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8:15 PM ET, April 24, 2026

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Calista Wong / The Straits Times:
A Singapore man has been arrested and may face seven years in jail for allegedly leaking The Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender after accessing a media server  —  SINGAPORE - A 26-year-old man who allegedly leaked the unreleased film The Legend Of Aang: The Last Airbender …
Bloomberg:
Sources: iHeartMedia is in preliminary talks about a possible merger with SiriusXM; the combined company would have more than $12B in sales; IHRT closes up ~35%  —  IHeartMedia Inc. is holding talks about a possible combination with Sirius XM Holdings Inc., according to people familiar with the discussions.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Filing: Paramount CEO David Ellison's 2025 compensation was $63.2M, CLO Makan Delrahim's package was $63.6M, and ex-president Jeff Shell's package was $60.7M  —  Paramount Skydance chairman and CEO David Ellison, who is in the midst of trying close a massive deal to buy Warner Bros. Discovery …
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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
Jeremy Barr / The Guardian:
President Trump attended a private dinner hosted by David Ellison in DC hours after the WBD shareholder vote; Rep. Jamie Raskin and others protested nearby
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Sources: CBS News President Tom Cibrowski, EIC Bari Weiss, WHCA President Weijia Jiang, and AG Todd Blanche attended the Paramount dinner for the White House  —  The president spoke for nearly an hour at a Paramount-hosted event that raised questions about journalistic and regulatory conflicts of interest.
Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
Profile of comedian Tim Heidecker, who, as creative director, plans to turn Infowars into a “weird” comedy streaming network if a judge okays The Onion's offer  —  The Onion said Tim Heidecker will be the new creative director of Alex Jones's Infowars site if a court approves its licensing offer
Aroon Deep / The Hindu:
Source: Meta has a system in India to “automatically restrict content, at scale” to meet local law, massively expanding the country's censorship powers  —  India is now part of a small group of countries where content takedown notices are complied with immediately …
more at Techmeme »
@themidasproj:
The Wire by Acutus, which used AI to interview people and write articles attacking AI critics, seemed to be funded by OpenAI-backed super PAC Leading The Future  —  The reporters at this news site are AI bots. OpenAI's super PAC appears to be funding it.
Brian Welk / IndieWire:
WGA members ratified a new four-year contract with the AMPTP, which will next negotiate with SAG-AFTRA and the DGA  —  The term of the latest minimum basic agreement (MBA) will run from May 2, 2026 to May 1, 2030.  — Post  — Google Preferred  —  Writers Guild of America members …
Washington Post:
The DOD fires the Stars and Stripes ombudsman after calling the paper “woke”; the ombudsman says she believes she was fired for defending editorial independence  —  Stars and Stripes ombudsman Jacqueline Smith said the Defense Department dismissed her without giving a reason, according to an email reviewed by The Post.
Marina Temkin / TechCrunch:
ComfyUI, which gives creators granular control over image, video, and audio outputs from diffusion models, raised $30M at a $500M valuation  —  ComfyUI, a startup that helps creators control image, video, and audio outputs from diffusion models with a node-based workflow …
more at Techmeme »
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Filing: Comcast CEO Brian Roberts' 2025 compensation rose 4% YoY to $35.15M, and new co-CEO Mike Cavanagh had a pay package of $71.76M, about 2.5x his 2024 pay  —  Comcast gave Brian Roberts a pay raise last year — but not nearly as much as his recently promoted co-CEO, Mike Cavanagh.
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Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
Sources: Axel Springer decided to forgo extensive due diligence before its £575M Telegraph takeover, an investment it may struggle to recoup
Sean Keeley / Awful Announcing:
After Cleveland.com faced backlash for posting AI-generated videos to promote its podcasts, an editor said “we don't have resources to do it any other way”
Reuters:
Argentina blocks journalists' entry to government house Casa Rosada, citing “illegal espionage” after local TV aired footage recorded with smart glasses
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András Pethő / Nieman Reports:
How the authoritarian government of Viktor Orban, intent on controlling media, failed to take into account the resilience of Hungarian independent journalists
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Ben Jiang / South China Morning Post:
China's top market regulator says it is launching a six-month crackdown on the country's online ad sector, targeting malpractices including the misuse of AI
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Yoni Greenbaum / Backstory & Strategy:
A nonprofit's acquisition of The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is good news, but other options like systemic investment in the local ecosystem might have been better
Wall Street Journal:
Former Disney CEO Bob Iger rejoins Joshua Kushner's Thrive Capital in an advisory role; he served as a venture partner at Thrive in 2022
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Front Office Sports plans to launch a syndicated daily TV news show, Front Office Sports Tonight, on September 14, airing on Fox and Nexstar stations and more
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Comcast: Q1 media revenue, which includes NBCU, rose 61% YoY to $7.28B due to the Olympics and the Super Bowl, and domestic ad revenue rose 135% YoY to $3.45B
 

 
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Anthropic:
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Wired:
Analysis: Meta discreetly added code for an unreleased “NameTag” face-recognition system for its AI glasses over multiple updates to the Meta AI app this year

Financial Times:
Sources: Anthropic has embedded around half a dozen forward-deployed engineers within the NSA to help the agency deploy Mythos for offensive cyber operations
 
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