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7:20 AM ET, April 14, 2026

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Corinne Ramey / Wall Street Journal:
A US judge dismisses Trump's $10B defamation suit against WSJ over an article asserting Trump's name was on a 2003 letter to Epstein, but says Trump can re-file  —  The president alleged an article about a bawdy Epstein birthday letter was defamatory  —  A federal judge on Monday dismissed …
Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Bryan Cranston, Joaquin Phoenix, and 1,000+ writers, actors, and directors sign a letter opposing Paramount's WBD bid, warning it cuts jobs and audience choice  —  The letter warns that the deal will result in fewer jobs for creatives, along with higher costs and less choice for audiences.
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Ted Johnson / Deadline:
Paramount responds to Hollywood creatives' letter against its WBD acquisition, reiterating its commitment for 30+ theatrical feature films annually, and more
Caroline Davies / The Guardian:
Gary Neville's soccer media group The Overlap acquires Mark Goldbridge's The United Stand and That's Football YouTube channels, a source says for seven figures  —  Exclusive: Neville has criticised “those bloody YouTubers” - but The Overlap has now acquired channels with 3.7m subscribers for seven-figure sum
Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post:
Sources: CBS News EIC Bari Weiss and President Tom Cibrowski are at odds over the network's direction; source: Weiss tried to hire Noah Oppenheim, who declined  —  CBS News' viewership is at an all-time low as editor in chief Bari Weiss and the network's president Tom Cibrowski …
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
Nikita Bier: X cut payouts to 60% for aggregators “flooding the timeline” with clickbait, with another 20% cut planned, targeting habitual “BREAKING” posters  —  X is cutting back on payments to accounts that are “flooding the timeline” with clickbait and rapid-fire news aggregation …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Internal memo: CNN hires Chris Wiggins, who was chief data scientist at the NYT for more than a decade, for a newly created role as head of ML and AI science  —  CNN has tapped Chris Wiggins, who has served as chief data scientist at the New York Times for more than a decade …
Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
The Economist plans to launch Economist Play, featuring shows hosted by Economist correspondents alongside interviews and debates, in its app this summer  —  Founded in 1843, the British newsmagazine The Economist has long been an outlier in the news business.
Alice Brooker / Press Gazette:
The Telegraph says its newsletter From the Editor, read by 850K+ people daily, has become its “biggest source” of new paying subscribers one year after launch  —  Flagship Telegraph newsletter From the Editor has become its “biggest source” of new paying subscribers one year after launch.
Ted Alcorn / @tedalcorn:
[Thread] A dashboard shows the past 25+ years of NYT coverage, across 1.5B words, 2.2M articles, and 26K reporters; Israel-Gaza dominates international coverage  —  I built a dashboard to explore the last 25+ years of @nytimes coverage. 1.5B words, 2.2M articles, 26K reporters. It's fascinating to look at the world's preeminent news organization not as daily stories but as patterns of attention, ebbing and flowing. https://tedalcorn.github.io/ nyt/
Kate Knibbs / Wired:
Originality AI: 23 major news websites and Reddit currently block the Internet Archive's crawler; journalists and advocacy groups sign a letter backing the IA  —  As major news outlets cut off the Wayback Machine, journalists and advocacy groups are rallying to protect the Internet Archive's vast collection of web pages.
 
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Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Q&A with Puck CEO Sarah Personette about the outlet's talent-first model, structure of the company, Air Mail acquisition, journalists as influencers, and more
Natalie Korach / Status:
Sources: The Athletic faces internal blowback after rushing to publicly defend reporter Dianna Russini while it had quietly launched a probe into her conduct
Rebecca Rubin / Variety:
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie becomes 2026's highest-grossing film so far, earning $629M globally, including $308M in North America; Project Hail Mary hits $500M
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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
Discussion: The A.V. Club
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
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
 

 
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Sources say Anthropic struggles to speak the Trump administration's language; a White House official says it “screwed us” after failing to “honor” a cyber EO

Arjun Kharpal / CNBC:
SpaceX stock closed up 19.6% on Monday, its first full day of trading; Musk said it “might be able to reach” around $1T revenue in 2030, up from $18.7B in 2025

Jason Schreier / Bloomberg:
Sources: several Xbox studios, including Hellblade maker Ninja Theory, are in talks with Microsoft to buy themselves back and go independent to avoid closure
 
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