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11:40 AM ET, April 8, 2025

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Josh Xiao / Bloomberg:
Two influential Chinese bloggers say China is considering a ban on Hollywood movies as part of a set of measures to retaliate against Trump's tariffs  —  Two influential Chinese bloggers posted an identical set of measures that authorities are mulling to hit back at the latest tariff threats …
Bloomberg:
The US stock market briefly surged on April 7 after CNBC, Reuters, and others picked up an erroneous X post that Trump was considering a 90-day pause on tariffs  —  At just after 10 a.m., shouting erupted on the Siebert trading floor in downtown Manhattan.  Mark Malek, the firm's chief …
Zach Seward:
Quartz co-founder Zach Seward on the idealistic beginnings of Quartz, the death of the outlet, and how Jim Spanfeller and G/O Media killed it  —  “It's impossible to kill a media brand,” Jim Spanfeller told me on my first day working for him, as we sat in his corner office.
Anvee Bhutani / The Guardian:
Student journalists in the US are resigning or requesting takedown of stories amid growing repression by the Trump administration against pro-Palestinian speech  —  Newsrooms forced to adapt as writers resign and request takedown of stories to avoid potential repercussions
Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority:
Google says all new Google TV devices in the US must now have a remote with a Free TV or Live TV button that opens its Freeplay library of 150+ FAST channels  —  Starting this month, new Google TV devices will have a big “Free TV” button on their remotes  — Google has confirmed …
Tatiana Siegel / Variety:
Sources: Evan Gershkovich is not cooperating on the WSJ's documentary and book about his imprisonment, and plans his own film and book, sparking tensions  —  It was a dramatic moment.  On Aug. 1, 2024, Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stepped off a plane in Turkey to freedom, after 16 months spent in a Russian prison.
New York Times:
Sources: Paramount and Trump are poised to begin mediation in his $20B lawsuit against CBS News and have picked a mediator for the case in recent days  —  President Trump's $20 billion suit accuses CBS News of deceptively editing an interview with former Vice President Kamala Harris.
Bloomberg:
Publishers say site traffic has plummeted since Google rolled out AI Overviews; sources say Google acknowledged the drop in an October 2024 publisher meeting  —  In March 2024, website owner Morgan McBride was posing for photos in her half-renovated kitchen for a Google ad celebrating the ways …
New York Times:
A majority of 300+ WaPo tech workers sign union cards and plan to formally request recognition, WaPo's first public union drive since Bezos' 2013 acquisition  —  With global markets again in free-fall, the president appeared to be losing support of business leaders, raising questions about his leverage in his trade fight.
Rob Waugh / Press Gazette:
AI tools like ChatGPT have fueled a rise in media “experts” with dubious or fake credentials, often sourced via journalist request services  —  Since the launch of ChatGPT in 2022, anyone can generate comment, on any subject, in an instant.  —  It is a technology that appears …
Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
Sources: the EC plans to approve Liberty Media's €3.5B acquisition of Dorna Sports; the EC previously warned the deal could push up broadcasting rights prices  —  Liberty Media (FWONA.O), which owns Formula One, is set to secure unconditional EU antitrust approval for its 3.5-billion-euro …
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
MSNBC names Madeleine Haeringer, most recently the executive VP and GM of Crooked Media, as its senior VP of digital, audio, and longform, effective May 7  —  The executive is joining MSNBC as senior vp of digital, audio and longform beginning in May.  —  When MSNBC splits from NBC News later …
 
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Reuters Institute:
Reuters Institute names Indian journalist Mitali Mukherjee as director; she has been acting director since Rasmus Nielsen stepped down in October 2024
Mike Scarcella / Reuters:
Filing: X reaches a deal to drop its November 2024 case against Twitch, after alleging it conspired with other companies to withdraw advertising from X
Discussion: TVNewsCheck
Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
ITN reports 2024 revenue down 3% YoY to £150.7M, non-news revenue down 41%, and a pre-tax profit of £800K, its lowest in a decade, down from £1.5M in 2023
Discussion: Business Live and City A.M.
Kate Conger / New York Times:
How X became a powerful government mouthpiece, including through a rotating seat in the White House press briefing room occupied by John Stoll, X's head of news
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Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Filing: Moonvalley, whose AI model Marey generates “HD” clips up to 30 seconds in length, raised $43M and says it's working on licensing arrangements
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
RocaNews, a Gen-Z focused outlet that operates via Instagram, a gamified app, newsletters, and YouTube, says it became profitable in October and has 2M readers
Siyanda Mthethwa / Reuters:
Spotify's royalty payouts to South African performers grew 54% YoY in 2024 to $21M, while payouts to Nigerian artists more than doubled to $38M
Discussion: Semafor and Music Ally
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Some experts weigh in on how President Trump's trade policy could impact the entertainment industry: ad budgets may shrink, Netflix could be shielded, and more
Rebecca Rubin / Variety:
A Minecraft Movie collects $157M at the US box office in its opening weekend, the biggest domestic debut of 2025 and best in history for a video game adaptation
 

 
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Joe Rivano Barros / Mission Local:
Waymo says it temporarily suspended its ride-hailing service in San Francisco during a citywide blackout, as downed traffic lights appeared to halt its vehicles

Mitchell Peters / Billboard:
Pirate activist group Anna's Archive says it scraped 86M music files and 256M rows of track metadata from Spotify, and releases them in ~300TB of torrent files

John Sakellariadis / Politico:
Sources: DHS is investigating whether 6 staffers misled CISA's acting director into taking a polygraph that he failed, compounding instability at the agency
 
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