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10:10 AM ET, March 23, 2026

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Jem Aswad / Variety:
Primary Wave Music plans to acquire Kobalt, one of the world's largest independent music publishing companies, from Francisco Partners, creating a ~$7B company  —  Primary Wave Music has announced a “definitive” agreement to acquire Kobalt, one of the world's largest independent music publishing …
Max Tani / Semafor:
Sources: Vox Media approached media companies and investors in 2025 to explore selling its growing podcast business of 30+ shows, NYMag, or the whole company  —  The News  —  Last year, bankers for Vox Media approached media companies and investors with a series of offers.
Discussion: Podnews and @yoda
Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:
The YouTube channel of Don Lemon, arrested in January over coverage of a Minnesota church protest, grew by ~200K to over 1.26M subscribers, generating ~$1M  —  A Minnesota church protest made the former anchor a star again — and a target for the Trump administration.  —  Don Lemon was working through some new material.
Discussion: ZeroHedge News, Newsbusters and TMZ.com
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: ABC could lose ~$50M in licensing costs to WBD and an estimated $35M in advertising revenue after abruptly pulling the new season of The Bachelorette  —  ‘Mormon Wives’ star Taylor Frankie Paul was picked to boost the reality franchise, a decision that blew up in ABC's face
Jesse Whittock / Deadline:
Amazon MX Player rolls out Fatafat, a free, ad-supported, mobile-first platform offering serialized vertical videos, in India, as micro dramas gain momentum  —  Video  —  Amazon MX Player has launched a microdrama service, as a new report predicts huge growth for vertical video in India.
Wendy Davis / MediaPost:
A group of 75+ civil rights advocates, former FCC officials, and academics urges FCC Chair Brendan Carr to withdraw his threats to broadcasters' licenses  —  Civil rights advocates are blasting Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr over threats to broadcasters …
Ben Fritz / Wall Street Journal:
Amazon's Project Hail Mary opens to an estimated $80.5M in box office sales in the US and Canada and $60.4M internationally, marking its first box office hit  —  Sci-fi adventure starring Ryan Gosling opens with $80.5 million in the U.S. and Canada  —  A decade after it got into the movie business …
Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
Canal+, ITV, Sky, and other broadcasters urge the EU to designate smart TV operating systems such as Android TV and Amazon Fire OS as gatekeepers under the DMA  —  Google (GOOGL.O), Amazon (AMZN.O), Apple (AAPL.O) and Samsung's (005930.KS) smart TVs and virtual assistants should fall under …
Leo Barraclough / Variety:
Sky's SNL UK, hosted by Tina Fey in its debut episode, opens with a solid 226K viewers on Sky One, per BARB; reviewers were tentatively positive about the show  —  The first-ever edition of “Saturday Night Live U.K.,” which aired from 10 p.m. on pay TV channel Sky One, drew a solid 226,000 viewers.
ESPN:
NHL reporter Jessi Pierce and her three children died on March 21 in a fire at her Minnesota home; Pierce, 37, covered Minnesota Wild for NHL.com for 10 years  —  NHL reporter Jessi Pierce and her three children were killed Saturday in a house fire in Minnesota, the league said Sunday.
David Shepardson / Reuters:
Eight states ask a district court judge for a temporary restraining order to stop the Nexstar-Tegna merger, after Nexstar said the DOJ and FCC approved the deal  —  Eight states asked a U.S. judge on Friday to issue a temporary restraining order to stop the $3.5 billion merger of Nexstar Media Group and Tegna.
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Newsmax:
A coalition including Newsmax, DirecTV, Communications Workers of America, and Free Press asks the FCC to immediately halt approval of the Nexstar-Tegna deal
Ted Johnson / Deadline:
In a memo to CBS News staff, Bari Weiss and Tom Cibrowski announce layoffs; a source says the cuts will affect about 6% of staff, or around 60 to 70 employees  —  CBS News announced a new round of layoffs on Friday, the latest for the news division under the network's new parent Paramount Skydance.
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Ted Johnson / Deadline:
In a memo, Bari Weiss and Tom Cibrowski announce the closure of CBS News Radio on May 22 and attendant layoffs; CBS News Radio was founded in 1927
 
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Jamie Wareham / QueerAF:
Sources: PinkNews, which touts itself as the “largest LGBTQ+ led media brand”, is planning widespread redundancies and a move to a “reporter-free newsroom”
Michael S. Rosenwald / Washington Post:
Calvin Tomkins, who, over six decades at the New Yorker, wrote dozens of profiles of artists like Marcel Duchamp and Jean Tinguely, has died at 100
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Nellie Andreeva / Deadline:
Sources: Starz lays off 7% of staff, 10 months after separating from Lionsgate; it laid off 10% of staff in 2023
Erik Wemple / New York Times:
A US district court judge rules in favor of the NYT in its suit challenging rules that limited press access to the Pentagon, citing the First Amendment
Washington Post:
President Trump signs an order granting an exclusive broadcast window for the Army-Navy football game, aired on CBS; media experts call the order likely illegal
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Meta unveils Meta Adventurer and Fury glasses, each priced at $299, its first under its own brand, and a $399 Starfire model in collaboration with Kylie Jenner

New York Times:
Sources: Meta is building a standalone prediction markets app called Arena, which would probably rely on video game-like points instead of money wagers

Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security:
On the first day of their trial, two members of Scattered Spider plead guilty in the UK to charges stemming from a 2024 cyberattack on Transport for London
 
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