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6:50 AM ET, March 25, 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.
Ella Chakarian / Rolling Stone:
A look at the growing deepfake problem for creators, how Vermillio and Kanary help them respond, and how likeness rights can create additional revenue streams  —  As artificial intelligence becomes more accessible, podcasters, TikTokers, and other creators are finding replicas …
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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
Mariella Moon / Engadget:
X says it is updating its revenue-sharing incentives to give more weight to engagement from a user's home region, hoping to “disincentivize” gaming US attention  —  The website's location transparency feature revealed dozens of pro-Trump accounts were based in other countries.
Mike Scarcella / Reuters:
The Trump administration settles the 2022 Murthy v. Missouri case, preventing the Surgeon General, CDC, and CISA from pressuring social media to suppress speech  —  The Trump administration has agreed to a settlement that will bar three federal agencies from pressuring social media companies …
Maurice Oniang'O / Columbia Journalism Review:
A look at Africa Uncensored, a Kenyan investigative news outlet, its mentorship program for aspiring journalists, and the impact of its video investigations  —  Africa Uncensored has survived legal threats, intimidation, and politically motivated attacks on its funders to become a prominent force …
Yasutaka Tamura / Bloomberg:
Sources: Japanese news aggregation app operator SmartNews considers a Tokyo IPO listing as soon as October; its valuation may fall from $2B after a 2021 raise  —  SmartNews Inc., a Japanese news aggregation app operator, is considering a Tokyo listing as soon as October for its initial public offering …
Dan Whateley / Business Insider:
Email: TikTok is casting actors for its own short-drama production; the company filed a US trademark application for the term “TikTok Drama” in November 2025  —  Follow Dan Whateley … - TikTok has begun casting actors for its own mini-drama production, according to an email seen by Business Insider.
Discussion: Tech in Asia and TechNode
Los Angeles Times:
A look at local TV news' struggles: aging audiences, less network content, shrinking ad revenue, and layoffs of anchors in favor of on-the-ground reporting  —  - 7 min Click here to listen to this article  — Longtime local TV anchors, including KTLA's Mark Kriski and others …
Discussion: New York Post and The A.V. Club
Tony Maglio / The Hollywood Reporter:
Law&Crime launches streaming service Law&Crime+, which includes crime scene footage and court documents, for $3.99/month or $40.99/year on Roku and platforms  —  Law&Crime+ will share crime scene photos for $3.99 a month.  —  True crime platform Law&Crime is launching a subscription service …
Discussion: TheDesk.net and Cord Cutters News
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” …
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 ›
 
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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
Discussion: MediaNama and AdExchanger
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%
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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
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
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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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

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

Jay Peters / The Verge:
Valve's Steam Machine, its new living room Linux PC, will start at $1,049 for the 512GB base model without a controller, and will go on sale starting June 29
 
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