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8:35 PM ET, March 24, 2026

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Berber Jin / Wall Street Journal:
OpenAI plans to discontinue products that use its Sora models, including its consumer app, a Sora version for developers, and a video feature inside ChatGPT  —  The app, released last year, allowed people to insert themselves into famous movie scenes, among other functions
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Disney ends its partnership with OpenAI, signed in December 2025, in which it pledged to invest $1B and agreed to license some characters to Sora  —  OpenAI said it will discontinue Sora, the generative-AI video creation platform it launched last year, without providing a reason for the decision.
Erik Wemple / New York Times:
In a legal filing, NYT accuses the DOD of defying a court ruling that declared parts of its press rules unconstitutional, after the DOD issued new rules Monday  —  Got a Tip?  The Times offers several ways to send important information confidentially ›
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and The Wrap
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Erik Wemple / New York Times:
The DOD says it will move the press to an annex facility outside its main building, among other changes, after a judge ruled its media policy unconstitutional
Alice Brooker / Press Gazette:
AAM: WaPo's average daily print circulation fell 21.2% YoY in the six months to September 30, 2025; LAT's fell 19.8%, WSJ's 12.9%, NYT's 8.6%, and NYP's 4.2%  —  The combined average daily print circulation at 25 of the largest audited newspapers in the US fell by 12.5% in the year to the end …
Discussion: @mbgelman.bsky.social
Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:
The Creators Guild of America launches Mosaic, an “IMDb for creators”, in beta; creator economy workers can list their work credits and are given a Creator ID  —  The Creators Guild of America, an industry nonprofit, has created what it says is a “first of a kind” …
Discussion: Rolling Stone
Will Sommer / The Bulwark:
Court filing: lobbyist Jack Abramoff spent $12,800 buying press for AML Bitcoin prior to his 2020 indictment; Forbes and the Daily Caller were among recipients  —  This one involves Jack Abramoff's crypto venture!  —  ∙ Paid  —  HOW MUCH WOULD IT COST to bribe a Daily Caller writer for positive coverage?
Mike Allen / Axios:
Simon & Schuster plans to release Bob Woodward's new memoir, Secrets, on September 29; Woodward says it will reveal stories about deceased sources  —  Bob Woodward has been pretty much underground for nearly a year.  This town knows what that means: He has a captivating bestseller coming.
Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch:
Apple Music partners with Ticketmaster for its Concert Discovery feature; every event listing on the app includes a link to Ticketmaster  —  Apple Music announced on Tuesday that it's partnering with Ticketmaster to power its Concert Discovery feature.  This integration aims to improve …
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Spotify is beta testing Artist Profile Protection, allowing artists to review releases before they go live to prevent AI tracks from being attributed to them  —  At a time when AI slop is flooding music streaming platforms, Spotify is beta testing a new “Artist Profile Protection” …
John Koblin / New York Times:
How reality TV is running into the harsh realities of the fast-changing TV business; Luminate says US unscripted and reality premieres fell by ~33% since 2022  —  MTV announced this month that “Jersey Shore Family Vacation,” a revival of the booze-soaked early-2010s reality series, was ending after its ninth season.
Discussion: The Hill and KTSM 9 News
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Source: Spotify laid off 15 people, or ~3% of its podcast group, with most cuts coming at Spotify Studios and The Ringer, which is ending a John Jastremski show  —  The layoffs Monday affected 15 employees, about 3% of the podcast organization's headcount, with most cuts coming at The Ringer and Spotify Studios, a source says.
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
A US judge dismisses an antitrust case brought by Helena World Chronicle and Emmerich Newspapers alleging Google has monopolized the news market via Search  —  A judge has dismissed an antitrust case brought by two US news publishers alleging Google has monopolised the online news market via its search business.
 
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K.J. Yossman / Variety:
Sources: Sky's SNL UK costs ~£2M per episode, and has hired a studio on an exclusive basis; a typical British sketch show usually costs ~£300K-£500K per episode
Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer:
Crunchyroll is investigating a breach after hackers claimed they accessed a support agent's account and stole the personal information of ~6.8M users
Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Q&A with Superhuman CEO Shishir Mehrotra, who apologized for Grammarly's Expert Review feature, on AI impersonation, attribution, compensating creators, more
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Katie Deighton / Wall Street Journal:
Some veteran podcasters, like the Try Guys, are ending their shows or changing direction amid competition from celebrity hosts and a push to film video episodes
Ellyn Briggs / Front Office Sports:
Colleges like Clemson and LSU are turning their athletic department content teams into lucrative media operations that rival some professional sports franchises
 

 
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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

Carl Franzen / VentureBeat:
Sakana AI launches Fugu, a multi-agent orchestration system accessible through a single model API, claiming Fugu Ultra matches Fable and Mythos on benchmarks
 
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