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9:40 AM ET, March 19, 2026

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Charlie Warzel / The Atlantic:
Q&A with Emanuel Fabian, who says he faced death threats from Polymarket bettors over his reporting on a missile strike in Israel, making him doubt what he saw  —  A disturbing new low in the Polymarket era  —  On March 10, the journalist Emanuel Fabian reported on a missile that had been launched from Iran.
Lucas Manfredi / The Wrap:
Disney CEO Josh D'Amaro details priorities in a staff memo: maintaining creative excellence, leveraging technology, and operating as “One Disney” to align teams  —  The entertainment giant's new chief says “great storytelling” and “creative excellence” will remain the company's north star
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Disney CEO Bob Iger officially passes the torch to incoming CEO Josh D'Amaro, who says Disney+ will evolve “to become the digital centerpiece of our company”
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David Bauder / Associated Press:
A US federal judge orders Voice of America employees reinstated by March 23, putting hundreds of people who have been on administrative leave back to work
Gareth Vipers / Wall Street Journal:
California, Colorado, New York, and five other US states sue to block Nexstar's planned $6.2B acquisition of rival broadcaster Tegna on antitrust grounds  —  Nexstar's acquisition of Tegna would create a local broadcasting behemoth  —  A coalition of eight states is attempting …
Shubham Bose:
An analysis of a NYT article load finds 422 network requests totaling 49MB, triggering a sprawling programmatic ad auction, an example of “hostile architecture”  —  If active distraction of readers of your own website was an Olympic Sport, news publications would top the charts every time.
Sarah Young / Reuters:
The UK government pledges £11M per year for the next three years for the BBC World Service, up 8% YoY; the Foreign Office provides ~30% of World Service funding  —  Britain said on Thursday it would increase funding for the BBC World Service over the next three years …
Discussion: BBC and The Guardian
Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
Cloudflare says it has appealed Italy's €14.2M fine for refusing to block pirate sites on its 1.1.1.1 DNS service, calling the amount “staggering”  —  Cloudflare said it has appealed a fine issued by Italy over the company's refusal to block access to websites on its 1.1.1.1 DNS service.
Lara O'Reilly / Business Insider:
LinkedIn signs The Trade Desk as its first DSP partner for connected TV ads, allowing ad buyers to layer in LinkedIn data to reach target audiences  —  Follow Lara O'Reilly … - LinkedIn wants to help B2B advertisers reach key businesspeople as they watch TV.
Blake Brittain / Reuters:
BMG Rights Management, owned by German media group Bertelsmann, sues Anthropic for allegedly using its copyrighted lyrics to train the LLMs that power Claude  —  Music company BMG Rights Management has sued artificial intelligence company Anthropic in California federal court for allegedly using …
 
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
The Times and Sunday Times had 659,000 digital subscribers at the end of 2025, up 7% YoY; editor says digital subscribers now cover cost of 700-strong newsroom
Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
Sources: Sky is in talks with IMI about terminating the Sky News Arabia brand, after accusations the UAE joint venture is involved in broadcasting propaganda
Discussion: Telegraph
Rob Salkowitz / Forbes:
Comics platform GlobalComix raised $13M, following a $6.5M raise in 2023, and acquires digital manga platform INKR, adding 200K+ volumes of Asian comics
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Zach Vallese / CNBC:
Facebook launches Creator Fast Track, offering big Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube creators guaranteed monthly pay and boosted reach to post on Facebook
Brent Lang / Variety:
Director Coerte Voorhees says he is using AI to feature Val Kilmer in “a significant part” in an indie film, with the cooperation of the late actor's estate
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
MS Now overhauls its lineup from morning through night, including Morning Joe returning to three hours from 6am to 9am, as it prepares for the 2026 US midterms
 

 
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Financial Times:
Sources: Anthropic has embedded around half a dozen forward-deployed engineers within the NSA to help the agency deploy Mythos for offensive cyber operations

Wired:
Analysis: Meta discreetly added code for an unreleased “NameTag” face-recognition system for its AI glasses over multiple updates to the Meta AI app this year

Ryan Christoffel / 9to5Mac:
Apple-funded study: the App Store had $1.4T in billings and sales globally in 2025; apps with consumer-facing AI saw 4x more billings growth than other apps
 
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