Mediagazer: Amazon debuts a Kindle Recaps feature that uses generative AI and moderators to create short recaps “that accurately reflect” the content of books in a series (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)

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Jonathan Vanian / CNBC:

Trump says he signed an executive order to keep TikTok running for 75 more days, as “the 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 …

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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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Katie Campione / Deadline:

WGA members “overwhelmingly” ratify a new three-year deal with CBS News that includes AI protections and is modeled after a recent ABC News contract — The Writers Guild of America East and West members at CBS News have ratified a new three-year collective bargaining agreement with the company.

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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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Ella Creamer / The Guardian:

A judicial panel consolidates 12 copyright cases against OpenAI and Microsoft in New York, including cases from Ta-Nehisi Coates, John Grisham, and the NYT — California cases over AI trainers' use of work by writers including Ta-Nehisi Coates and Michael Chabon transferred to consolidate …

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Ashton Pittman / Mississippi Free Press:

A judge dismisses former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant's defamation lawsuit against Mississippi Today; Bryant sued in 2023 over reporting about a welfare scandal — A judge has dismissed former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant's defamation lawsuit against Mississippi Today …

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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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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.

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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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Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:

Amazon debuts a Kindle Recaps feature that uses generative AI and moderators to create short recaps “that accurately reflect” the content 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.

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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 …

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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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