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8:25 PM ET, April 4, 2026

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A NYT headline on Friday “misstated” NATO's full name as the “North American Treaty Organization”; the NYT says a correction appears in Saturday's print edition — @sissenberg @nytimes A correction will appear in tomorrow's print edition: “A headline with an article on Friday about President Trump's threats to leave NATO misstated the full name of the body. It is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, not the North American Treaty Organization.”

Gene Maddaus / Variety:

WGA and AMPTP reached a tentative agreement a month before the contract expires; the deal is expected to include a cash infusion for the guild's health fund — The Writers Guild of America has made a surprise deal with the major studios, nearly a month before the union's contract was due to expire.

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Aidan Ryan / The Boston Globe:

A look at nonprofit VTDigger, which has been operating at a loss since 2022 and is seeking its third EIC in just over a year after tough union negotiations — Over the course of nearly two decades, VTDigger built itself into one of the scrappy success stories of nonprofit digital news …

Discussion: @aidanfitzryan, @aseitzwald and Media Nation

Munsif Vengattil / Reuters:

How India's film industry is embracing AI, as studios use the tech to cut production time and costs, while union rules constrain its use in Hollywood — India's studios are transforming filmmaking by using AI to slash production time, cut costs and dub movies into numerous languages.

Discussion: @petertl.bsky.social and The Japan Times

Jessica Hill / Associated Press:

The Las Vegas Review-Journal stops printing the Las Vegas Sun, ending the last joint operating deal stemming from a 1970 law; the Sun vows to fight in court — The Las Vegas Review-Journal announced Friday that it will no longer print its rival the Las Vegas Sun for the first time in decades …

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Sara Guaglione / Digiday:

WaPo has launched its creator network, where half a dozen creators will launch new series every few weeks in different verticals and retain IP ownership — The Washington Post's creator network has debuted its first creator-led video series, opening up a new revenue stream as it looks …

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James Hibberd / The Hollywood Reporter:

A researcher finds the average length of a wide-release theatrical film grew from about 106 minutes in the 1990s and early 2000s to 114 minutes in recent years — The run time of average major-release films have ballooned in recent years. And, yes, Marvel movies are partly to blame.

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Tom Friend / Sports Business Journal:

Main Street Sports Group is officially winding down, leaving future broadcasts for seven NHL clubs and 13 NBA teams in limbo, with a streaming NBA hub uncertain — Main Street Sports Group will officially wind down after the first round of the NHL playoffs, SBJ learned Thursday …

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Sam Spratford / Publishers Weekly:

HarperCollins partnered with AI animation studio Toonstar to adapt its books into YouTube series, starting with Friendship List by Lisa Greenwald — HarperCollins has announced a multi-year partnership with Toonstar, an “AI-powered” animation studio, to adapt a slate of the publisher's titles into original YouTube series.

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Kasey Moore / What's on Netflix:

Netflix quietly unlocked Sony Pictures legacy titles and recent Pay-1 films for ad-tier subscribers for the first time and much earlier than expected — That means if you're on the ad tier you can now watch titles like Annaconda and 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple without having to upgrade.

Discussion: CinemaBlend and r/netflix

Angela Fu / Poynter:

AI company Nota is shutting down its network of 11 local news sites for “underserved communities” because they contained dozens of instances of plagiarism — Nota shut down its news sites after Axios and Poynter found dozens of plagiarized quotes, phrases and photos

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Variety:

Sources: the legal team for Paramount President Jeff Shell has engaged in preliminary talks about a possible exit from the company, where he was hired in 2024 — If Shell remains at the company, he will most likely transition to a different, more advisory role, according to a source with knowledge of the negotiations.

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George Hammond / Financial Times:

Source: OpenAI bought TBPN, which has 11 staffers and averages about 70,000 viewers per daily episode, for “low hundreds of millions of dollars” — ChatGPT-maker moves into broadcasting with deal for TBPN after it had pledged to abandon ‘side-quests’

Katie Deighton / Wall Street Journal:
OpenAI acquires tech news show TBPN, promising editorial independence; TBPN was on track to make over $30M in revenue in 2026 and will wind down its ad business

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