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8:20 PM ET, March 8, 2026

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A district court judge rules Kari Lake was not lawfully appointed the CEO of USAGM, which oversees VOA, and her actions as CEO are void, including mass layoffs  —  “The Court finds that these expansive delegations were an unlawful effort to transform Lake into the CEO of U.S. Agency for Global Media in all but name," the judge wrote.
Ben Fritz / Wall Street Journal:
An interview with Pixar Chief Creative Officer Pete Docter, who wants the studio to return to universally relatable concepts after recent box office failures  —  The ‘Toy Story’ studio used to print money for Disney but hasn't made an original blockbuster in nearly a decade.
Nick Harris / Sporting Intelligence:
Sports media figure Fabrizio Romano calls himself a journalist, but he takes pay for social media posts, including about the “humanitarian” role of Saudi Arabia  —  The Italian “influencer” who has never worked as a real journalist, has 100m+ followers on social media and leverages them for cash.
Laura Kelly / The Hill:
Ahmad Batebi, a journalist with VOA's Persian service, says he was fired over a clash about VOA limiting coverage of Iran's exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi  —  A journalist with Voice of America's (VOA) Persian service said he was fired this week over efforts to limit coverage of Iran's exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi.
Joe DePaolo / Mediaite:
Fox News apologizes after facing criticism for airing old footage of a ceremony honoring fallen soldiers instead of a new event where Trump wore a baseball cap  —  Fox News apologized, Sunday, for airing a clip showing footage of an old dignified transfer ceremony — rather than the one that took place …
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NewsNation's latest promo, which attacks CNN's Kaitlan Collins, shows how Nexstar is cozying up to MAGA as it seeks approval for its Tegna merger  —  CNN staffers dismissed NewsNation's latest promo attacking Kaitlan Collins as “pathetic”—but the episode showcased how Nexstar's network …
Emma Loffhagen / The Guardian:
Amazon withdraws from the Paris book festival, after the French booksellers' association said it will boycott the festival in protest at Amazon's involvement  —  Syndicat de la Librairie Française accused online retailer of trying to ‘flood the market with fake AI-generated books’
Jennifer Orsi / Poynter:
The Poynter Institute appoints President Neil Brown as chairman of the board, succeeding Paul Tash, who served as chairman for 20 years and is retiring  —  His appointment follows the retirement of Paul Tash after 20 years as chairman  —  The Poynter Institute, a global leader in journalism …
Angela Fu / Poynter:
More than 200 journalists at Law360 and its sister publications sign a letter demanding that parent company RELX drop its contract with DHS due to ICE's actions  —  Some reporters at Law360 and Reuters are raising concerns about ICE's use of their companies' databases in immigration raids
Sam Neumann / Awful Announcing:
Apple unveils Formula 1 coverage plans ahead of the season's first race, the Australian Grand Prix, and details new distribution deals with Tubi and others  —  Apple spent Thursday walking media through its Formula 1 coverage plans, showing off a viewing experience that's everything, everywhere, all at once.
 
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USA Today's US digital-only paid subscriptions in Q4 fell 30% YoY but digital revenue in 2025 was flat at $1.1B; CEO Mike Reed expects more AI deals in 2026
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Sources: NOTUS founder Robert Allbritton has discussed taking advantage of WaPo's layoffs to significantly expand the outlet into a full-scale operation
Edna Tarigan / Associated Press:
Indonesia says it will ban “high-risk” platforms, including YouTube, TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, X, and Roblox, for children under 16 from March 28
Ben Dummett / Wall Street Journal:
Axel Springer agrees to buy the Telegraph for £575M, ending the proposed acquisition by the DMGT, and plans to “turbocharge” the Telegraph's presence in the US
 

 
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Bailey Lipschultz / Bloomberg:
SpaceX raises $75B in the biggest-ever IPO, after selling 555.6M shares at $135 each, giving it a market value of $1.77T

Maxwell Zeff / Wired:
Anthropic backtracks on its decision to quietly limit Fable 5's ability to develop LLMs, saying “requests will visibly fall back to Opus 4.8”, after backlash

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Sources: OpenAI is considering drastically lowering the prices it charges users for tokens in anticipation of similar cuts the startup expects Anthropic to make
 
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