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12:45 PM ET, March 9, 2026

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Alanna Durkin Richer / Associated Press:
The DOJ reaches a settlement in its antitrust lawsuit against Ticketmaster and Live Nation in a case that alleged an illegal monopoly over live events in the US  —  Justice Department lawyers announced Monday that they'd reached a settlement in their antitrust lawsuit against Ticketmaster …
Joe DePaolo / Mediaite:
Fox News apologizes after facing criticism for airing old footage of a ceremony honoring fallen soldiers instead of a new event where Trump wore a baseball cap  —  Fox News apologized, Sunday, for airing a clip showing footage of an old dignified transfer ceremony — rather than the one that took place …
Politico:
A US district court judge rules Kari Lake was not lawfully appointed CEO of USAGM, which oversees VOA, and her actions as CEO are void, including mass layoffs  —  “The Court finds that these expansive delegations were an unlawful effort to transform Lake into the CEO of U.S. Agency for Global Media in all but name," the judge wrote.
Vauhini Vara / Bloomberg:
How James Patterson, one of the world's bestselling authors, is trying to revive waning book sales by co-authoring novels with Viola Davis, MrBeast, and others  —  After decades atop the thriller game, James Patterson is fending off waning sales by doubling down on collaborations—and dabbling in romantasy too.
Bloomberg:
Sources: Tencent mulls rejoining Paramount's WBD deal as a passive investor with several hundred million; filing: Tencent withdrew a $1B commitment in December  —  Tencent Holdings Ltd. intends to invest several hundred million dollars in Paramount Skydance Corp.'s acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. …
Rick Porter / The Hollywood Reporter:
Peacock acquires US streaming rights to SNL UK, set to premiere on March 21, with episodes streaming the day after they air in the UK  —  The British version of the sketch show is set to premiere March 21.  —  The British version of Saturday Night Live will have a home in the United States as well.
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Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg / Wall Street Journal:
Simon & Schuster names ex-Amazon executive Greg Greeley as its new CEO, succeeding Jonathan Karp, who will launch a Simon & Schuster imprint called Simon Six  —  Publisher turns to industry outsider as expanded entertainment options squeeze the book business
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
ESPN hires six sports journalists, including enterprise reporter Kent Babb, who were laid off from WaPo when the newspaper eliminated 300+ jobs in February  —  ESPN said it has hired six sports journalists who were cut from The Washington Post when it eliminated more than 300 jobs in early February …
New York Times:
ICE detained Nashville journalist Estefany Maria Rodriguez Florez, who sought asylum and is married to an American, for allegedly overstaying her tourist visa  —  The detention of Estefany Maria Rodriguez Florez, who had sought asylum and is married to an American citizen, raised fears that she had been targeted for her reporting.
Ben Fritz / Wall Street Journal:
An interview with Pixar Chief Creative Officer Pete Docter, who wants the studio to return to universally relatable concepts after recent box office failures  —  The ‘Toy Story’ studio used to print money for Disney but hasn't made an original blockbuster in nearly a decade.
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Ben Fritz / Wall Street Journal:
Pixar's Hoppers opened to an estimated $88M worldwide this weekend, the biggest debut for an original animated movie since 2017, as Disney tries to revive Pixar
David Sims / The Atlantic:   How Hollywood's once-reliable bets are floundering, as stars matter less, auteur filmmakers become selling points, and sequels lose their grip on the box office
Nick Harris / Sporting Intelligence:
Sports media figure Fabrizio Romano calls himself a journalist, but he takes pay for social media posts, including about the “humanitarian” role of Saudi Arabia  —  The Italian “influencer” who has never worked as a real journalist, has 100m+ followers on social media and leverages them for cash.
Scott MacFarlane / Scott MacFarlane on LinkedIn:
CBS News correspondent Scott MacFarlane says he is leaving the network, and looking “forward to some independence and finding new spaces to share” his work  —  I just shared this note with my wonderful CBS News colleagues:  —  To my incredible colleagues at CBS:
 
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Amazon withdraws from the Paris book festival, after the French booksellers' association said it will boycott the festival in protest at Amazon's involvement
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
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New York Times:
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