shared on Signal, after Trump and other officials asserted no classified information was shared — The administration has downplayed the importance of the text messages inadvertently sent to The Atlantic's editor in chief.

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Nick Robins-Early / The Guardian:

NPR and PBS heads testified in a heated DOGE subcommittee hearing amid a GOP effort to defund public media; Marjorie Taylor Greene calls for total CPB defunding — Heads of both NPR and PBS testify amid renewed Republican effort to defund US public media — The heads of National Public Radio …

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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene accuses PBS and NPR of “brainwashing children” and making them transgender ahead of a DOGE subcommittee hearing with their CEOs — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) has accused PBS and NPR of “brainwashing children” and making them transgender ahead …

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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:

Deloitte: 56% of Gen Zs and 43% of millennials surveyed find social media content “more relevant than traditional TV shows and movies” — A new Deloitte study shows that Gen Zers are choosing social and creator-driven content over big-budget entertainment, as consumers overall feel a price pinch over streaming.

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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Deloitte: on average, US SVOD subscribers pay for four services totaling $69/month, up 13% YoY; 54% pay for at least one ad-supported tier, up from 46% in 2024

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Naman Ramachandran / Variety:

No Other Land co-director Yuval Abraham says the Academy declined to publicly support the Oscar-winning co-director Hamdan Ballal when he was arrested by Israel — “No Other Land” filmmaker Yuval Abraham has criticized AMPAS for not commenting on the situation surrounding his Oscar-winning fellow co-director Hamdan Ballal.

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No Other Land co-director Yuval Abraham says co-director Hamdan Ballal has been freed after being beaten by Israeli settlers and arrested by soldiers

Ruth Michaelson / The Guardian:

Turkey's pro-government channels avoid protest coverage; Reporters Without Borders says President Erdogan controls ~85% of Turkey's national and corporate media — News of protests has been preserve of a few newspapers and channels outside well funded pro-government networks

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Ruth Michaelson / The Guardian:
A prosecutor in Turkey remands eight journalists to custody, reversing a decision to release them after they were arrested for covering anti-government protests

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Bobby Allyn / NPR:

A US federal judge rejects OpenAI's request to dismiss the NYT's lawsuit, allowing the main copyright infringement claims to go forward while narrowing the suit — A federal judge on Wednesday rejected OpenAI's request to toss out a copyright lawsuit from The New York Times that alleges …

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Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:

YouTube says Shorts views will now be counted each time a video starts to play or replay, rather than only after being watched for a certain number of seconds — YouTube is changing how it counts views on YouTube Shorts to give creators a deeper understanding of how their short-form content is performing …

Paige Smith / Bloomberg:

Sports Illustrated partners with UK-based Galactic to launch SI Predict, a predictions market linked to athletic events, except the outcome of games — The Sports Illustrated brand is teaming up with UK-based media firm Galactic to launch a predictions market allowing users to bet …

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Sara Guaglione / Digiday:

Mansueto Ventures tightens Fast Company and Inc. paywalls, reserving four daily stories for subscribers, up from one, to grow revenue amid traffic volatility — Fast Company and Inc. are tightening up their paywalls. Up until a few weeks ago, the Mansueto Ventures-owned publishers would put one new story a day behind a paywall.

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Financial Times:

Axel Springer board member Martín Varsavsky resigns after accusing Politico of left-wing bias and says its coverage is “not aligned” with his ethical standards — Martín Varsavsky says news coverage is ‘not aligned with my own ethical standards’

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Mia Galuppo / The Hollywood Reporter:

Amazon MGM selects Amy Pascal and David Heyman, the producers behind the Spider-Man and Harry Potter franchises, to produce the next James Bond movie — The producers are behind the Spider-Man and Harry Potter franchises. — It's official, the James Bond franchise has found its producers in Amy Pascal and David Heyman.

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Matthew Keys / The Desk:

Trump withdraws the nomination of Media Research Center founder L. Brent Bozell III to head USAGM, naming him instead to serve as US ambassador to South Africa — President Donald Trump on Tuesday withdrew his nomination of Leo Brent Bozell III to lead the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM).

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Matthew Keys / The Desk:
Court docs: a federal judge has ordered USAGM to restore operational grants to RFE/RL, after the outlet sued to stop the blocking of funds allocated by Congress

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