Mediagazer: YouTube livestreams will show fewer ads to users who support creators with Super Chat, Super Sticker, or gift purchases, and disable ads during peak engagement (Andrew Romero/9to5Google)

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.

Discussion: The Banner, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Associated Press, Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, Media Nation, Axios, Pittsburgh Business Journal, Bob Cohn on LinkedIn, @lawrencehurley.bsky.social, @lisafung.bsky.social, @producertory.bsky.social, @katie_robertson and Dave Lee

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 …

Discussion: The Wrap, Telegraph, Press Gazette, Financial Times, Irish Independent, The Standard, Politico, The Independent, @bron_maher, Axel Springer SE and RTÉ

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

Discussion: The Sun, Mirror, @mikekeegan_dm, @footiewriter, RTÉ, The Athletic, Elliot Renton on LinkedIn, Daily Mail, Broadcast, Global, GB News, BBC and City A.M.

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 …

Discussion: Adweek, Business Insider, Reuters, The Wrap, Variety, New York Post, Los Angeles Times, Deadline and Bloomberg

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 …

Discussion: Marketing Dive, Publicis Groupe, Ad Age, The Drum, PR Week UK, BMI, Adweek, campaignlive.com, Adweek and Wall Street Journal

The Wrap:

Sources: Ted Sarandos met with several heads of exhibition at CinemaCon in Las Vegas and discussed the possibility of putting more Netflix films into theaters — The co-CEO's pursuit of Warner Bros. seems to have marked a change of heart — Ted Sarandos might be changing his tune when it comes to theatrical exhibition.

Discussion: Deadline, The Hollywood Reporter, @mrericmartin, Screen and New York Times

Andrew Romero / 9to5Google:

YouTube livestreams will show fewer ads to users who support creators with Super Chat, Super Sticker, or gift purchases, and disable ads during peak engagement — YouTube has been under a microscope in recent months for increased ad frequency during videos and livestreams, whether purposeful or not.

Discussion: TechCrunch, Android Police, Android Authority and Dexerto, more at Techmeme »

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/

Discussion: Below The Fold, @toluogunlesi, @churumuri, @tedalcorn, @tedalcorn, @followthemani, @gearoidreidy, @discourseparti, @jrwhitehead, @evanhill, @tedalcorn, @tedalcorn, @tedalcorn, @isaacstonefish, @20thcenturymarc and @tedalcorn

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

Rick Porter / The Hollywood Reporter:

Nielsen releases its February Gauge reports after a delay over a methodology dispute; NBCUniversal-Versant dethroned YouTube for the largest TV viewing share — A dispute over methodology changes pushed the release of February's summary back several weeks.

Discussion: MediaPost, Wall Street Journal, The Wrap, Deadline, Media Play News and Nielsen

Hanaa' Tameez / Nieman Lab:

A CNTI survey of 43 US “indie info providers” finds only five can fully fund their lifestyle via content creation, while over 50% can't fund it at all — “Journalism isn't immune to the larger trend of the gig-ification of labor.” — There isn't yet a clear playbook …

Discussion: Center for News …, @tongli.bsky.social and @dankennedy.net

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.