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Mike Allen / Axios:
Source: the White House plans to impose its own seating chart for briefing room reporters, taking over a function long managed by the reporters through the WHCA — The White House plans to impose its own seating chart for reporters in the briefing room in coming weeks …
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Thomas Buckley / Bloomberg:
Sources: David Zaslav has started meeting with candidates who could replace film studio heads Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy, whose contracts expire in 2026 — The talks with potential successors are at an early and informal stage, and a final decision on the futures of De Luca and Abdy has not been made …
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Matt Donnelly / Variety:
Sources describe rising tensions at Warner Bros. Pictures amid movie flops, with WBD CEO David Zaslav losing confidence in co-heads Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
The BBC says it plans to open new talks with AI providers, invest in short-form platforms like TikTok, expand BBC Verify, and revamp news coverage on iPlayer — BBC will also expand BBC Verify and evolve news on iPlayer. — The BBC has said it will open new talks with AI providers …
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Max Goldbart / Deadline:
The BBC says its content spend will fall by £150M to £2.5B in the next 12 months as it faces an “unprecedented content funding challenge” — The BBC faces an “unprecedented content funding challenge” in the year to come, the corporation's Annual Plan setting out priorities for the next 12 months has said.
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Reach CEO Jim Mullen steps down with immediate effect after six years, replaced by Chief Revenue Officer Piers North; Mullen will join a horse racing company — Reach CEO Jim Mullen is stepping down after six years with immediate effect. — Mullen will be succeeded as Reach CEO by Piers North, currently chief revenue officer.
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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Bloomberg has had to correct at least three dozen AI-generated summaries on top of news articles since it started showing them early this year — The outlet has issued dozens of corrections to A.I.-generated news summaries since it started using the technology to write them this year.
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
After White House criticism, WHCA says comedian Amber Ruffin won't headline this year's annual dinner “to ensure the focus is not on the politics of division” — Ruffin had been a target of criticism from the White House, though the WHCA says it will focus the event on recognizing “journalistic excellence.”
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Financial Times:
Marketing executives say big brands are allocating small amounts of their ad budget to X, seeking to avoid being perceived as boycotting Elon Musk's platform — Marketers want to avoid being seen as boycotting billionaire's social media platform — Big brands are allocating small amounts …
Katherine Sayre / Wall Street Journal:
A profile of CherryRoad Media CEO Jeremy Gulban, who has acquired 92 community newspapers across the US with the goal of revitalizing local journalism — An entrepreneur who owns 92 local newspapers confronts tariffs, distrust of print outlets and changing news diets
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J. Kim Murphy / Variety:
WBD's Max quietly launches a new logo with a monochrome color palette that evokes the longtime HBO branding, ditching its shiny blue UI — It's not HBO, it's Max — but the new standalone logo for Warner Bros. Discovery's streamer now certainly looks like HBO's at a glance.
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Penelope Green / New York Times:
Reinaldo Herrera, contributing editor for Vanity Fair for 30+ years and husband of fashion designer Carolina Herrera, died on March 18, 2025, at 91 — Both old school and Old World and married to a celebrated fashion designer, he helped define Manhattan's high life for many years.
Wall Street Journal:
A profile of self-help guru Mel Robbins, who has built an empire offering bite-size advice across books, podcasts, speaking engagements, and social media — Mel Robbins has built a lucrative empire offering bite-size life advice across books, podcasts, speaking engagements and social media
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