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Rebecca Rubin / Variety:
A Minecraft Movie collects $157M at the US box office in its opening weekend, the biggest domestic debut of 2025 and best in history for a video game adaptation — “A Minecraft Movie” leveled up at the box office, collecting a blockbuster $157 million in its opening weekend.
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Jonathan Vanian / CNBC:
Trump says he signed an executive order to keep TikTok running for 75 more days, as “the deal requires more work to ensure all necessary approvals are signed” — President Donald Trump on Friday extended a deadline requiring China-based ByteDance to sell the U.S. operations …
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Charles Martin / AppleInsider:
The BBC complains to the UK CMA that Apple and Google's news aggregators weaken its relationship with the public by downplaying the BBC branding — The British Broadcasting Corporation has complained to a UK antitrust authority that Apple and Google's news services, such as Apple News …
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Michael Savage / The Guardian:
Six Russian BBC journalists labeled “foreign agents” by Putin's regime speak on how it has impacted their lives, effectively banishing them from their homeland — Journalists now effectively banished say Kremlin's aim is to make them ‘toxic’ to anyone thinking of speaking to media
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Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
Several prominent conservatives in media notably came out against Trump's tariffs, with the most strident criticism coming from WSJ's editorial board — The Wall Street Journal editorial board, the Daily Wire's Ben Shapiro and some voices on Fox News have expressed concern about higher prices for Americans.
Gretel Kahn / Reuters Institute:
A look at the inroads made by China, Russia, and Turkey in Africa's information ecosystem and the void they will fill now that VOA has been silenced — Experts warn that the President's decision to shut down the US international broadcaster is leaving a void that authoritarian regimes are trying to fill
Joseph Bambridge / Politico:
OpenAI and Google reject the UK's proposal to allow training AI on copyrighted work without permission unless rights holders opt out to “reserve their rights” — The U.K. government's AI copyright plans can't seem to please anyone. — LONDON — Leading AI companies OpenAI …
Axios:
Sources: G/O Media sold business news brand Quartz and commerce site The Inventory to software firm Redbrick, the fourth Quartz ownership change in seven years — G/O Media has sold business news brand Quartz and commerce site The Inventory to Canadian software firm Redbrick, Axios has learned.
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Ashton Pittman / Mississippi Free Press:
A judge dismisses former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant's defamation lawsuit against Mississippi Today; Bryant sued in 2023 over reporting about a welfare scandal — A judge has dismissed former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant's defamation lawsuit against Mississippi Today …
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Katie Campione / Deadline:
WGA members “overwhelmingly” ratify a new three-year deal with CBS News that includes AI protections and is modeled after a recent ABC News contract — The Writers Guild of America East and West members at CBS News have ratified a new three-year collective bargaining agreement with the company.
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Fareed Sahloul / Bloomberg:
Sources: connected TV ad platform MNTN, which filed for a US IPO in late February, is among companies pausing listings as Trump's trade war upends the economy — Billions of dollars worth of acquisitions and initial public offerings are on hold as Donald Trump's trade war upends the global economy …
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Ella Creamer / The Guardian:
A judicial panel consolidates 12 copyright cases against OpenAI and Microsoft in New York, including cases from Ta-Nehisi Coates, John Grisham, and the NYT — California cases over AI trainers' use of work by writers including Ta-Nehisi Coates and Michael Chabon transferred to consolidate …
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