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8:40 PM ET, March 19, 2026

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Josh Sisco / Bloomberg:
Sources: the US DOJ unconditionally cleared the $3.5B deal for Nexstar to acquire Tegna  —  The US Justice Department unconditionally cleared the $3.5 billion deal for Nexstar Media Group Inc. to acquire rival Tegna Inc., which would create the largest operator of local TV stations in the country …
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Ted Johnson / Deadline:
The FCC approves the sale of certain local broadcast TV stations from Tegna to Nexstar, granting a waiver from a cap limiting how many stations can be owned  —  Nexstar said on Thursday that they had closed their acquisition of Tegna following approvals from the FCC and the Justice Department.
David Shepardson / Reuters:
Eight US states, including CA, CO, and NY, sue to block Nexstar's proposed $3.54B merger with Tegna on antitrust grounds; DirecTV files a separate suit  —  A group of eight states filed suit late on Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Sacramento, California, to block Nexstar's (NXST.O) …
Stuart Dredge / Music Ally:
Sony Music exec Dennis Kooker says the company has sent 135K+ takedown notices for deepfakes of its artists, but sees opportunities in AI with proper licensing  —  - Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email  —  The IFPI launched its latest Global Music Report this morning in London …
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Murray Stassen / Music Business Worldwide:
IFPI: global recorded music revenues hit $31.7B in 2025, up 6.4% YoY, total streaming revenue surpassed $22B, and users of paid music subscriptions reached 837M  —  Figures released today (March 18) in IFPI's Global Music Report 2026 show that global recorded music revenues grew by 6.4% YoY
James Faris / Business Insider:
Source: CBS News is planning to lay off dozens of employees as part of an overhaul led by Bari Weiss; 11 employees of CBS Evening News took buyouts in February  —  Follow James Faris … - CBS News is planning to lay off dozens of employees across the company.
Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Q&A with LightShed Partners' Rich Greenfield on Paramount's WBD deal, the need to ramp up content production, media as a trophy asset, streaming tech, and more  —  Today on Decoder, let's talk about the big Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger.  —  This deal could reshape all of media and entertainment if and when it closes.
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Jacob Feldman / Sportico:
EverPass says it will be the exclusive commercial option for the NFL Sunday Ticket package for the upcoming season, after sharing rights with DirecTV since 2023  —  The streaming revolution is coming to the sports bar.  In an email to customers, EverPass Media said it would become …
Murray Stassen / Music Business Worldwide:
A man accused of using thousands of bot accounts to stream AI songs, making millions in royalties, pleads guilty in US district court to wire fraud conspiracy  —  The man at the center of what's been described as the first-ever criminal prosecution for AI-assisted streaming fraud in the United States has pleaded guilty.
Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg:
Meta plans to reduce its reliance on third-party vendors for content moderation, in favor of AI tools that it says are better at spotting scams and other tasks  —  Meta Platforms Inc. will soon cut back on its use of third-party vendors to help with content moderation, relying instead …
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
A look at the AP's shift into video to generate DTC revenue; a source says US papers make up under 10% of its overall revenue and non-media clients are growing  —  Giovanna Dell'Orto was doing some of the hardest work a reporter can, talking to people who had just seen a shooting.
 
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