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4:45 PM ET, March 19, 2026

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Stuart Dredge / Music Ally:
Sony Music exec Dennis Kooker says the company has sent 135K+ takedown notices for deepfakes of its artists, but sees opportunities in AI with proper licensing  —  - Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email  —  The IFPI launched its latest Global Music Report this morning in London …
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Murray Stassen / Music Business Worldwide:
IFPI: global recorded music revenues hit $31.7B in 2025, up 6.4% YoY, total streaming revenue surpassed $22B, and users of paid music subscriptions reached 837M  —  Figures released today (March 18) in IFPI's Global Music Report 2026 show that global recorded music revenues grew by 6.4% YoY
Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Q&A with LightShed Partners' Rich Greenfield on Paramount's WBD deal, the need to ramp up content production, media as a trophy asset, streaming tech, and more  —  Today on Decoder, let's talk about the big Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger.  —  This deal could reshape all of media and entertainment if and when it closes.
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Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:
In a letter to two US Congress members on the Paramount-WBD deal, David Ellison supported a federal film tax incentive, inducements for US production, and more  —  In a letter to Sen. Adam Schiff and Rep. Laura Friedman, the Paramount and soon-to-be Warner Bros. studio chief argued …
David Shepardson / Reuters:
Eight US states, including CA, CO, and NY, sue to block Nexstar's proposed $3.54B merger with Tegna on antitrust grounds; DirecTV files a separate suit  —  A group of eight states filed suit late on Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Sacramento, California, to block Nexstar's (NXST.O) …
Charlie Warzel / The Atlantic:
Q&A with Emanuel Fabian, who says he faced death threats from Polymarket bettors over his reporting on a missile strike in Israel, making him doubt what he saw  —  A disturbing new low in the Polymarket era  —  On March 10, the journalist Emanuel Fabian reported on a missile that had been launched from Iran.
Jacob Feldman / Sportico:
EverPass says it will be the exclusive commercial option for the NFL Sunday Ticket package for the upcoming season, after sharing rights with DirecTV since 2023  —  The streaming revolution is coming to the sports bar.  In an email to customers, EverPass Media said it would become …
Shubham Bose:
An analysis of a NYT article load finds 422 network requests totaling 49MB, triggering a sprawling programmatic ad auction, an example of “hostile architecture”  —  If active distraction of readers of your own website was an Olympic Sport, news publications would top the charts every time.
Committee to Protect Journalists:
Hezbollah-tied Al-Manar TV says Mohammad Sherri, head of its political programs, was killed when an Israeli strike hit a Beirut residential building Wednesday  —  The Committee to Protect Journalists strongly condemns the killing of Mohamed Sherri, a journalist with Hezbollah-affiliated …
Ashley Harrell / SFGATE:
National Park Service staff say the Interior Department's public affairs office has blacklisted SFGATE after its critical coverage of new Park Service policies  —  The move follows critical coverage of new Park Service policies  —  Over the past month, SFGATE's national parks bureau …
Lucas Manfredi / The Wrap:
Disney CEO Josh D'Amaro details priorities in a staff memo: maintaining creative excellence, leveraging technology, and operating as “One Disney” to align teams  —  The entertainment giant's new chief says “great storytelling” and “creative excellence” will remain the company's north star
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Disney CEO Bob Iger officially passes the torch to incoming CEO Josh D'Amaro, who says Disney+ will evolve “to become the digital centerpiece of our company”
 
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Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch:
Tubi partners with TikTok to launch the Creatorverse Incubator, giving creators support like promotions and potential funding to make Tubi originals
Sarah Young / Reuters:
The UK government pledges £11M per year for the next three years for the BBC World Service, up 8% YoY; the Foreign Office provides ~30% of World Service funding
Discussion: BBC and The Guardian
Michael Schneider / Variety:
Netflix execs refute Matt Damon's claim that creatives making movies or shows are told to repeat plot points in dialogue as viewers are distracted by phones
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Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
Cloudflare says it has appealed Italy's €14.2M fine for refusing to block access to pirate websites on its 1.1.1.1 DNS service, calling the amount “staggering”
Discussion: Plagiarism Today and TorrentFreak
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
The Times and Sunday Times had 659,000 digital subscribers at the end of 2025, up 7% YoY; editor says digital subscribers now cover cost of 700-strong newsroom
Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
Sources: Sky is in talks with IMI about terminating the Sky News Arabia brand, after accusations the UAE joint venture is involved in broadcasting propaganda
Discussion: Telegraph
 

 
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Amrith Ramkumar / Wall Street Journal:
President Trump signs two executive orders aimed at speeding the development of advanced quantum computers and mitigating the security threats they present

Chloe Taylor / CNBC:
South Korea's tech-heavy Kospi index falls 10%, dragged down by SK Hynix and Samsung; STMicro and ASML fall ~7%, and US tech stocks fall in pre-market trading

Bloomberg:
Sources: Tencent is negotiating exits from several game studio investments in Japan, including Tokyo-traded Marvelous, as it reassesses its global portfolio
 
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