Mediagazer: The Guardian updates its GenAI policies to focus on educating staff, creating in-house tools that incorporate its “values”, and committing to transparency (Chris Moran/The Guardian)

CBS Mornings co-host Gayle King signs a new deal, providing some stability at CBS News; a source says King's current deal is worth ~$15M and runs through May — The ‘CBS Mornings’ co-host dispelled rumors of a possible departure, staying with the network amid broader overhaul

New York Times:

Iran's official TV networks and aligned social media accounts are blending fact and fiction about the war, often using unproven claims and fake AI videos — State media and online propagandists are striking a confident posture, despite heavy losses. Some of the content was generated by artificial intelligence.

Discussion: @brianstelter.bsky.social and HotAir

Tess Patton / The Wrap:

Netflix CFO Spencer Neumann says the company's new podcast division saw high mobile engagement in Q1, and video podcasts overindex on mobile vs. shows and film — Spencer Neumann adds that Netflix subscribers consume video podcasts during the day more than the streamer's TV and film offerings

Discussion: Variety, Deadline and Media Play News

Chris Moran / The Guardian:

The Guardian updates its GenAI policies to focus on educating staff, creating in-house tools that incorporate its “values”, and committing to transparency — Over the past three years AI has triggered a societal shift and we are sure that many of our readers are using it in their own lives or work.

Discussion: Journalism.co.uk

The Information:

Sources: OpenAI has held early talks with The Trade Desk to sell ads, and it has projected ads could help double consumer ChatGPT revenue this year to $17B — OpenAI has held early talks to partner with The Trade Desk, a publicly traded ad tech company, to help the ChatGPT maker sell ads …

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Naman Ramachandran / Variety:

ITV reports 2025 revenue up 1% YoY to £3.5B, ITV Studios revenue up 10% YoY to £2.13B, ITVX hit 16.5M MAUs and £540M in ad revenue, and confirms Sky talks — U.K. media giant ITV has posted full-year 2025 results the company said beat market expectations …

Discussion: The Hollywood Reporter, Financial Times, The Independent and Deadline

Miles Klee / Wired:

Grammarly is offering an AI-powered tool called “Expert Review” that simulates feedback from famous writers, dead and living, without their permission — The tool, offered by the recently-rebranded company Superhuman, gives feedback based on the work of famous dead and living writers—without their permission.

Discussion: @manishakrishnan.bsky.social, @youwouldntpost, Marnie Hughes-Warrington AO on LinkedIn, @shannon_liao, @jbillinson, @ceaubin.com, Grammarly Support, Vanessa Heggie on LinkedIn, Futurism and NextBigWhat, more at Techmeme »

Kendra Barnett / Adweek:

WPP names Nancy Hall as CEO of WPP Media US; Brian Lesser, WPP Media's global CEO, served in the role on an interim basis after the departure of Sharb Farjami — The appointment arrives a week after WPP announced a substantial reorg designed to recover steep financial losses

Discussion: Mediaweek, Variety and campaignlive.com

Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:

Filing: Trump added between $600K and $1.25M in Netflix bonds to his portfolio in January; he also bought between $600K and $1.25M of SiriusXM bonds — New financial disclosures released Wednesday show that the President acquired Netflix bonds as Paramount was trying to pry WBD away from the streaming giant.

Discussion: Joe.My.God., Mediaweek, Deadline, @croyle@wandering.shop, @nitishpahwa.com, The Wrap and Just Jared

Matthew Keys / TheDesk.net:

Memo: Philo CEO Andrew McCollum is stepping down and will be replaced by COO Mike Keyserling; source: McCollum will become executive chairman of Philo — Philo CEO Andrew McCollum is stepping away from the role after more than a decade, handing the keys to the wallet-friendly streaming service …

Murray Stassen / Music Business Worldwide:

Apple Music introduces Transparency Tags, a metadata system for music distributors and labels to disclose AI-generated creative elements like artwork or lyrics — Apple Music is introducing a new set of metadata requirements designed to bring greater transparency around AI-generated content to the music industry.

Discussion: Music Ally, Mashable, MacRumors, Tech in Asia, CNET, Happy Mag, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac and TechCrunch

Ana Monteiro / Bloomberg:

Canal+ plans to discontinue the loss-making Showmax streaming service developed by South African pay TV operator MultiChoice, which Canal+ bought in 2025 — Canal+ SA will discontinue the loss-making Showmax streaming service developed by South African pay-TV operator MultiChoice Group, which the French firm bought last year.

Discussion: Advanced Television, Variety, BusinessDay, Deadline and The Hollywood Reporter