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12:55 PM ET, April 22, 2025

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Todd Spangler / Variety:
The Washington Post partners with OpenAI to make its content “more accessible” in ChatGPT, which will display summaries, quotes, and links to WaPo's reporting  —  The Washington Post, owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, has gone into business with artificial-intelligence powerhouse OpenAI.
Kaare Eriksen / Variety:
GamesBeat spins out from VentureBeat into a separate, independent entity, with ex-VentureBeat CSO Gina Joseph as CEO and Dean Takahashi as editorial director  —  Gina Joseph and veteran journalist Dean Takahashi will remain with and lead the new GamesBeat.  —  Video game publication GamesBeat …
Scott Feinberg / The Hollywood Reporter:
The Academy releases new rules for the 98th Oscars in 2026, including making it tougher to vote in a category without watching all the nominees in the category  —  Additionally, the organization's board of governors has left the door open to again replacing its Oscar Nominees Luncheon with an Oscar Nominees Dinner or some other event.
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Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
The Academy says generative AI and other digital tools used in the making of a film “neither help nor harm the chances of achieving a nomination” for the Oscars
Max Tani / Semafor:
Source: Truth Social dropped Nexstar from a defamation lawsuit after Nexstar agreed to fire a breaking news reporter at The Hill; Nexstar denies the accusation  —  The Scoop  —  For the last year and a half, Truth Social has relentlessly pursued a defamation case against 19 media companies …
Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Sarah Palin testifies in her defamation case against The New York Times, saying her profile “crashed” as a result of a 2017 editorial that contained an error  —  Closing arguments in the libel case are expected on Tuesday, after which the nine jurors will begin deliberations.
Ronan Shields / Digiday:
In a reversal, Google says it won't roll out a new standalone third-party Chrome cookie prompt, meaning adtech companies can keep using related targeting tools  —  Google's latest Chrome update leaves third-party cookie phase-out as unclear as ever Read More
Mia Sato / The Verge:
Meta is testing using AI tools in the US to detect teen Instagram users, even if they've lied about their birthday, and place them under Teen Account settings  —  On Instagram, AI tools will detect underage users and automatically change their account settings.
Michael Savage / The Guardian:
How quiz shows evolved from their trivia-based format, with shows like ITV's The 1% Club and BBC's Only Connect focusing on brainteasers and lateral thinking  —  Puzzles and social media teasers shaking up trivia-based formats, as viewers seek games that anyone can enjoy
Discussion: The Sun and Mirror
Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
The National Trust for Local News names The Buffalo News publisher Tom Wiley as its CEO, succeeding Elizabeth Hansen Shapiro, who stepped down in January 2025  —  Tom Wiley will join the nonprofit as CEO on May 12.  He'll start with a road trip visiting the Trust's local newsrooms in Maine, Colorado, and Georgia.
Sarah Frier / Bloomberg:
A profile of Shots Podcast Network co-founder John Shahidi, who helped arrange Trump's appearances on “manosphere” podcasts ahead of the 2024 election  —  John Shahidi is a big part of why young men turned out to vote for Trump.  —  During Donald Trump's first term, John Shahidi …
Discussion: @sarahfrier
 
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Steven McIntosh / BBC:
Match of the Day presenter Gary Lineker says “perhaps” the BBC wanted him to leave the soccer highlights show, ahead of his departure in May after over 25 years
Kate Knibbs / Wired:
Bluesky starts rolling out blue check verification, initially limiting verification to select organizations and its moderation team
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Max Tani / Semafor:
Source: WaPo has begun speaking with several candidates to become the editor of its rebooted opinion section, including Reason EIC Katherine Mangu-Ward
Discussion: The Hill, Deadline and @taylorlorenz
Oliver Darcy / Status:
Ryan Lizza has left Politico, where he was Playbook co-author and chief Washington correspondent, and launches a Substack publication called Telos
New York Times:
Sources: as labor costs rose after two strikes, producers of reality shows, indie films, and blockbusters increasingly shot overseas, hurting Hollywood workers
Christopher Grimes / Financial Times:
The success of A Minecraft Movie, set to hit $700M in ticket sales globally this weekend, signals Hollywood's breakthrough in adapting video games into films
Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
A profile of TKO CEO Ari Emanuel, as he builds a live events business; sources: Emanuel is in talks to buy the Miami and Madrid Open tennis tournaments for $1B+
 

 
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Kif Leswing / CNBC:
Apple says general counsel Kate Adams and policy chief Lisa Jackson will retire, and Jennifer Newstead, Meta's former chief legal officer, will replace Adams

Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg:
Sources: Meta is considering deep budget cuts to its metaverse efforts in 2026, potentially as high as 30% and most likely including layoffs as early as January

Will Oremus / Washington Post:
Two studies suggest AI chatbots can shift political views more effectively than TV campaign ads, especially by presenting many claims, regardless of accuracy
 
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