Mediagazer: Antenna: ad tiers made up 46% of US subscriptions at SVOD platforms offering ad-free and ad-supported plans at the end of March 2025, up from 39% in March 2024 (Jill Goldsmith/Deadline)

Dan Kennedy / Media Nation:

The Chicago Sun-Times and the Philadelphia Inquirer ran a supplement featuring an AI-generated guide to summer books that do not exist — Well, this is embarrassing. The Chicago Sun-Times and The Philadelphia Inquirer have been caught running an AI-generated guide to summer books that don't exist.

Discussion: 404 Media, The Verge, Nieman Lab, Threads, Ars Technica, Defector, @pourmecoffee, Erika Hall on LinkedIn, @adamkeiper.com, @rachaelking70.bsky.social, The Present Age and @chicago.suntimes.com

Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:

Three US senators send Shari Redstone a letter questioning whether Paramount is engaging in bribery by settling Trump's lawsuit to influence merger approval — Lawmakers raise concerns that CBS News parent Paramount risks violating bribery laws in pursuit of potential Trump settlement

Discussion: New York Post, Variety, Reuters, Radio & Television …, The Guardian, Cord Cutters News, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren …, The Hill, Deadline, The Wrap and The Gateway Pundit

Kate Knibbs / Wired:

Inside the US case against a North Carolina man who the government claims made $10M+ in royalties between 2017 and 2024 by using bot armies to stream AI tracks — A chart-topping jazz album! Loads of Spotify and Apple Music plays! Just one problem: The success might not be real. — Play/Pause Button

Discussion: @wired.com, @teacherdude, @knibbs.bsky.social and @neuvel.net

Saskia Koopman / City A.M.:

Channel 4 says it will be the first UK broadcaster to bring video programming to Spotify later this week, with content from its youth-focused brand Channel 4.0 — Channel 4 has become the first UK broadcaster to bring video programming to the streaming platform, in a move that will see episodes from its youth-focused digital brand.

Discussion: Advanced Television, Broadband TV News, The Media Leader, Televisual, PerformanceMarketingWorld and Channel 4

Sara Fischer / Axios:

At The Moment Media launches to give execs the ability to pay for their video coverage and says it's a complement to traditional journalism and not a competitor — A new media company called At The Moment Media (ATM) is launching Tuesday to give executives across the media, entertainment …

Discussion: Variety, Adweek, @benmullin, @sarafischer, @mediaevan, @abebrown716, @samblum.bsky.social and @lucas_shaw

Jill Goldsmith / Deadline:

Antenna: ad tiers made up 46% of US subscriptions at SVOD platforms offering ad-free and ad-supported plans at the end of March 2025, up from 39% in March 2024 — Ads on streaming are smoking. — Advertising-supported tiers made up 46% of streaming subscriptions at SVOD platforms that offer …

Discussion: The Desk, The Streamable, StreamTV Insider, The Verge, Antenna, @antennadata and Media Play News

Ayushi Kar / The Reporters' Collective:

How Indian news agency ANI is using YouTube's copyright policy in India to demand high licensing fees and shut down YouTubers, including those critical of Modi — The news agency is using a chink in YouTube's copyright policy in India to shut down news content producers if they dont cough …

Discussion: @ayushikar1998, Ayushi Kar on LinkedIn, @kunalkamra88, @iarpitspeaks, @deb_livnletliv, @harshithamanwan, @bainjal, @reporters_co, @reporters_co and @nit_set

Max Tani / Semafor:

MSNBC hires Marcus Mabry, CNN Worldwide's SVP of digital editorial and programming, to serve as its SVP of Content Strategy — The Scoop — MSNBC is poaching a CNN executive to help build out its new digital presence as the left-leaning cable network decouples from NBC News.

Discussion: TVNewsCheck, The Wrap, Deadline, @richardhudock, Cord Cutters News and Marcus Mabry on LinkedIn

Jake Kanter / Deadline:

ITV tells staff it plans to cut 220 jobs in a major daytime overhaul, which includes scaling back shows and moving Good Morning Britain to ITV News producer ITN — ITV will make more than 220 redundancies under the sweeping changes, but it has promised to reinvest all savings …

Discussion: Advanced Television, The Guardian, The Sun, The Irish Sun, Matt Walsh on LinkedIn, Telegraph, National Union of Journalists …, RTÉ, Daily Star, Mirror, Daily Mail, Manchester Evening News, Belfast News Letter and @scottygb.bsky.social

Anita Komuves / Reuters:

Over 80 editors from European news outlets sign a petition opposing Hungary's proposed legislation that would restrict foreign-funded media and rights groups — Over 80 editors from leading European news outlets signed a petition calling for the scrapping of legislation in Hungary that aims …

Discussion: Agence France-Presse, Committee to Protect … and Reporters Without Borders

Hannah Miller / Bloomberg:

Chuck Todd plans to launch Sunday Night With Chuck Todd with media startup Noosphere on June 1, featuring interviews at restaurants and bars in Washington, DC — Chuck Todd, the former moderator of NBC's weekly news program Meet the Press, is launching a new app-based show with media startup Noosphere.

Discussion: The Wrap, The Hollywood Reporter and Noosphere on YouTube

Samantha Schmidt / Washington Post:

Journalists from El Salvador's top independent investigative news outlet El Faro say they have left the country amid Nayib Bukele's crackdown on dissent — El Salvador's top independent investigative news outlet moved its headquarters to Costa Rica in 2023. More of its journalists left the country this month.

Discussion: The Guardian, @jwashing.bsky.social and @matthewhaybrown.bsky.social