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2:35 PM ET, March 26, 2026

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Wall Street Journal:
Back-to-back jury verdicts against Meta could spur a flood of litigation against social media companies and threaten to undermine Section 230 protections  —  Social-media giants confront existential dilemma as a flood of litigation challenges their product designs
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The $6M LA social media verdict is a win for the plaintiffs bar, not kids or society; parenting helps mitigate the harms and most kids don't face severe issues  —  The verdict against Meta and YouTube is a victory for the plaintiffs bar, not for children or society.
Jonathan Vanian / CNBC:
Social media addiction trial: a Los Angeles jury finds Meta and YouTube were negligent and failed to warn users about the dangers of using their platforms
New York Times:
A jury in the Los Angeles social media trial awards the plaintiff $3M in compensatory damages and $3M in punitive damages; Meta will pay $4.2M and YouTube $1.8M
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Mike Scarcella / Reuters:
A US federal judge dismisses X's antitrust lawsuit that accused the World Federation of Advertisers and a group of major companies of illegally boycotting X  —  A U.S. judge on Thursday dismissed X Corp's antitrust lawsuit that accused the World Federation of Advertisers and a group …
Oli Welsh / Polygon.com:
Report: Netflix will pay the two KPop Demon Hunters directors and co-writers about $50M over five years and give them merchandise and music revenue sharing  —  Hollywood journo Matthew Belloni has unearthed details of the deal Netflix struck for the sequel to KPop Demon Hunters …
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Sony announces Jeopardy! YouTube Edition, a spinoff hosted by Ken Jennings with three YouTube creators playing for the charity of their choice  —  Ken Jennings will host the new edition, which will feature creators playing for a charity of their choice.  —  The answer: “This long-running …
Adrià Calatayud / Wall Street Journal:
Bertelsmann, owner of Penguin Random House, RTL, and BMG, reports 2025 after-tax profit of €1.01B, down from €1.04B in 2024, and revenue flat YoY at €18.96B  —  With the acquisition of Sky Deutschland revenues would reach approximately €21 billion in the 2026 financial year, CEO Thomas Rabe says
Jake Kanter / Deadline:
In its 2026-2027 plan, the BBC says it plans to cut its cost base by 10%, suggesting cuts worth up to £600M, and increase content spend by £180M to £2.7B  —  The BBC has sounded the alarm about potentially significant content cuts. … The BBC has only defined the savings figure …
Discussion: The Wrap, Radio Times and BBC
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
ByteDance launches its Dreamina Seedance 2.0 audio and video model in its CapCut editing platform, supporting clips up to 15 seconds across six aspect ratios  —  OpenAI may be dialing back its efforts in the video generation market with the shutdown of its Sora app, but ByteDance …
Local News Initiative:
A podcast transcript with Steve Grove, the Minnesota Star Tribune CEO and publisher and an ex-Google executive, and Tim Franklin, on retaining readers and more  —  In the inaugural episode of the Medill State of Local News Podcast, host Tim Franklin—Professor, John M. Mutz Chair in Local News …
 
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Sony Pictures plans to close VFX and virtual production company Pixomondo and integrate some of its resources into other areas; Sony purchased Pixomondo in 2022
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Internal email: Politico reviewed security after an off-the-record call between a reporter and an EU official was apparently intercepted and posted to YouTube
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Reddit says it will label automated accounts that are providing a service to users and will require accounts suspected of being bots to verify if they are human
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Google launches Lyria 3 Pro, a music generation model with better creative control and that lets users create three-minute tracks, up from Lyria 3's 30 seconds
Ed Meza / Variety:
European Audiovisual Observatory: global streaming platforms increased their share of spending on original European programming from 8% in 2020 to 24% in 2024
Ann E. Marimow / New York Times:
SCOTUS rules unanimously that Cox could not be held liable for the piracy of thousands of songs online, after music labels sued the internet provider in 2018
 

 
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Bloomberg:
Filing: Google has agreed to pay SpaceX $920M per month for access to Nvidia chips as part of a cloud-services deal that runs through mid-2029

Financial Times:
Raspberry Pi closed up 27%+ on June 5 after saying it expects adjusted EBITDA of at least $38M in H1, putting it on track to beat $42M est. for the full year

Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post:
Inside the Trump admin's push to integrate AI into the healthcare system, including an FDA regulatory fast track for digital health tech like AI chatbots
 
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