Mediagazer: Sources: connected TV ad platform MNTN, which filed for a US IPO in late February, is among companies pausing listings as Trump's trade war upends the economy (Fareed Sahloul/Bloomberg)

Jonathan Vanian / CNBC:

Trump says he will sign an EO to keep TikTok running for an additional 75 days, as a deal “requires more work to ensure all necessary approvals are signed” — President Donald Trump on Friday extended a deadline requiring China-based ByteDance to sell the U.S. operations of TikTok …

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Axios:

Sources: G/O Media sold business news brand Quartz and commerce site The Inventory to software firm Redbrick, the fourth Quartz ownership change in seven years — G/O Media has sold business news brand Quartz and commerce site The Inventory to Canadian software firm Redbrick, Axios has learned.

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Fareed Sahloul / Bloomberg:

Sources: connected TV ad platform MNTN, which filed for a US IPO in late February, is among companies pausing listings as Trump's trade war upends the economy — Billions of dollars worth of acquisitions and initial public offerings are on hold as Donald Trump's trade war upends the global economy …

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Todd Spangler / Variety:

Stock declines for major media companies on Friday included WBD, down 11.9%, Roku, 8.3%, Apple, 7.3%, Netflix, 6.7%, Disney, 6%, and Amazon, 4.2% — Amid steep losses, U.S. president says ‘my policies will never change’ — Stocks dropped sharply for a second day — with U.S. stock markets setting …

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Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:

Amazon introduces a Kindle Recaps feature that uses GenAI and moderators to create short summaries of books in a series — Amazon is introducing a new “Recaps” feature for Kindle users to help them recall plot points and character arcs before picking up the latest book in a series.

Discussion: @kevinleecaster.bsky.social and The Verge

Arpan Chaturvedi / Reuters:

An Indian court orders Wikimedia to remove statements about news agency ANI facing criticism for being a government propaganda tool from a Wikipedia page — The operator of Wikipedia has been ordered to remove statements deemed defamatory by an Indian court from the page of a domestic news agency it hosts …

Discussion: The Desk and @davidsullivan.bsky.social

Agence France-Presse:

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty head Stephen Capus says the US government turned off satellite services that transmit its Russian-language program into Russia — The head of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty said on Thursday that the US government had switched off a satellite that transmitted its Russian-language programme into Russia.

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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:

Vimeo launches Vimeo Streaming, letting creators launch subscription streaming services without any coding experience and offering features like AI translations — The video tech platform is launching Vimeo Streaming, a product that lets creators spool up their own subscription services and apps.

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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:

Amid the worst stock market sell-off since the 2020 pandemic, Fox News has projected a conspicuous calm and temporarily dropped its onscreen stock ticker — There is no onscreen stock ticker. One anchor reassured viewers that “President Trump is keeping another campaign promise.”

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Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch:

Joel Kaplan says Meta's US fact-checking program will be over by Monday, and Community Notes will start appearing on Facebook, Threads, and Instagram — Meta will no longer have any fact-checkers in the U.S. come Monday, according to Chief Global Affairs Officer Joel Kaplan.

Discussion: Engadget, The Hill, Daily Caller News Foundation, Breitbart, Fox Business, BGR, MeidasTouch News, Blaze Media, RedState, Global Investigative …, @joel_kaplan, @muwxguy.bsky.social, Poynter and The Verge

Sara Merican / Deadline:

Report: micro-drama apps are booming in Asia: DramaBox's app store revenue rose from $8M in 2023 to $217M in 2024, while ReelShort's grew from $36M to $214M — Apps such Dramabox, Goodshort, Reelshort and Shortmax - which offer episodes lasting for around 60 to 90 seconds …

Discussion: Adam Thomas on LinkedIn and The Streamable

The Hollywood Reporter:

How Wall Street's pressure for growth, the demise of the traditional theatrical release window, and Hollywood's risk aversion are impacting studio executives — High-flying execs are dropping like flies right now — at Amazon MGM, and possibly at Warner Bros. — turning what was once …