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1:20 PM ET, April 15, 2026

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Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch:
Spotify launches a feature to buy physical books in the US and UK, powered by Bookshop.org, and expands its Page Match tool to support 30 additional languages  —  In February, Spotify made an exciting (and a bit unusual) move when it entered the world of physical book sales.
Sara Fischer / Axios:
WSJ and Dow Jones plan a new sports vertical that will debut alongside an exclusive, invitation-only sports economy event in New York City this summer  —  The Wall Street Journal and its parent Dow Jones are launching a new sports vertical that will debut alongside an exclusive …
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 …
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 …
JD Knapp / The Wrap:
NBC News Now expands its live coverage to 14 hours every weekday, which it says is more original programming than any other streaming news service  —  Additionally, the streaming video news channel will soon move its headquarters to Studio 3A at 30 Rockefeller Plaza
Jake Kanter / Deadline:
An internal BBC survey: 34% of workers said they had confidence in the executive leadership, down from 46% in 2025; 43% were “excited” about the BBC's future  —  In internal communication this week, the BBC revealed the findings of its staff survey, some of which were leaked to Deadline.
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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.
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.
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Madison Mills / Axios:
Anthony Pompliano's ProCap Financial launches a fully AI-generated podcast called Best Stocks; an annual ProCap subscription costs $999 to $2,500
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
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Internal emails show Brendan Carr's links to the Center for American Rights, which supplied arguments for the FCC's challenge to Jimmy Kimmel
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Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:
Omdia: Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok now capture over 90% of social media ad revenue, with Meta accounting for 70% of the total
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
Corbin Bolies / The Wrap:
Sources: Paramount pulls ads from The Ankler and tells staff to freeze out the outlet after an Ankler columnist was seen with bags of “Block the Merger” buttons
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
 

 
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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

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Sources: Tencent is negotiating exits from minority investments in game studio in Japan, including Tokyo-traded Marvelous, as it reassesses its global portfolio
 
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