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5:15 AM ET, April 14, 2026

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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Bryan Cranston, Joaquin Phoenix, and 1,000+ writers, actors, and directors sign a letter opposing Paramount's WBD bid, warning it cuts jobs and audience choice  —  The letter warns that the deal will result in fewer jobs for creatives, along with higher costs and less choice for audiences.
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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  —  The Saudis are pouring $24 billion into the Ellisons' Warner Bros. megamerger — and that's just the latest move …
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Ted Johnson / Deadline:
Paramount responds to Hollywood creatives' letter against its WBD acquisition, reiterating its commitment for 30+ theatrical feature films annually, and more
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  —  The president alleged an article about a bawdy Epstein birthday letter was defamatory  —  A federal judge on Monday dismissed …
Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post:
Sources: CBS News EIC Bari Weiss and President Tom Cibrowski are at odds over the network's direction; source: Weiss tried to hire Noah Oppenheim, who declined  —  CBS News' viewership is at an all-time low as editor in chief Bari Weiss and the network's president Tom Cibrowski …
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
Alice Brooker / Press Gazette:
The Telegraph says its newsletter From the Editor, read by 850K+ people daily, has become its “biggest source” of new paying subscribers one year after launch  —  Flagship Telegraph newsletter From the Editor has become its “biggest source” of new paying subscribers one year after launch.
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 …
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  —  The images of the seemingly cozy pair ricocheted across sports media circles, raising immediate questions about the boundaries between journalists and the figures they cover.
 
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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
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
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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Bloomberg:
Analysis: NBC's annual sports spending may rise ~19% to ~$9.5B if it commits to a 50%+ price hike for NFL rights, as sports leagues leverage multi-outlet deals
Suzanne Vranica / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: the US FTC is in settlement talks with ad companies to end an antitrust probe into their alleged coordinated boycotts against sites like Elon Musk's X
Alexandra Alter / New York Times:
Most major book publishers lack clear rules on AI use, frustrating authors and readers and raising fears that AI-generated books will slip past editors
 

 
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Reuters:
SpaceX agrees to acquire Cursor in a merger valuing the AI coding startup at $60B, set to close in Q3 2026, or pay a $4B to $10B termination fee

Ed Zitron / Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At:
Docs: audited financial figures show OpenAI spent $34B in 2025, up 172% YoY, including $19B on research and development and nearly $6B on sales and marketing

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Google launches Android 17 and Wear OS 7, first on Pixel devices, with support for the latest AI models, a bubble bar UI, and live updates on Wear OS
 
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