Top News:
Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
Politico names Jonathan Greenberger as its editor-in-chief, effective May 1, succeeding co-founder John Harris; Greenberger joined Politico as EVP in 2024 — Publisher names executive Jonathan Greenberger to succeed co-founder and longtime Editor in Chief John Harris
Discussion:
Politico, @greenbergerj, The Wrap, New York Times, Mediaite, Deadline and Semafor
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: some Disney executives learned about Sora's shutdown less than an hour before OpenAI's announcement; Disney was in talks about company-wide ChatGPT use — When Sam Altman arrived in Los Angeles to attend Vanity Fair's Oscar afterparty earlier this month, his company was just weeks away …
Brent Lang / Variety:
Amazon MGM's Project Hail Mary becomes its highest-grossing film ever, crossing $300M globally, including $54.1M just this weekend; the movie cost $200M to make — “Project Hail Mary” is officially Amazon MGM's highest-grossing film ever. — The space odyssey has grossed $300.8 million globally …
Discussion:
TechCrunch, WTOP News, Forbes, The Wrap, Winnipeg Free Press, Just Jared and World of Reel, more at Techmeme »
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
The Guardian begins cross-publishing its Feast food newsletter, which has 100K+ subscribers, to Substack, as part of its Project Berger platform strategy — Weekly Feast newsletter to be cross-posted to Substack in bid for new audience. — The Guardian has decided to experiment with Substack …
Corbin Bolies / The Wrap:
The NBC News-Joanna Stern deal offers a new model for independent journalists to grow audiences via institutional support while retaining editorial independence — Tech journalist Joanna Stern's partnership with NBC News points to a new model of editorial independence with institutional support
Charlie Warzel / The Atlantic:
An interview with early Twitter executive Jason Goldman on how Twitter reshaped media and politics while enabling harassment, free-speech-maximalism, and more — An early Twitter exec reckons with the monster he helped create. — What is Twitter's legacy?
Discussion:
@cwarzel.bsky.social, @cwarzel.bsky.social and @goldman.blue
Todd Spangler / Variety:
A MoffettNathanson chart showed Netflix delivered 48 cents of revenue per hour viewed in 2025, below competitors, giving it room for its price hike this week — As the “KPop Demon Hunters” Oscar-winning hit song “Golden” says: “We're goin' up, up, up.” — It's not rocket science.
Discussion:
AdExchanger, The Hollywood Reporter, The Wrap, GIANT FREAKIN ROBOT, Yahoo Finance, The Motley Fool, Originally Reported …, Showbiz Cheat Sheet, Cord Cutters News, Todd Spangler on LinkedIn, Washington Times, Deadline, Tom's Guide, The Olympian, Decider, TODAY.com, The American Bazaar, Suggest, Proactive, Mercury News, LADbible, Daring Fireball, Quartz, The Sun, Streaming Better, Trusted Reviews, Dexerto, Tech Times, The Shortcut, Blockonomi and NME
CNN:
The Israeli military says it suspended operational activities of a reserve battalion involved in detaining and assaulting a CNN team in the West Bank last week — The Israeli military's top general suspended all operational activities of a reserve battalion involved in the detention and assault …
Max Tani / Semafor:
Sources: Beehiiv plans to launch a podcasting program in the coming days and is privately courting podcasters on Substack and elsewhere as founding members — The News — Newsletter and creator startup Beehiiv is making a push into podcasting, and wants to peel off talent from Substack and Patreon.
Discussion:
Mark It Down Bible Substack
Isabelle Bousquette / Wall Street Journal:
An AI-generated TikTok parody of reality series Love Island, called Fruit Love Island, averaged 10M+ views across its first 21 episodes after debuting last week — ‘Fruit Love Island’ averages over 10 million views for each of its episodes — A new viral dating show featuring sexy …
Kathryn Wilkens / Mediaite:
At CPAC, FCC Chair Brendan Carr boasted “Trump is winning”, citing PBS and NPR defunding and the departures of Joy Reid, Chuck Todd, Stephen Colbert, and others — During a Friday CPAC appearance, FCC Chair Brendan Carr bragged that he's remaking the media by pushing out left-leaning figures …
Lulu Garcia-Navarro / New York Times:
Q&A with YouTube CEO Neal Mohan on the platform's dominance, its impact on kids, the suspension and reinstatement of Trump's YouTube account, AI slop, and more — YouTube is now the leading way Americans watch video. Its audience is young; an astonishing 90 percent of American teenagers are on the platform.
