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7:40 AM ET, April 9, 2026

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Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
An analysis of the 200 most-recent tweets on X by 18 big publishers indicates links seem to hurt engagement, after debate arose over X's value for sharing news  —  Engagement for tweets from @nytimes (53 million followers) is dwarfed by engagement for tweets from @GlobeEyeNews (866,000 followers).
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Disney is planning to eliminate as many as 1,000 positions in the coming weeks, many from the company's recently consolidated marketing department  —  Entertainment company is planning to eliminate as many as 1,000 positions in the coming weeks  —  Disney is preparing …
Dade Hayes / Deadline:
Sources: Paramount is unlikely to appoint a direct successor to Jeff Shell after his departure; Shell had few direct reports and did not lead WBD negotiations  —  Jeff Shell is unlikely to be directly replaced as president of Paramount, numerous insiders and people who do business with the company tell Deadline.
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Dominic Patten / Deadline:
Jeff Shell steps down as Paramount president and board member; a law firm report appears to clear him of claims that he shared confidential information
Dominic Preston / The Verge:
Spotify is adding toggles to stop video from playing inside the app for both music and podcasts, rolling out worldwide on all platforms and devices  —  Controls are rolling out worldwide to stop videos playing alongside music and podcasts. … Spotify is adding new toggles to stop …
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
AMC Networks rebrands as AMC Global Media, filing new articles of incorporation in Nevada; CEO Kristin Dolan says streaming is its top domestic revenue source  —  The media company behind ‘The Walking Dead’ and Anne Rice universes is rebranding itself ahead of what it hopes will be its next genre-defining hit, ‘The Audacity.’
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Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch:
Tubi becomes the first streamer to launch a native app within ChatGPT, allowing viewers to find movies or shows to watch by using conversational phrases  —  Tubi, the Fox-owned streaming service, announced Tuesday the launch of its native app within ChatGPT, giving viewers an easier …
Carolina Abbott Galvão / Columbia Journalism Review:
Q&A with Jeremy Caplan, a journalism teacher and author of a newsletter about digital tools for journalism, on the potential of AI, its limits, and its dangers  —  Jeremy Caplan, a journalism teacher and newsletter author, on the potential of AI and its limits.
Lachlan Cartwright / Breaker:
Sources: CBS News has invited Pete Hegseth to sit at its WHCD table; Fox News plans to host Tulsi Gabbard and Sean Duffy, and NY Post will host Scott Bessent  —  New Netflix Book; Talese's Rare Read; Breaker Barometer … The New York Times and the Times Guild have finally put one foot forward today …
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
An interview with Harvey Levin about TMZ adding resources to cover politics, including Congress, being “sometimes fun and sometimes intensely serious”, and more  —  It took a few years for Hollywood's love-to-be-hated gossip hound to find his place within Murdoch's Fox empire.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Alice Brooker / Press Gazette:
Le Monde says it has seen a “significant amount of new revenue”, including via subscriptions, after licensing content to OpenAI, Perplexity, and Meta
Reuters:
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis says Greece will ban social media access for kids under 15 from January 1, 2027, and calls for coordinated EU action
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
WSJ's head of video Maral Usefi explains its strategy focusing on original journalism, breaking news, explainers, live video, franchises, and IP-based projects
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Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
X is rolling out worldwide automatic post translation powered by xAI's Grok models, and updates its iOS image editor to add tools like drawing and blurring
Gemma Peplow / Sky News:
Email: a BBC review found that including a racial slur shouted by a Tourette's campaigner during the BAFTAs broadcast was a breach of its editorial standards
Mia Sato / The Verge:
Around 150 ProPublica Guild members announce a 24-hour strike beginning on Wednesday, seeking protections around the use of AI, layoff protections, and more