Top News:
Jennifer Maas / Variety:
Media and tech stocks jump after Trump announced a 90-day tariff pause, with WBD closing up 17%+, Netflix up 8%+, Disney up 12%+, and Meta up 14%+ — The S&P 500 jumped nearly 8% Wednesday following President Donald Trump's announcement that a 90-day pause would be put on the proposed tariffs for non-retaliating countries.
Discussion:
CNN, Mercury News, Benzinga, One America News Network, Politico, Associated Press, @billackman, The Atlantic, Tennessee Star, The Gateway Pundit, @mattyglesias, The Wrap, @mgsiegler, KVIA-TV, @danprimack, Yahoo Finance, The Information, UPI, Deadline, Washington Examiner and New York Post, more at Techmeme »
Richard Lawler / The Verge:
YouTube, the RIAA, and SAG-AFTRA express support for the reintroduced NO FAKES Act, which standardizes rules around making AI copies of a person's likeness — The legislation that would establish rules around the use of AI copies of someone's likeness is once again up for consideration.
Discussion:
YouTube Official Blog, @recordingacad, @sagaftra, @youtubeinsider, @chriscoons, @rkyncl, @updatesfromyt, @variety, @nealmohan, @riaa, @warnermusic, @repnatemoran, @riaa, @repmariasalazar, @marshablackburn, @grammyadvocacy, @umg, @senamyklobuchar, @marshablackburn, Digital Music News, Deadline, Neal Mohan on LinkedIn, Music Business Worldwide, The Wrap, The Hollywood Reporter and Variety
RELATED:
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Top creators like Mr. Beast sign on to a YouTube pilot program that surfaces AI-generated content featuring their likeness and lets them request removal — Mr. Beast, Marques Brownlee and Mark Rober are among the YouTube stars who will test the tool, after CAA signed on last year.
Discussion:
Billboard, TechCrunch, The Wrap and Variety, more at Techmeme »
Alex Griffing / Mediaite:
Trump accuses ex-DHS official Miles Taylor of treason and directs the DOJ to investigate him over his “anonymous” essay and book criticizing Trump's first term — Want to avoid video ads? Subscribe to — President Donald Trump directed the Justice Department …
Discussion:
The White House, Associated Press, Breitbart, SpyTalk, Washington Times, NBC News, The Gateway Pundit, The Hill, The Guardian, Axios, New York Post, The White House, @walshfreedom.bsky.social, @joeuchill.bsky.social, The Independent, @billstewart.bsky.social, @gerrishlisa.bsky.social, Raw Story and @fpwellman.bsky.social, more at Techmeme »
Reuters:
A Delaware judge rules Newsmax defamed Dominion Voting Systems with its false reporting accusing Dominion of rigging the 2020 US presidential election — Conservative news outlet Newsmax Media (NMAX.N) defamed Dominion Voting Systems with its false reporting accusing the voting machine company …
Discussion:
Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, NPR, The Desk, The Independent, CNN, Deadline, @passantino.bsky.social and CNBC
Alex Mahadevan / Poynter:
A survey of 1,128 US adults: 49% have no interest in using an AI chatbot to get info from news outlets, and 27% believe outlets often use AI to write articles — Wide-ranging research from Poynter and the University of Minnesota sheds light on how people feel about AI in journalism. It's not pretty.
Discussion:
Benjamin Toff on LinkedIn
RELATED:
Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
Dow Jones and WSJ UK management end voluntary recognition talks with the NUJ to instead recognize News Union, which is funded by sister company News UK — Dow Jones and Wall Street Journal UK management have halted voluntary recognition talks with the National Union of Journalists …
Discussion:
National Union of Journalists …
Isabella Simonetti / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Liberty Media has been shopping F1 rights at ~$150M-$180M per year, starting with the 2026 season, up to double what ESPN has been paying recently — Liberty Media's F1 seeking $150 million to $180 million a year for fast-growing sport — Formula One is among the fastest-growing sports …
Discussion:
Awful Announcing, Sports Media Watch and TVNewsCheck
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Ex-Facebook employee Sarah Wynn-Williams tells US senators that Meta targeted teens with ads based on their emotional state identified via their online activity — Meta whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams, the former Director of Global Public Policy for Facebook and author of the recently released tell …
Lauren Sherman / @lapresmidi:
Condé Nast names Vanity Fair deputy editor Daniel Kile as interim EIC while it searches for a successor to Radhika Jones — News: Vanity Fair deputy editor Daniel Kile has been named INTERIM EIC while Conde Nast searches for a successor to Radhika Jones. Read more about the succession search on Line Sheet @PuckNews https://puck.news/...
Discussion:
@grynbaum and @zineeditor.bsky.social
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
WordPress.com launches an AI website builder to help users create a website via its chat-style interface, available to WordPress users for free — Hosting platform WordPress.com on Wednesday launched a new AI website builder that allows anyone to create a functioning website using an AI chat-style interface.
Discussion:
WordPress.com News and The Verge
Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
Atlas Obscura names ex-WSJ executive Louise Story as its new CEO, reports $16.7M in 2024 revenue, driven by ads, and says its newsletters have 1.7M free subs — Story wants to build the best travel app in the world — Atlas Obscura has named Louise Story as its new chief executive officer …
Discussion:
Louise Story on LinkedIn and Talking Biz News
International Economics Reporter, DC — 
Consumer Brands Reporter, GA — 
Deputy Editor - Playbook, VA — 
Product Editor, CA — 
Indigenous Affairs Editor, Sydney — 
China Autos Correspondent, Beijing — 
Bangor Reporter, ME — 
Commerce Editor - Health, Remote US — 
Sports Editor, MI — 
Managing Editor, Remote US — 
Public Policy Editor, London — 
Stock Picks Writer, NY — 
Part-Time Reporter, AZ — 
Executive Editor, CA — 
Political Correspondent, NV — 
Sr. Reporter, Singapore — 
Evening Dep. Breaking News Ed., CA — 
Commercial Real Estate Reporter, NY — 
Kansas Statehouse Reporter, KS — 
Senior Science & Health Writer, NY — 
Data Journalist, MN — 
DeFi Correspondent, Remote — 
City Government Reporter, OR — 
Healthcare Business Reporter, MA — 
Senior Consumer Tech Reporter, NY — 
Washington Correspondent, DC — 
Editorial Director - Audio & Video, NY — 
Local Editor - Morris County, Remote NJ — 
AI Columnist - Weekend, CA/NY — 
Washington Correspondent, DC — 
Deputy Managing Editor, IA — 
Senior Editor - News, NC — 
Breaking News Editor - Weekend, HK — 
Reporter - National, Remote NY — 
