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5:15 PM ET, April 20, 2026

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Jana Winter / Reuters:
FBI Director Kash Patel sues The Atlantic and reporter Sarah Fitzpatrick for defamation, seeking $250M, over an article that claimed he had a drinking problem  —  FBI Director Kash Patel filed a defamation lawsuit against the Atlantic and its reporter Sarah Fitzpatrick following the publication …
a16z:
A new media company called MTS launches for “monitoring the situation” across tech, business, politics, and culture, with backing from a16z and others  —  Thrilled to announce our investment in a new media company called MTS  —  Thrilled to announce our investment …
Matthew Gault / 404 Media:
A Forbes story about a Louisiana man killing 8 children contained a ForbesPredict box asking readers to predict whether Congress would pass new gun safety laws  —  In another sign that the depravity economy has no bottom, Forbes published a story about a Louisiana man that killed 8 children …
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Deezer says AI-generated tracks now account for 44% of daily uploads, totaling ~75K tracks per day and 2M+ per month, but account for just 1-3% of consumption  —  Deezer announced on Monday that AI-generated tracks now represent 44% of all new music uploaded to its platform.
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
More than 250 ex-broadcast journalists urge WHCA dinner organizers “to forcefully demonstrate opposition” to Trump's “efforts to trample freedom of the press”  —  The prospect of President Trump delivering a speech at this Saturday's White House Correspondents …
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Corbin Bolies / The Wrap:   Profile of Jacqui Heinrich, Fox News' senior WH correspondent and incoming WHCA president, who prefers private negotiations with the White House to public feuds
New York Times:
Filing: The Onion proposes a new deal for Infowars, licensing Infowars.com for $81,000 per month for six months initially; the deal requires a judge's approval  —  When Infowars, the website founded by the right-wing conspiracist Alex Jones, came up for sale two years ago, an unlikely suitor stepped up.
Charles Pulliam-Moore / The Verge:
A Japanese court sentences a website administrator to prison for posting spoiler-heavy movie summaries, ruling such spoilers constitute copyright infringement  —  The Tokyo District Court has ruled that publishing plot details of films and series is a form of copyright infringement.
Discussion: Tom's Hardware
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Sources: Bill Ackman proposes merging UMG with his SPAC and naming Michael Ovitz as chair, an offer UMG is likely to reject; UMG stock is down 20% since 2021  —  Bill Ackman has offered to buy Universal Music Group.  What he really wants is for the stock to go up.
Discussion: @lucas_shaw
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Forbes plans its “first foray” into e-commerce with Forbes Wine, a fully owned-and-operated wine section and shop, set to launch later this year  —  Wine seen as opportunity to build community in move away from scale.  —  Forbes is making its “first foray” …
Discussion: InPublishing
Nick Vivarelli / Variety:
The European film industry opposes the EU's plans to change its Creative Europe funding program by combining culture and media under the AgoraEU initiative  —  European trade organizations representing the full film industry sector spectrum are up in arms against the EU Commission's plans …
Winston Cho / The Hollywood Reporter:
How the new Avatar: The Last Airbender animated film leaked months before its Paramount+ premiere; sources: Paramount ruled out a vulnerability in its systems  —  The movie leaked months ahead of its premiere on Paramount+.  An anonymous X account claimed that a Nickelodeon employee emailed …
 
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August Brown / Los Angeles Times:
How Trump's immigration policies, visa fees, and fuel costs are affecting international artists' US tours; Pollstar: US concert volume in Q1 is down ~17% YoY
Mandy Dalugdug / Music Business Worldwide:
FICCI-EY: India's paid music streaming subscriptions rose 37% YoY to 14.4M in 2025, generating $118.2M in revenue; only ~8% of total music streamers paid for it
Discussion: FICCI-EY
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Matthew Keys / TheDesk.net:
A district court judge in California issues a preliminary injunction blocking Nexstar's acquisition of Tegna while an antitrust lawsuit proceeds
Maggie Harrison Dupré / Futurism:
National Today, a site that mimics news outlets and includes subdomains for dozens of US cities, appears to use AI to plagiarize articles from multiple sources
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: John Ternus gets ready to put his firm imprint on Apple's industrial design team, which has lost a true seat at Apple's exec table over the past decade

Wall Street Journal:
Investigation: Polymarket is paying creators to make deceptive videos about winning bets, targeting users in the US, where its primary crypto platform is banned

Aisha Down / The Guardian:
A speculative scenario titled “Europe 2031” projects economic and political instability in the EU if it fails to keep pace with the US and China in the AI race
 
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