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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.
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Alanna Durkin Richer / Associated Press:
The US DOJ reaches a settlement in its antitrust lawsuit against Ticketmaster and Live Nation, in a case that alleged an illegal monopoly over US live events — Justice Department lawyers announced Monday that they'd reached a settlement in their antitrust lawsuit against Ticketmaster …
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Minho Kim / New York Times:
An audit says USAGM failed to provide information for a required annual review of its 2025 finances, and auditors declined to express an opinion on its numbers — A new report says the lack of information provided for a required annual examination was so “pervasive” that auditors declined to opine on the agency's financial numbers.
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Shannon Bond / NPR:
The Coalition for Independent Technology Research sues the Trump administration over a policy targeting noncitizens whose work the government deems “censorship” — An adjunct professor at a university in the eastern U.S. who studies online harms to children has left the country …
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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 …
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Piers Morgan's Uncensored names Rashida Jones, who left MSNBC in 2025, as CEO, and raises capital; the YouTube-based media company was reportedly seeking ~$30M — Morgan's company, Uncensored, also raised cash from Antenna Group, Raine Ventures, and Reuben Brothers.
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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 — Jeff Shell, the president of Paramount Skydance, was sued Monday by a man who claims he is owed $150 million for crisis communications services …
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Kerry Flynn / Axios:
YouTube expands its likeness detection tool to a select group of government officials, political candidates, and journalists to fight AI impersonation — YouTube is expanding a tool designed to detect impersonations to a select group of government officials, political candidates and journalists.
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Bill O'Reilly launches a new weekly interview podcast called We'll Do It Live, debuting in the same week as Sean Hannity's similar show Hang Out — One of Bill O'Reilly's most infamous lines becomes the title of what he no doubt hopes will becomes a popular new venture. — “We'll do it LIVE!”
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Sean James / Mediaite:
Megyn Kelly says 60 Minutes made “deceptive edits” to a Pete Hegseth interview to “rehabilitate” Israel's role in Iran war because of Weiss' “pro-Israel” stance — Megyn Kelly accused 60 Minutes of making “deceptive edits” to its Pete Hegseth interview so that it could …
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Wasserman rebrands as The Team as Casey Wasserman's talent and management agency intensifies its efforts to find a buyer — The talent and management firm previously hired Moelis to lead a sales process. — Wasserman is gone, say hello to “The Team.” — The talent agency founded …
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Kyle Tharp / Chaotic Era:
Once averse to politics, Meta is now paying political creators thousands per month to post on Facebook; one liberal creator says Meta paid him $268K in January — For years, Meta, Facebook's parent company, has had a complicated relationship with politics.
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