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9:15 AM ET, April 8, 2026

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Sara Fischer / Axios:
AP warns Lee Enterprises that Lee's attempt to end its deal with AP early, on April 26 instead of December 31, could lead to breach of contract consequences  —  The Associated Press is warning Lee Enterprises, one of the largest independent local newspaper companies, that its attempt to break a news licensing contract is “not valid.”
Discussion: Inside Radio
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New York Times:
Journalist Shelly Kittleson, abducted in Iraq by an Iranian-aligned militia, has been freed after a week in captivity, per the militia and two Iraqi officials  —  The journalist, Shelly Kittleson, was abducted by a militia allied with Iran and held for a week.
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
X is rolling out worldwide automatic post translation powered by xAI's Grok models, and updates its iOS image editor to add tools like drawing and blurring  —  Social media platform X is now rolling out a new feature that automatically translates posts.  The company is also launching …
Mia Sato / The Verge:
Around 150 ProPublica Guild members announce a 24-hour strike beginning on Wednesday, seeking protections around the use of AI, layoff protections, and more  —  The 24-hour work stoppage is the first time employees at the nonprofit have walked off the job.
Discussion: New York Times
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
The Times of London says cutting the number of stories it publishes by 25% as part of a “fewer, better stories” strategy led to three months of audience growth  —  ‘Paper of record’ has seen page views go up as total story count went down.  —  The Times says a strategy of publishing …
Ted Johnson / Deadline:
CNN defends the authenticity of an Iranian “victory” statement, saying it came from “official Iranian spokespeople”, after criticism from Trump and Brendan Carr  —  About 90 minutes after announcing a two-week ceasefire in the war in Iran, Donald Trump was irate …
Alexandra S. Levine / Bloomberg:
TikTok says ad leader Khartoon Weiss is leaving to pursue a new opportunity after nearly six years at the company, the latest high-profile executive to exit  —  TikTok advertising leader Khartoon Weiss is leaving the short-form video company, joining a wave of American executives stepping down over the past year.
Discussion: MediaPost, Business Insider and Digiday
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Analysis: The NYT should retract its profile of AI-powered startup Medvi in light of other reporting that revealed the telehealth company's deceptions  —  Since the New York Times published its semi-viral big profile of Medvi last week — the “AI-powered” telehealth startup that it breathlessly described …
Corbin Bolies / The Wrap:
McClatchy began rolling out a “content scaling agent” that summarizes and repurposes reporters' work with new headlines in Q1, prompting some employee pushback  —  Sacramento Bee staffers refuse bylines over a new AI tool as colleagues at the Miami Herald and Charlotte Observer harbor concerns
Reuters:
UMG's shares jumped 11% following Pershing Square's €56B offer, which is a 78% premium to its April 2 close; UMG is down nearly 33% since its 2021 listing  —  Billionaire investor Bill Ackman's Pershing Square (PSHP.L) proposed a takeover of Universal Music Group (UMG.AS) …
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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
 
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Domestic 2026 box office revenue is off to its strongest start since the pandemic, aided by The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, which has made $191M in North America
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George Grylls / The Times:
A profile of Aaron Rupar, who manages a social media news operation monitoring Trump across 12 TV channels simultaneously, supported by a $50/year Substack
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Sony Pictures Entertainment is laying off hundreds of employees across its film studio, TV studios, and corporate to refocus on “strategic priorities”
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Spotify expands Prompted Playlists, its AI feature for creating playlists, to include podcasts, for Premium users in the US, Canada, the UK, and other countries
John Ourand / Puck:
Sources: ESPN plans to cut ~30 jobs in the coming weeks, primarily in off-camera departments, partly due to a $100M loss tied to its 2025 YouTube TV dispute
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
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
 

 
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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

Chloe Taylor / CNBC:
South Korea's tech-heavy Kospi index falls 10%, dragged down by SK Hynix and Samsung; STMicro and ASML fall ~7%, and US tech stocks fall in pre-market trading

Bloomberg:
Sources: Tencent is negotiating exits from minority investments in game studio in Japan, including Tokyo-traded Marvelous, as it reassesses its global portfolio
 
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