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Katie Deighton / Wall Street Journal:
OpenAI acquires tech news show TBPN, promising editorial independence; TBPN was on track to make over $30M in revenue in 2026 and will wind down its ad business — TBPN staff will help with marketing and communications at OpenAI but keep their editorial independence, the ChatGPT parent says
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George Hammond / Financial Times:
Source: OpenAI bought TBPN, which has 11 staffers and averages about 70,000 viewers per daily episode, for “low hundreds of millions of dollars” — ChatGPT-maker moves into broadcasting with deal for TBPN after it had pledged to abandon ‘side-quests’
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Business Insider, Pulse 2.0, Deadline, Bloomberg and The Economic Times, more at Techmeme »
David Pierce / The Verge:
Flipboard launches Surf, an app for creating custom feeds from Mastodon, Threads, Bluesky, RSS, podcasts, and YouTube, after over a year in beta — It combines Bluesky, Mastodon, RSS, and other content into something that feels entirely new. … Surf is a slightly hard app to explain.
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Engadget, TechCrunch, Ben Werdmuller, @jglypt and Surf, more at Techmeme »
Katie Deighton / Wall Street Journal:
WME is selling sports marketing agency 160over90 to Publicis Groupe for, sources say, $500M+; WME bought the agency in 2018 for about $200M — Publicis Groupe is set to acquire 160over90 in a bid to win more of advertisers' spending in sports — Publicis Groupe is acquiring …
Reuters:
Australia says it will ban gambling ads featuring celebrities and limit online gambling ads to logged-in users over 18 starting in 2027 — Australia said it would ban gambling advertisements featuring celebrities and limit online gambling advertisements to internet users over 18 from next year …
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eMarketer, @albomp, @davidpurdum, Sports Business Journal, 9News, SBS News, Guardian Australia on YouTube, @owenrask, iGB, 9 News Australia on YouTube, 9News, @tmfscottp, The Conversation, Sydney Morning Herald, The Australian, The Australian, The Guardian, The Guardian, Sydney Morning Herald, ABC, BBC, Daily Mail, The Guardian, Bloomberg, Sportico, Mumbrella and Australian Financial Review
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
An interview with WSJ EIC Emma Tucker on increasing digital-only subscriptions by 30% to 4.29M since 2023, culture change, events, print, AI tools, and more — The Wall Street Journal's recent run of subscriptions growth is not down to an accident or luck, editor-in-chief Emma Tucker has made clear.
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The Wrap and Talking Biz News
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Versant buys StockStory, an AI-powered service that generates reports with investment advice to support CNBC; PitchBook: the startup has raised $3.2M since 2020 — Versant, the publicly traded cable spinoff from Comcast, has acquired StockStory, an AI-powered platform that generates reports …
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TV Tech, The Wrap, Business Wire, Deep Bagchee on LinkedIn and Deadline
Matthew Gault / 404 Media:
A photojournalist and the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press sue the FAA over a ban on flying drones within 3,000 feet of DHS buildings and vehicles — A Minnesota journalist is challenging a 3,000 foot restriction on flying near DHS assets on First Amendment grounds.
Sara Fischer / Axios:
NYT and Delta Air Lines partner to offer free NYT products to Delta SkyMiles members via airline seat-back screens and on personal devices using Delta's Wi-Fi — The New York Times struck a multiyear distribution partnership with Delta Air Lines that brings its journalism and products …
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Shane Goronkin on LinkedIn, Jordan Cohen on LinkedIn and View from the Wing
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Wired ends its UK print edition, after reducing from six to four issues per year at the end of 2024; seven London-based journalists left at the end of 2025 — Editorial director Katie Drummond explains how UK newsroom fits into global strategy. — Wired will not put out a print magazine …
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Talking Biz News
Corbin Bolies / The Wrap:
CBS News 24/7's 60-person union has reached a tentative three-year contract deal with the network after a 24-hour walkout on March 17 — The tentative agreement comes weeks after the 60-member unit staged a daylong walkout — The 60-member union for CBS News 24/7, the news organization's …
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The Hollywood Reporter, Deadline and The Guardian
Janko Roettgers / The Verge:
YouTube rolls out Stations for Coachella, 24/7 preprogrammed linear video streams that include an audience chat, after testing the feature with ~40 musicians — As the platform embraces FAST channels, YouTubers can soon create linear streaming channels.
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9to5Google, Engadget, iPhone in Canada, Android Authority, YouTube Official Blog, The Wrap and The Keyword
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