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4:05 AM ET, April 13, 2026

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Alexandra Alter / New York Times:
Most major book publishers lack clear rules on AI use, frustrating authors and readers and raising fears that AI-generated books will slip past editors  —  Major publishing houses risk unwittingly putting out books generated with A.I. tools.  Authors and readers are frustrated, nervous and grasping for solutions.
Discussion: Jane Friedman
New York Times:
How Muslim women writers in Nigeria bypass religious censorship by posting erotic novel installments in WhatsApp groups and placing cliffhangers behind paywalls  —  Zealous officials burned their predecessors' romance novels.  Now, young Muslim women in northern Nigeria publish their erotic books in installments on WhatsApp.
Discussion: @cobbo3.bsky.social and Condia
Suzanne Vranica / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: the US FTC is in settlement talks with ad companies to end an antitrust probe into their alleged coordinated boycotts against sites like Elon Musk's X  —  The government began an inquiry last year into whether ad firms were funneling client dollars away from certain media platforms
Bloomberg:
Analysis: NBC's annual sports spending may rise ~19% to ~$9.5B if it commits to a 50%+ price hike for NFL rights, as sports leagues leverage multi-outlet deals  —  The NFL is the most popular sport in the US.  The government says it's hurting fans.  —  Good afternoon from Los Angeles.
Discussion: Financial Times
Christopher Weber / Associated Press:
A look at the Aadam Jacobs Collection, which is adding its 10,000+ concert recordings to the Internet Archive; only one or two artists have requested takedowns  —  On July 8, 1989, a young music fan named Aadam Jacobs, with a compact Sony cassette recorder in his pocket …
Discussion: Dexerto
Terrence O'Brien / The Verge:
Google says Polymarket bets “briefly appeared in Google News in error”, after the bets appeared alongside news articles in the “For You” section  —  Links to bets on world events were appearing alongside legitimate news organizations.
Financial Times:
Hedge fund manager Crispin Odey drops his £79M libel lawsuit against the Financial Times, after FT said 15 women were willing to testify in court against him  —  The FT had said 15 women were willing to testify in court against former hedge fund boss  —  Crispin Odey has dropped …
William Bishop / Pew Research Center:
Survey: 64% of US adults read a print book in the past year, down from 72% in 2011, 31% read an e-book, up from 17% in 2011, and 26% listened to an audiobook  —  Digital books have grown in popularity over the past decade, but more Americans still read books in print than in digital formats.
Charlie Warzel / The Atlantic:
Q&A with NYT reporter Tiffany Hsu about AI-generated online influencers, how the volume of synthetic content produces exhaustion for users, and more  —  AI avatars are redefining influence and trust online.  —  On this week's Galaxy Brain episode, Charlie Warzel is joined …
Kelcee Griffis / Bloomberg:
Sources: Nexstar has begun directing stations to fill local newscasts with segments from Nexstar's NewsNation instead of national networks' content like NBC's  —  Nexstar Media Group Inc., the largest owner of local television stations in the US, has embarked on a sweeping effort to limit …
Discussion: Cord Cutters News and Reuters
 
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Oli Coleman / Page Six:
Source: The Athletic is investigating reporter Dianna Russini's explanation about photos of her with NFL coach Mike Vrabel and “reviewing her coverage”
Etan Vlessing / The Hollywood Reporter:
Colette Watson, president of Canadian cable TV company Rogers Sports & Media, plans to retire in mid-May after 35 years with the company
Wall Street Journal:
Mubi, which raised $100M led by Sequoia in 2025, faced backlash over Sequoia's ties to Israeli defense tech startups, but has since rebuilt subscriber numbers
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Max Goldbart / Deadline:
BAFTA apologizes to Black and disabled communities after a Tourette's campaigner shouted the N-word at its awards; an outside review found no malicious intent
Ben Sisario / New York Times:
Jury deliberations began Friday in the Live Nation antitrust trial, after state attorneys general continued to pursue the case even as the US DOJ settled
 

 
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Maria Curi / Axios:
Sources: senior Anthropic technical staff are in DC to meet WH officials and try to fix the Mythos 5 dispute; both sides say they are eager to resolve the issue

Emily Shugerman / The San Francisco Standard:
Inside the Signal group chat where Sergey Brin, Marc Andreessen, Garry Tan, and other tech elites toss out strategies to oppose a proposed California wealth tax

Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer:
The FBI dismantles Outsider Enterprise, an AI-powered Chinese phishing operation, and seizes $100K in Tether in joint effort with Google and Black Lotus Labs
 
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