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2:50 PM ET, April 8, 2025

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Josh Xiao / Bloomberg:
Two influential Chinese bloggers say China is considering a ban on Hollywood movies as part of a set of measures to retaliate against Trump's tariffs  —  Two influential Chinese bloggers posted an identical set of measures that authorities are mulling to hit back at the latest tariff threats …
Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority:
Google says all new Google TV devices in the US must now have a remote with a Free TV or Live TV button that opens its Freeplay library of 150+ FAST channels  —  Starting this month, new Google TV devices will have a big “Free TV” button on their remotes  — Google has confirmed …
Zach Seward:
Quartz co-founder Zach Seward on the idealistic beginnings of Quartz, the death of the outlet, and how Jim Spanfeller and G/O Media killed it  —  “It's impossible to kill a media brand,” Jim Spanfeller told me on my first day working for him, as we sat in his corner office.
Reuters Institute:
Reuters Institute names Indian journalist Mitali Mukherjee as director; she has been acting director since Rasmus Nielsen stepped down in October 2024  —  A respected journalist across print, TV, and digital media, she's led our Journalist Programmes since 2022 and been our Acting Director since October 2024
Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
ITN reports 2024 revenue down 3% YoY to £150.7M, non-news revenue down 41%, and a pre-tax profit of £800K, its lowest in a decade, down from £1.5M in 2023  —  ITN recorded its lowest profit in a decade in 2024 as its non-news revenue dropped 41% year on year.
Discussion: Business Live and City A.M.
Nicole Meir / The Associated Press:
The AP Fund for Journalism announces a pilot program supported by the Google News Initiative to provide content, tools, and training to ~50 nonprofit news orgs  —  The AP Fund for Journalism (APFJ) today announced its board of directors and a local newsroom pilot program in which it will work …
Discussion: Rachel White on LinkedIn and RTDNA
Anvee Bhutani / The Guardian:
Student journalists in the US are resigning or requesting takedown of stories amid growing repression by the Trump administration against pro-Palestinian speech  —  Newsrooms forced to adapt as writers resign and request takedown of stories to avoid potential repercussions
Emma Roth / The Verge:
The News/Media Alliance is running an ad campaign this week urging the US government to “make Big Tech pay for the content it takes to run its AI products”  —  Publishers across the US are participating in an ad campaign asking to ‘make Big Tech pay for the content it takes.’
Allison Schiff / AdExchanger:
Snap releases sponsored AI lenses, a new generative AI ad format users can interact with and that is powered by One Snap, its homegrown generative AI tech  —  The creative on Snapchat has evolved a lot since those puking rainbow filters.  —  On Tuesday, Snap released sponsored AI lenses …
Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
Sources: the EC plans to approve Liberty Media's €3.5B acquisition of Dorna Sports; the EC previously warned the deal could push up broadcasting rights prices  —  Liberty Media (FWONA.O), which owns Formula One, is set to secure unconditional EU antitrust approval for its 3.5-billion-euro …
Mike Scarcella / Reuters:
Filing: X reaches a deal to drop its November 2024 case against Twitch, after alleging it conspired with other companies to withdraw advertising from X  —  Elon Musk's X has reached an agreement to resolve claims that live streaming service Twitch conspired with other companies …
Discussion: MediaPost and TVNewsCheck
 
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Bloomberg:
Publishers say site traffic has plummeted since Google rolled out AI Overviews; sources say Google acknowledged the drop in an October 2024 publisher meeting
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Filing: Moonvalley, whose AI model Marey generates “HD” clips up to 30 seconds in length, raised $43M and says it's working on licensing arrangements
 

 
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Ashley Gold / Axios:
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signs the RAISE Act into law; the AI safety bill's text was modified earlier to more closely resemble California's SB 53

Lora Kolodny / CNBC:
The Delaware Supreme Court rules that Elon Musk's 2018 Tesla CEO pay package, worth around $56B when it vested, must be restored, ending a years-long fight

Beatrice Nolan / Fortune:
Cursor-developer Anysphere acquires code review startup Graphite and says Graphite will continue operating as an independent product
 
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