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Associated Press:
A federal judge ruled the DOD violated his earlier order undoing most of the Pentagon's press pass policy and failed to reinstate NYT reporters' credentials — A federal judge on Thursday ruled that the Defense Department is violating his earlier order to restore access to the Pentagon for reporters …
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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: the DOJ is probing whether the NFL uses anticompetitive tactics that harm consumers; regulators and others have raised concerns about streaming deals — Government officials have raised questions about whether the league is engaging in anticompetitive tactics that harm consumers
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Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Trump says Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly, Candace Owens, and Alex Jones have “Low IQs” and “their views are the opposite of MAGA” after they blasted him over Iran — President Trump tore into several right-wing media figures who had been reliably supportive of him during …
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@nytimespr:
The NYT updates its profile of telehealth startup Medvi and adds a note saying the article should have included legal and regulatory actions the company faced — Last week we published reporting about a telehealth start-up, and received feedback from readers on it. Our article has been updated and we have added an editors' note. https://www.nytimes.com/...
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Oliver Darcy / Status:
Memo: CNN CEO Mark Thompson names CNN's digital chief, Alex MacCallum, as COO, assuming responsibility for consumer strategy, performance tracking, and more — On Wednesday, in a little-noticed move, CNN chief Mark Thompson took a consequential step that quietly telegraphed how he's thinking …
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Variety and @oliverdarcy.bsky.social
Abbey White / The Hollywood Reporter:
A YouTube study, Animation's New Wave, examines growth of independent digital animation based on interviews of creators and data from 16- to 49-year-old viewers — Maddy Buxton, Culture & Trends Manager at YouTube, discusses how creators and digital animation on the platform are global …
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Tubefilter and Animation Magazine
Pete Croatto / Poynter:
Q&A with New Yorker staff writer Jason Zengerle, on why Tucker Carlson may run for president and how that reflects the crumbling of the journalism industry — New Yorker staff writer Jason Zengerle, author of a biography on the former Fox News star, breaks down why Carlson may run for president
Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
Samba, which collects usage data from smart TVs in the US, estimates 13% of Netflix households in Q1 watched at least a minute of a podcast on Netflix — New data suggests 13% of Netflix households have watched a podcast on the streaming service — Hey, everyone. Welcome back to Soundbite.
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Samba TV
Jill Goldsmith / Deadline:
Advisory firm ISS recommends WBD shareholders support the sale to Paramount but advocate for a symbolic “no” vote against David Zaslav's potential $886M payout — WBD stockholders will vote April 23 on both the deal and the payment at a special meeting.
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Daryna Antoniuk / The Record:
Russian authorities detained a former Radio Free Europe freelancer on treason charges; security services also have searched Novaya Gazeta's newsroom in Moscow — Russian authorities detained a former freelance journalist for Radio Free Europe on treason charges, accusing him of passing information …
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Ben Thompson / Stratechery:
Q&A with NYT CEO Meredith Kopit Levien on games, The Athletic, bundling, advertising, aggregators, being a “destination site”, AI, the OpenAI lawsuit, and more — An interview with New York Times Company CEO Meredith Kopit Levien about human expertise as a moat against Aggregators and AI.
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Gene Maddaus / Variety:
The WGA-AMPTP deal includes $321M in studio funding for the writers' health fund, higher health insurance premiums, better residuals, and ongoing talks about AI — TV and film writers will be paying more for their health care in a deal with the major studios unveiled Wednesday by the Writers Guild of America.
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Los Angeles Times, The Ankler, The Hollywood Reporter, Deadline, The Wrap and The A.V. Club
