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12:00 PM ET, April 23, 2026

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Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
Source: the FBI investigated NYT reporter Elizabeth Williamson after she wrote about Kash Patel's use of FBI staff for his girlfriend's security  —  The bureau said it is not pursuing a case, but the scrutiny is an example of the Trump administration weighing whether to criminalize routine news gathering.
Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Filing: the NFL met with the FCC on Friday to defend the league's media rights strategy and said 87% of games are primarily aired for free on broadcast TV  —  League defends media-rights dealings as federal regulators investigate migration to streaming  —  As federal regulators scrutinize …
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Sources: DOJ officials met with broadcast-TV operators to discuss sports' migration to streaming, part of an antitrust probe into the sports-media marketplace  —  Antitrust officials and broadcast station owners discuss the Sports Broadcasting Act under investigation
Todd Spangler / Variety:
WBD shareholders vote to approve Paramount Skydance's deal to acquire the company; in a non-binding vote, they reject compensation packages for David Zaslav  —  But investors weren't OK with the lavish golden parachutes that CEO David Zaslav and other WBD top brass are set to receive through the merger.
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Peter Beaumont / The Guardian:
Israel strikes in Lebanon kill journalist Amal Khalil, making her the ninth journalist killed in the country this year  —  Media rights groups condemn killing of Amal Khalil, who said in 2024 she had been threatened by ‘an Israeli enemy’  —  The Lebanese journalist killed in an Israeli attack …
Anna Koslerova / The Guardian:
Journalists at the Czech Republic's public broadcasters threaten to strike over plans to scrap license fees and move TV and radio funding to state control  —  Government aims to move TV and radio funding under state control, which critics say undermines independence
Discussion: Reuters
Amy Thomson / Bloomberg:
Filing: Netflix plans a $25B share buyback, adding to a Dec. 2024 program that still has $6.8B for purchases; NFLX is down 13% since its Q1 earnings on April 16  —  Netflix Inc. announced plans to buy back $25 billion in stock after the company's shares dropped following a weak financial outlook.
Lucas Manfredi / The Wrap:
The FCC launches a review of TV Parental Guidelines, citing concerns that “gender identity issues are being included or promoted in children's programs”  —  The regulator is seeking public comment to ensure the ratings system is “empowering parents to make informed decisions for their children”
Ken Fisher / Ars Technica:
Ars Technica publishes its AI policy, saying its editorial text is written by humans, but reporters may use AI tools vetted and approved to assist with research  —  Earlier this year, we committed to publishing a reader-facing explanation of how Ars Technica uses, and doesn't use, generative AI.
Gil Kaufman / Billboard:
Spotify celebrates its 20th anniversary with a first-ever list of its 20 most streamed artists, albums, songs, podcasts, and audiobooks  —  But who else made the cut? … It was 20 years ago today that Spotify began to play.  And to mark the streaming service's big anniversary …
 
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Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch:
Beehiiv rolls out metered paywalls, paid trials, AI analytics, and webinars for 10K people, and says it has 50K+ active users and hit $28M+ in ARR in April
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Inside Radio:
At the NAB show, sole Democratic FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez reiterates her call for broadcasters to challenge the agency's potential unconstitutional overreach
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Joanna Stern / The New Things:
Joanna Stern, who has worked at WSJ, ABC, The Verge, and Engadget, launches New Things, her independent tech newsletter and YouTube channel
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
MS NOW appoints Shawna Thomas, former executive producer of CBS Mornings, as political director to lead coverage of 2026 midterms and the 2028 presidential race
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Bloomberg:
Sources: Media24, a unit of Naspers that runs some of South Africa's biggest digital news sites, is considering selling or closing historic newspaper City Press
Todd Spangler / Variety:
SiriusXM strikes a deal with Google to make SiriusXM Media the exclusive advertising representative of YouTube's audio inventory in the US, including podcasts
 

 
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Carl Franzen / VentureBeat:
Google releases Gemma 4 12B, an 11.95B-parameter unified, encoder-free open multimodal model that can run locally on devices with 16GB of VRAM or unified memory

Financial Times:
Public First: 26% of Americans support increased data center construction, the lowest share among 15 large countries, such as Brazil, Japan, the UK, and Canada

Emily Mullin / Wired:
Sam Altman and Dario Amodei are among the signatories on a public letter urging improved tracking of synthetic DNA that could be used in AI-developed bioweapons
 
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