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Karissa Waddick / USA Today:
After Trump said some publications wanted the US to “lose the War”, FCC's Carr threatened broadcasters, saying they can lose their license over war coverage  —  FCC Chair Brendan Carr said news broadcasters coverage of Iran war could impact their license renewal.
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Lukas I. Alpert / MarketWatch:
How BuzzFeed went from a $1.7B digital-media darling in 2016 to the brink of bankruptcy, as an early investor blames mismanagement following a 2021 SPAC merger  —  BuzzFeed rode a wave of VC investment to become a force, but never found a path to profitability.
New York Times:
Sources: Jeff Bezos said “I don't care” after being told that WaPo could lose subs due to Opinion changes; 60K+ canceled their subs in Feb. following layoffs  —  Jeff Bezos called Matt Murray, the executive editor of The Washington Post, in late November to send an urgent message: Please do not quit.
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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
James Hale / Tubefilter:
Somebody Feed Phil, one of Netflix's longest-running unscripted programs, will stop premiering new episodes on Netflix in 2027 and move to YouTube  —  Ms. Rachel.  Alan Chikin Chow.  Mark Rober.  Salish Matter.  Barstool Sports and The Ringer.  Usually when we talk about YouTube …
Alex Vadukul / New York Times:
A look at Now Voyager, a nonprofit bimonthly print magazine focused on long-form international reporting and partly funded by the McCormick Foundation  —  Now Voyager, an ambitious publication packed with dispatches from around the world, throws itself a party in Harlem.
Julia Angwin / New York Times:
One writer whose name was offered as editing help for Grammarly users explains why she is lead plaintiff in a class-action against Grammarly's parent company  —  A few days ago, an awkward sentence written by the editing service Grammarly flashed across my screen: “Could Meta be quietly leveraging …
Anna Nicolaou / Financial Times:
A profile of Vanity Fair's top editor, Mark Guiducci, who is reviving the outlet's “New Establishment” list and is meticulously editing VF Oscar Party details  —  On Oscars weekend, the famous title's new chief makes his case  —  “I need to see this damn flag,” says Mark Guiducci, Vanity Fair's top editor.
Dade Hayes / Deadline:
Nielsen: sports accounted for 29.2% of all ad-supported TV viewing by 25-to-54-year-olds in Q4; broadcast made up 9.8% of non-sports viewing and streaming 43%  —  While the rise of sports programming in recent years has been well-documented, new figures from Nielsen illustrate the extent of its dominance.
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Larry Neumeister / Associated Press:
Over 30 states will resume their antitrust trial against Live Nation and Ticketmaster on Monday; seven states joined the DOJ to settle with the ticketing giant  —  More than 30 states will resume their antitrust trial against Live Nation and Ticketmaster on Monday after negotiations …
Rose L. Thayer / Stars & Stripes:
Internal memo: the Pentagon expands oversight of Stars and Stripes, limiting the use of syndicated material, requiring uniformed staff outside the US, and more  —  The Pentagon has released a modernization plan for Stars and Stripes that affirms the publication's independence …
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
NBCUniversal will no longer produce first-run syndicated TV programming, ending shows including Access Hollywood, which has been in production for 30 years  —  The company will continue to distribute library content, but will end production of first-run syndicated programming in a strategic shift.
 
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Dominic Patten / Deadline:
In a press release, the White House claims “CNN Is Lying to Undermine Operation Epic Fury's Crushing Success”; CNN's CEO says “We stand by our journalism”
Richard Lawler / The Verge:
Digg announces a “hard reset” and shuts down operations two months after it was relaunched by Kevin Rose and Alexis Ohanian, citing the scale of AI bot spam
Nellie Andreeva / Deadline:
Paramount+ will absorb BET+ at the beginning of June, following Paramount's acquisition of Tyler Perry Studios' equity stake in BET+
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Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Sources: the NFL and Paramount begin talks to keep Sunday games on CBS through 2033-34; NFL is pushing for an increase of ~50% over the $2.1B CBS already pays
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
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
 

 
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Axios:
Sources say Anthropic struggles to speak the Trump administration's language; a White House official says Anthropic “screwed us” as it didn't “honor” a cyber EO

Arjun Kharpal / CNBC:
SpaceX's stock closed up 19.6% on June 15, its first full day of trading; Musk said it “might be able to reach” ~$1T in revenue in 2030, up from $18.7B in 2025

Jason Schreier / Bloomberg:
Sources: several Xbox studios, including Hellblade maker Ninja Theory, are in talks with Microsoft to buy themselves back and go independent to avoid closure
 
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