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4:30 AM ET, March 11, 2026

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Thomas Buckley / Bloomberg:
Disney promotes Thomas Mazloum to chairman of its parks, cruises, and consumer products division, succeeding Josh D'Amaro, who is set to become CEO on March 18  —  Walt Disney Co. is promoting Thomas Mazloum to chairman of the company's parks, cruises and consumer products division …
Maer Roshan / The Hollywood Reporter:
In an interview, Harvey Weinstein says prison life is “hell”, Disney cut off his insurance and pays a $60K/year pension, he will be “proven innocent”, and more  —  In his first major sit-down from behind bars, the disgraced mogul fumes about life at Rikers ("I'm dying here" …
Sean Hollister / The Verge:
After social media backlash, Superhuman says authors can now opt out of Grammarly's Expert Review feature by emailing a dedicated address  —  No apology, no overall change in direction. … They did the same to my boss Nilay Patel, my colleagues David Pierce and Tom Warren, and …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Sources: Nielsen's Gracenote sues OpenAI for copyright infringement, saying OpenAI copied Gracenote's data and relational framework used to connect metadata  —  - To date, there hasn't been a major media copyright lawsuit that focuses on the theft of a proprietary sequence or structure behind a dataset.
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
MoffettNathanson: YouTube became the world's largest media company in 2025 with an estimated $62B in revenue, passing $60.9B earned by Disney's media business  —  The influential financial research firm MoffettNathanson suggests that the Google-owned video platform passed Disney's media business in 2025.
Leah Nylen / Bloomberg:
A US judge orders states to negotiate a potential resolution with Live Nation and declines to rule on the request for a mistrial after the DOJ settled  —  A New York federal judge ordered a group of states to engage in settlement talks with Live Nation Entertainment Inc. to potentially resolve claims …
Borys Kit / The Hollywood Reporter:
David Ellison made his first public appearance before WBD execs; sources: he called the deal process “turbulent”, downplayed layoffs, and left some unsatisfied  —  The CEO talked to the Warners' executive leaders but left some feeling unsatisfied.  “We were hoping for more,” says one insider.
Free Press Action Fund Feed:
A coalition of 41 press freedom groups writes an open letter condemning the arrest of Nashville journalist Estefany Rodriguez by ICE and urging her release  —  Rodriguez's attorneys have filed an emergency petition, seeking an immediate review of whether her detention is legal
Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
Time says revenue from events is on pace to make up over 50% of total revenue, up from 28% in 2023; it hosted 11 events in 2022 and plans to host 40+ this year  —  The business is on pace to generate more than 50% of its total revenue in 2026  —  The legacy news brand Time has nearly completed …
Katie Robertson / New York Times:
USA Today names Jamie Stockwell, a former editor at WaPo and NYT, as its next top editor; she is the third person named to the job in the past three years  —  Ms. Stockwell, who recently left The Washington Post, is the third person named to the job in the past three years.
Kerry Flynn / Axios:
YouTube expands its likeness detection tool to select government officials, political candidates, and journalists to “manage unauthorized AI-impersonation”  —  YouTube is expanding a tool designed to detect impersonations to a select group of government officials, political candidates and journalists.
Dade Hayes / Deadline:
Streaming pay-TV provider Philo adds a cheaper subscription tier, Essential plan, for $25 per month, $8 less than Bundle+; Philo has 1M+ subscribers  —  The Essential plan, which lit up Tuesday, costs $25 a month.  That's $8 cheaper than Bundle+, which adds access to the ad-supported versions …
 
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Alice Brooker / Press Gazette:
The Spectator has invested £1M in its subscription platform CoEditor, helping it reach an all-time high subscriber total and saving a projected ~£500K a year
Lily Ford / The Hollywood Reporter:
Xicoia Studios releases a single and music video made by “real humans” starring AI “actor” Tilly Norwood ahead of Norwood's official AI acting debut this year
Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
Meta's Oversight Board calls for an AI content moderation overhaul, saying current methods are not “comprehensive enough” to handle misinformation in a conflict
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Gian Volpicelli / Bloomberg:
Meta emails advertisers about “location fees” in select European countries to cover digital services taxes, starting July 1; Google and Amazon have similar fees
Dan Milmo / The Guardian:
Kazuo Ishiguro, Philippa Gregory, Richard Osman, and ~10,000 writers publish Don't Steal This Book, an “empty” book to protest AI companies using their work
Melissa Denes / The Guardian:
An interview with Lucia Osborne-Crowley about enduring threats and sexual harassment to report on Ghislaine Maxwell, her book about the Maxwell trial, and more
Mikey O'Connell / The Hollywood Reporter:
An interview with Conan O'Brien about hosting the Oscars for the second time, late night TV's steady decline, his podcast and HBO Max travelogue, and more
Gene Maddaus / Variety:
A former adviser sues Paramount President Jeff Shell for $150M over an alleged unpaid PR contract, and claims Shell disclosed non-public Paramount plans to him
 

 
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Dario Amodei:
An essay on policy responses to AI's exponential progress across regulation and public safety, macroeconomics and taxes, science, civil liberties, geopolitics

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch:
Cybersecurity researchers complain that Claude Fable's guardrails are too strict, rejecting “innocuous tasks” like reading blog posts or performing code reviews

Jason Schreier / Bloomberg:
Sources: Microsoft's Xbox division is planning major layoffs next month and significant budget cuts for marketing and some other areas
 
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