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11:55 AM ET, April 14, 2026

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Ali Lyon / City A.M.:
Axel Springer says it received approval from the UK Department for Culture, Media, and Sport to proceed with its £575M deal to acquire the Telegraph Media Group  —  The years-long saga over the Daily Telegraph's ownership is poised to reach a conclusion, after the government announced …
Caroline Davies / The Guardian:
Gary Neville's soccer media group The Overlap acquires Mark Goldbridge's The United Stand and That's Football YouTube channels, a source says for seven figures  —  Exclusive: Neville has criticised “those bloody YouTubers” - but The Overlap has now acquired channels with 3.7m subscribers for seven-figure sum
Leo Marchandon / Reuters:
Publicis reports Q1 net revenue organic growth of 4.5% YoY, meeting company-provided consensus, and reaffirms its FY 2026 net organic growth outlook of 4% to 5%  —  Publicis (PUBP.PA) on Tuesday reported first-quarter net revenue organic growth of 4.5%, meeting company-provided consensus …
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Memo: Disney CEO Josh D'Amaro informs staff of layoffs; source: around 1,000 jobs are expected to be eliminated as the company unifies marketing  —  “Given the fast-moving pace of our industries, this requires us to constantly assess how to foster a more agile and technologically-enabled workforce …
Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Baltimore Banner parent The Venetoulis Institute for Local Journalism acquires the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette from Block Communications to run it as a nonprofit  —  The Venetoulis Institute of Local Journalism, which operates The Baltimore Banner, has bought The Post-Gazette.
Ted Johnson / Deadline:
WGAE members at CBS News 24/7 unanimously ratify a three-year contract with salary increases and AI protections, including 1.5x severance for layoffs due to AI  —  The contract was ratified unanimously by the 60-member bargaining unit, the guild said.  —  According to the guild …
Discussion: The Wrap
Ted Alcorn / @tedalcorn:
[Thread] A dashboard shows the past 25+ years of NYT coverage, across 1.5B words, 2.2M articles, and 26K reporters; Israel-Gaza dominates international coverage  —  I built a dashboard to explore the last 25+ years of @nytimes coverage. 1.5B words, 2.2M articles, 26K reporters. It's fascinating to look at the world's preeminent news organization not as daily stories but as patterns of attention, ebbing and flowing. https://tedalcorn.github.io/ nyt/
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
Nikita Bier: X cut payouts to 60% for aggregators “flooding the timeline” with clickbait, with another 20% cut planned, targeting habitual “BREAKING” posters  —  X is cutting back on payments to accounts that are “flooding the timeline” with clickbait and rapid-fire news aggregation …
Kate Knibbs / Wired:
Originality AI: 23 major news websites and Reddit currently block the Internet Archive's crawler; journalists and advocacy groups sign a letter backing the IA  —  As major news outlets cut off the Wayback Machine, journalists and advocacy groups are rallying to protect the Internet Archive's vast collection of web pages.
 
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Scott Roxborough / The Hollywood Reporter:
A look at Saudi Arabia's ambitious push into Hollywood, sources say including contributing ~$12B for Paramount's WBD acquisition, as part of a soft power game
Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Q&A with Puck CEO Sarah Personette about the outlet's talent-first model, structure of the company, Air Mail acquisition, journalists as influencers, and more
Natalie Korach / Status:
Sources: The Athletic faces internal blowback after rushing to publicly defend reporter Dianna Russini while it had quietly launched a probe into her conduct
Rebecca Rubin / Variety:
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie becomes 2026's highest-grossing film so far, earning $629M globally, including $308M in North America; Project Hail Mary hits $500M
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TMZ.com:
TMZ officially launches its Washington, DC operations, dubbed TMZDC, with a three-person production team of Charlie Cotton, Jacob Wasserman, and Jakson Buhaj
Corinne Ramey / Wall Street Journal:
A US judge dismisses Trump's $10B defamation suit against WSJ over an article asserting Trump's name was on a 2003 letter to Epstein, but says Trump can re-file
Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
The Economist plans to launch Economist Play, featuring shows hosted by Economist correspondents alongside interviews and debates, in its app this summer
 

 
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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 studios in Japan, such as Tokyo-traded Marvelous, as it reassesses its global portfolio
 
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