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1:40 PM ET, March 13, 2026

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Todd Spangler / Variety:
In a DOD press conference, Pete Hegseth says “the sooner David Ellison takes over [CNN], the better” as he complains about media coverage of the war in Iran  —  At a press briefing Friday, Hegseth claimed that a CNN report Thursday that the Trump administration …
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David Bauder / Associated Press:
Trump's administration denounced CNN for airing part of the new Iranian leader's statement Thursday, the second time in three days it has singled out CNN
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter:
A leak about White House outrage over CBS' reported hiring of Jeremy Adler, who previously worked for Liz Cheney, suggests the WH is trying to prevent the hire  —  Notice that this leak — “White House officials are outraged...” — is the first inkling about Jeremy Adler being hired by CBS News. The comms job is open and the network hasn't appointed anyone yet. Adler's name hasn't even been floated publicly, until now. https://www.axios.com/...
Ben Mullin / @benmullin:
At a meeting, Jeff Bezos told top Washington Post editors and reporters that he had spurned seven offers to sell the news organization  —  scooplet: at the meeting, Jeff Bezos also said he had spurned seven (!) offers to sell The Post
Washington Post:
Trump nominates Sarah B. Rogers, a State Department official, as chief executive of USAGM, after a judge ruled Kari Lake has been illegally running the agency  —  Lake, whom a judge found has been illegally running the agency, said that she will stay on as deputy CEO.
Emma Roth / The Verge:
Amazon Prime Video plans to raise the price of its ad-free plan, Ultra, to $4.99 per month, and add support for up to five simultaneous streams, from April 10  —  The revamped Prime Video ‘Ultra’ tier will now cost $4.99 per month and come with ‘exclusive’ access to 4K/UHD streams.
Alan Cowell / New York Times:
John F. Burns, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times foreign correspondent who reported from South Africa, Iraq, and other bureaus, dies at 81  —  In a 40-year career that brought him two Pulitzers, he reported from trouble spots around the world, eloquently conveying the chaos of war.
Aidan Ryan / The Boston Globe:
The CEO of Boston NPR station GBH says “it would make a lot of sense to merge” with WBUR, another Boston NPR station; both have good short-term finances  —  Leaders of GBH and WBUR have long held to the conviction that there are enough ears in Greater Boston for two NPR stations.
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Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch:
Peacock adds a new feature to its app that uses AI to curate personalized vertical video playlists, narrated by a generative AI avatar of host Andy Cohen  —  Peacock is making a clear bet on two things: AI and mobile-first entertainment.  —  Based on what the streamer previewed at a press event yesterday …
Alice Brooker / Press Gazette:
In a comment on the BBC's charter, Reach says the BBC's “aggressive expansion” into local news and strong visibility in Google Search hurts local publishers  —  Mirror publisher Reach has accused the BBC of damaging the local news ecosystem.  —  The comments were included …
 
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Apple's Eddy Cue says viewership for F1's first race weekend on Apple TV was up compared to the first weekend in 2025 on ESPN, exceeding expectations
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Substack launches the Substack Recording Studio, letting creators prerecord videos with up to two guests, share screens, and auto-generate clips and thumbnails
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Arushi Jacob / Variety:
UCLA's Hollywood Diversity Report finds that films with casts that are 41%-50% BIPOC achieved the highest median global and domestic box office receipts in 2025
Kayla Cobb / The Wrap:
Disney+ is rolling out Verts, its new short-form video feed, to US users on its mobile app, featuring clips from movies and TV shows on Disney+
 

 
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Anthropic:
Anthropic says Fable 5 uses conservative safety classifiers that trigger a fallback to Claude Opus 4.8 in ~5% of sessions, in areas like cybersecurity

Jason Koebler / 404 Media:
A US judge cancels a Mississippi trial and disqualifies and fines lawyers on both sides after finding their filings were filled with hallucinated case citations

Inti Landauro / Reuters:
The EU says Apple decided not to roll out Siri AI in the EU after it had unsuccessfully requested to be exempted from interoperability obligations for the tool
 
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