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10:10 AM ET, April 7, 2026

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April Roach / CNBC:
Bill Ackman's Pershing Square proposes to acquire Amsterdam-listed Universal Music Group for €56B in cash and stock, form a merged company, and list on the NYSE  —  Activist investor Pershing Square said Tuesday it is planning to buy Universal Music Group in a cash and stock deal worth about 55.8 billion euros ($64.4 billion).
Cheyanne M. Daniels / Politico:
Trump threatens to find and jail the journalist who reported that a US officer was awaiting rescue in Iran last week, unless the journalist reveals their source  —  Two crew members of the F-15E Strike Eagle had self-ejected from the cockpit on Friday after Iranian military forces struck their plane.
David Bauder / Associated Press:
The News Media Guild says more than 120 of the AP staff members it represents received buyout offers on Monday  —  The Associated Press, one of the world's oldest and most influential news organizations, said Monday it is offering buyouts to an unspecified number of its U.S.-based journalists …
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
The AP plans dozens of US staff cuts with the goal of reducing global staff by <5%, amid a shift from hyper-local print coverage to video and national topics  —  The Associated Press plans dozens of U.S. staff cuts as part of a broader restructuring away from hyper-local print coverage …
Michael Schneider / Variety:
CBS is selling its 11:35pm ET timeslot to Byron Allen, who will air episodes of Comics Unleashed starting May 22, after The Late Show With Stephen Colbert ends  —  As “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” ends its run next month, CBS has opted to turn its 11:35 p.m. ET post-local news timeslot …
Nate Silver / Silver Bulletin:
How social media became a “freak show”: X punishes external links and most top accounts, such as Catturd, are very low-quality but get more engagement than NYT  —  The ecosystem is unhealthy, especially on Twitter, and that's producing some strange beasts among the most influential accounts.
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Max Tani / Semafor:
Email: WSJ EIC Emma Tucker praised Fortune's use of AI in its journalism, saying anyone who “thinks it is ‘wrong’, should get out of journalism fast!”  —  In today's edition: Media battles in Baltimore.
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Marisa Kabas / The Handbasket:
An independent journalist argues against using AI to help journalists write, saying “the process is the purpose” even if you don't always enjoy it
Andrew Webster / The Verge:
Netflix launches Netflix Playground, a games app for kids aged eight and under, in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, the Philippines, and New Zealand  —  It's called Netflix Playground, and it's out now. … Netflix has made family-friendly titles a key part of its current games strategy …
New York Times:
Silicon sampling, simulating human polling with AI agents, undermines the very idea of the opinion polls and will only worsen our broken information ecosystem  —  A recent Axios story on maternal health policy referred to “findings” that a majority of people trusted their doctors and nurses.
Anna Nicolaou / Financial Times:
Sources: AI music startup Suno's licensing talks with UMG and Sony have stalled; labels argue that AI tools like Suno rely on human-made music and should pay  —  One executive says there is ‘no path’ towards licensing deal under current proposal  —  Talks over licensing deals between …
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Kalshi signs a deal with Fox Corp. to integrate its forecasts into Fox News, Fox Business Network, Fox One, and Fox Weather, following deals with CNN and CNBC  —  The prediction market already has deals with CNN and CNBC.  —  The biggest prediction market in the U.S. is teaming up with the biggest TV news channel in the U.S.
Discussion: The Wrap, Kalshi, New York Post and Reuters
Mia Sato / The Verge:
A look at the gold rush for firms claiming to help brands get cited by AI search tools, using tactics like memory manipulation via “Summarize with AI” buttons  —  Let's pretend you work in IT and you're looking for a new digital service desk platform to help your employees reset passwords or onboard new hires.
 
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Natalie Korach / Status:
Sources: journalists attending WHCD plan to wear 1A-themed accessories, in a RCFP-coordinated campaign to express solidarity amid Trump's press restrictions
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: three Gulf sovereign-wealth funds have agreed to commit a total of ~$24B to back Paramount's $81B WBD deal; Saudi Arabia's PIF agreed to provide ~$10B
Gary Marcus / Marcus on AI:
NYT's profile of Medvi, glorified as a two-employee startup with $1B+ in revenue, ignored info that the startup is a warning sign, not a poster child, for AI
 

 
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Maria Curi / Axios:
Sources: senior Anthropic technical staff flew to DC to meet WH officials over the Mythos 5 dispute, with both sides saying they are eager to resolve the issue

Samantha Subin / CNBC:
Salesforce agrees to acquire AI customer service platform Fin, formerly Intercom, for ~$3.6B, in a deal expected to close in Q4 of its 2027 fiscal year

Bloomberg:
Source: Nvidia is seeking to raise $20B+ from its first corporate bond sale since 2021, marketed in seven tranches, with maturities spanning two to 30 years
 
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