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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
The Sun reports revenue fell 8% to £273.1M in the year to June 29, 2025, citing Google changes; one-off charges rose to £36.7M on Prince Harry legal action  —  Prince Harry legal action prompted major hit to profits.  —  Revenue at the publisher of The Sun fell 8% last year blamed …
Discussion: @davidgerard.co.uk and Telegraph
Ted Johnson / Deadline:
US Senator Cory Booker is holding a hearing Wednesday on the Paramount-WBD merger; so far, Paramount's David Ellison has not accepted an invitation to appear  —  Booker also has invited Paramount CEO David Ellison to testify, following up on previous letters asking him to appear.
Max Tani / Semafor:
Mediaite suspends Colby Hall, the writer of One Sheet, which aggregates newsletters about media and adds commentary, pending a probe into recent errors  —  The News  —  A series of mishaps at the media newsletter One Sheet, including misattributed information and made-up quotes …
Patrick Wintour / The Guardian:
Kuwait arrested journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin on March 3; many Gulf states are using anti-terror laws to restrict coverage of infrastructure attacks  —  Ahmed Shihab-Eldin was arrested after reporting on friendly fire incident during US conflict with Iran  —  The detention of a prize-winning …
Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
The BBC plans to cut around 2,000 jobs, or ~10% of its 21,508-person workforce, as part of radical downsizing ahead of the arrival of new DG Matt Brittin  —  New director-general Matt Brittin to replace Tim Davie next month  —  As many as 2,000 jobs are set to be cut by the BBC across …
Discussion: @danielthomasldn
Rachel Scharf / Billboard:
A US judge issues a $322.2M judgment against pirate library Anna's Archive for scraping Spotify, a largely symbolic victory as the site is anonymously operated  —  At least for now, the court judgment is largely a symbolic victory, as no one has identified the anonymous internet users behind Anna's Archive.
Dell Cameron / Wired:
Internal emails show Brendan Carr's links to the Center for American Rights, which supplied arguments for the FCC's challenge to Jimmy Kimmel  —  Internal emails obtained by WIRED reveal how a conservative legal group with a direct line into FCC chairman Brendan Carr's office built the case against Jimmy Kimmel and his employees.
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.
Rob Maaddi / Associated Press:
NFL reporter Dianna Russini resigns from The Athletic after photos of her with New England Patriots coach Mike Vrabel prompted an internal investigation  —  NFL reporter Dianna Russini has resigned from The Athletic less than a week after published photos of her and New England Patriots coach Mike Vrabel …
Erik Hayden / The Hollywood Reporter:
ProdPro: movie and TV on-location production filming slowed across the US in Q1, except for New Jersey, based on count of projects and production spending  —  So far, California, New York and Georgia declined in filming counts while the Garden State saw gains.
Discussion: ProdPro
 
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Memo: Disney CEO Josh D'Amaro informs staff of layoffs; a source says around 1,000 jobs are expected to be eliminated as the company unifies marketing
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
Discussion: The Wrap
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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
 

 
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Anthropic:
Anthropic says it is disabling Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for all customers after the US government issued an export control order, citing national security concerns

Allan Smith / NBC News:
Report: opponents blocked or delayed at least 75 US data center projects in Q1 2026 worth ~$130B; data center opposition groups doubled to 833 across 49 states

Robert Armstrong / Financial Times:
How the AI boom is revolutionizing US stock markets, as hyperscalers cut buybacks and boost capex, including Alphabet's planned ~$85B in equity offerings for AI
 
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