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Abner Li / 9to5Google:
YouTube launches genre-specific YouTube TV Plans as lower-cost alternatives to the $82.99 monthly subscription; the Sports Plan is priced at $64.99 per month — After teasing in December, “YouTube TV Plans” are rolling out this week as cheaper alternatives to paying $82.99 per month for over 100 channels.
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OpenAI begins testing ads in ChatGPT in the US for logged-in adult users on its Free and Go tiers, and says that the ads do not change ChatGPT's answers — Ads that support free access and don't change ChatGPT answers. — Today, we're beginning to test ads in ChatGPT in the U.S. The test …
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Matthew Keys / TheDesk.net:
E. W. Scripps agrees to sell its multicast network Court TV to Law&Crime owner Jellysmack, as it seeks to reduce debt tied to its Ion and Katz acquisitions — The E. W. Scripps Company has agreed to sell its multicast network Court TV to Jellysmack, putting the channel under common ownership …
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John Koblin / New York Times:
SAG-AFTRA contract negotiations with Hollywood begin for actors; the 2023 post-strike deals are set to expire on May 1 for writers and June 30 for actors — The last time writers and actors negotiated contracts, in 2023, dual strikes froze the industry. — It has been just 26 months since …
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Los Angeles Times and Deadline
Scott Feinberg / The Hollywood Reporter:
The Academy will no longer show Oscar-nominated films to members on big screens after the screenings drew “an average of five members” over the last years — The organization says its post-nominations screenings, which reportedly cost thousands of dollars a pop, drew …
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Mediaweek
Max Tani / Semafor:
DOJ files show how Epstein courted media to launder his image by easily exploiting some digital media figures, but also the impact of accountability journalism — In 2013, Jeffrey Epstein couldn't erase his conviction as a sex offender. But he could make it harder to find on Google …
Nieman Lab:
Analysis: news organizations' open-source activity has fallen from a peak of 2,092 new public GitHub repositories in 2016 to 396 in 2025, an ~80% decline — The data are clear: The open-source culture that defined an earlier era of online journalism has collapsed.
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@tongli.bsky.social
Valida Pau / The Information:
Beast Industries, the entertainment conglomerate founded by MrBeast and last valued at $5.2B, acquires Step Mobile, a teen-focused banking app — Beast Industries, the entertainment conglomerate founded by Jimmy “MrBeast” Donaldson, has agreed to buy Step Mobile, a teen-focused banking app, the companies plan to announce Monday.
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Sean James / Mediaite:
Dan Bongino returns to Fox News tonight as a contributor following his stint as the deputy director of the FBI, starting with Sean Hannity's show — Dan Bongino is heading back to cable news. — Bongino is returning to Fox News as a contributor following his nearly-one-year-long stint …
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
The UK's weekly street newspaper Big Issue makes its two top digital editors redundant as part of a “difficult but necessary” restructure of the organization — Weekly street newspaper Big Issue has made its two top digital editors redundant as part of a restructure of the organisation.
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InPublishing and HoldtheFrontPage
Max Tani / Semafor:
Source: WaPo planned a marketing campaign with a new slogan, We The People, but dropped it after MS Now launched a $20M brand campaign with the same slogan — THE SCOOP — Late last year, before The Washington Post slashed its staff and ousted its CEO, the paper was looking to rehabilitate its public image.
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@semaforben, @maxwelltani, America, America, Tangle, Fox News and @maxtani.bsky.social
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Nexstar seeks to broaden The Hill's sponsors, pitching it as “non partisan and brand safe” ahead of midterms; Comscore: its page views grew 7% in 2025 to 1.24B — “The Hill” typically focuses on policy and politics in Washington. But last week, some of its editorial …
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