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5:55 PM ET, April 15, 2026

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NBC News:
A jury finds that Live Nation and Ticketmaster illegally maintained monopoly power in the ticketing market, in a case brought by state AGs after the DOJ settled  —  Live Nation has vehemently denied acting as a monopoly.  — ADD NBC NEWS TO GOOGLE  —  A jury in a high-stakes antitrust trial …
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David Folkenflik / NPR:
Former NPR President and CEO Kevin Klose, who also had been Moscow bureau chief for The Washington Post, died Wednesday at 85 from Alzheimer's complications  —  Former NPR President and CEO Kevin Klose, a buoyant and transformative leader who helped to propel the public broadcaster …
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 …
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  —  Anthony Pompliano's ProCap Financial is pushing deeper into AI-powered finance with a fully AI-generated podcast.
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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.
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 …
Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch:
Objection, which aims to use AI and experts to evaluate claims in news stories, debuts with funding from Peter Thiel, Balaji Srinivasan; evaluations cost $2,000  —  After helping lead the lawsuit that bankrupted media firm Gawker, Aron D'Souza says he saw something broken in the American media system …
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.
Discussion: Press Gazette
Ryan Joe / Adweek:
Ad tech company Viant agrees to acquire TVision, which measures audience engagement through sensors in 5,000 US households, for $40M in cash and stock  —  Viant, a public adtech company whose tech helps brands buy ads online and on streaming, has agreed to acquire TVision for $40 million.
 
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Max Tani / Semafor:
Source: a CNN booker privately said that it was concerned about booking a guest critical of Paramount's WBD acquisition; CNN denies any editorial restrictions
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Paramount says CEO David Ellison will not be able to attend Senator Cory Booker's “spotlight hearing” about Paramount's WBD deal due to a death in the family
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
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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
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
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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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: OpenAI's first device will be a moveable, screen-free smart speaker with a camera and sensors, meant to serve as an AI companion that taps into ChatGPT

Politico:
AI advocates fear New York's moratorium on new data centers could embolden Democrats to enact more state restrictions and seize on the issue in the midterms

CNBC:
IBM's stock closed down 25.21% on Tuesday, sinking more than its previous worst day of October 19, 1987, after reporting preliminary Q2 results below estimates
 
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