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8:05 PM ET, March 23, 2026

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David Folkenflik / NPR:
Veteran VOA journalists sue Kari Lake and acting USAGM CEO Michael Rigas, alleging promotion of pro-Trump propaganda and violations of editorial independence  —  In the latest battle over the future of Voice of America, a fresh group of veteran Voice of America journalists …
Erik Wemple / New York Times:
DOD says it'll move the press to an annex facility outside its main building, among other changes, after a judge found its current media policy unconstitutional  —  The Defense Department said on Monday that it was taking a new approach to limiting access to media organizations …
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.
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 …
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is preparing to introduce ads in its Maps app, allowing retailers and brands to bid for ad slots against search queries  —  Apple Inc. is preparing to introduce advertising in its Maps app, part of a broader push to generate more money from services.
Ted Johnson / Deadline:
Scott MacFarlane, who recently departed CBS News, says he is joining MeidasTouch as its chief Washington correspondent and will anchor a daily program  —  Scott MacFarlane, who recently departed CBS News, said on Monday that he's joining MeidasTouch Network, the digital media outlet that bills itself as a …
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.
Suzanne Vranica / Wall Street Journal:
OpenAI hires Dave Dugan, a former top ad executive at Meta, to lead ad sales, reporting to COO Brad Lightcap; Dugan stepped down as a Meta VP earlier in March  —  The AI company seeks stronger ties with brands to boost its nascent ad business  —  OpenAI has hired Dave Dugan …
 
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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
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
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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
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”
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
 

 
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Kate Conger / New York Times:
Google's AI Search is endangering the open web; Cloudflare: between June 2025 and April 2026, human traffic to sites of businesses in many industries fell ~40%

Ben Thompson / Stratechery:
Chinese open models like Kimi K3 and Qwen3.8 Max shift the industry's focus back to marginal costs and cost of goods sold, as inference costs scale with revenue

Matthew Sparkes / New Scientist:
Levent Alpöge, a mathematician who works at Anthropic, says he was able to disprove the 87-year-old Jacobian conjecture with the help of Fable 5
 
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