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9:20 AM ET, March 24, 2026

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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  —  The Defense Department said on Monday that it was taking a new approach to limiting access to media organizations …
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The Wrap:
The New York Times and Pentagon Press Association say the DOD's new press policy violates a judge's ruling last week; NYT says it “will be going back to court”
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.
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  —  When Sky CEO Dana Strong described “Saturday Night Live U.K.” as a “major investment in the U.K. comedy eco-system” …
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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
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 …
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 …
Sara Guaglione / Digiday:
The News/Media Alliance partners with AI startup Bria to let its 2,200 members opt into a non-exclusive licensing deal for RAG usage, giving them 50% of revenue  —  The News/Media Alliance is testing a new path to AI revenue, signing a licensing deal that lets its 2,200 publisher members opt …
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  —  Popular anime streaming platform Crunchyroll is investigating a breach after hackers claimed to have stolen personal information for approximately 6.8 million people.
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  —  Podcasts can run forever, but some hosts are bowing out or changing direction as celebrities and YouTube dominate the industry
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  —  In the next phase of the college sports content industrial complex, schools are running multimedia departments as standalone operations.
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  —  Today, I'm talking with Shishir Mehrotra, who is CEO of Superhuman — that's the company formerly known as Grammarly, which is still its flagship product.
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Scripps plans to launch Scripps Sports Network, a free, ad-supported streaming channel focused on live games and events along with original series, on March 24  —  E.W. Scripps Co. will launch a new free, ad-supported streaming channel devoted to live games and events as well as original series and specials.
Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
The Atlantic signs a three-year deal with cruise line Seabourn, giving passengers digital access while onboard and a three-month subscription after disembarking  —  The deal will boost both ad revenue and subscriptions, which grew by 300,000 in the last year … The Atlantic is giving new meaning to the word sponsorship.
 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is preparing to introduce ads in Maps, letting retailers and brands bid for ad slots against search queries, announced as soon as this month
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
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
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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
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
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
 

 
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Maria Curi / Axios:
Sources: senior Anthropic technical staff are in DC to meet WH officials and try to fix the Mythos 5 dispute; both sides say they are eager to resolve the issue

Emily Shugerman / The San Francisco Standard:
Inside the Signal group chat where Sergey Brin, Marc Andreessen, Garry Tan, and other tech elites toss out strategies to oppose a proposed California wealth tax

Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer:
The FBI dismantles Outsider Enterprise, an AI-powered Chinese phishing operation, and seizes $100K in Tether in joint effort with Google and Black Lotus Labs
 
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