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12:40 AM ET, April 19, 2026

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Matthew Keys / TheDesk.net:
A district court judge in California issues a preliminary injunction blocking Nexstar's acquisition of Tegna while an antitrust lawsuit proceeds  —  A federal judge in California has issued a preliminary injunction that prevents Nexstar Media Group from moving forward with its integration …
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Maggie Harrison Dupré / Futurism:
National Today, a site that mimics news outlets and includes subdomains for dozens of US cities, appears to use AI to plagiarize articles from multiple sources  —  On Tuesday evening, we published an original interview with a researcher who had recently coauthored an intriguing study about the effects of AI on users' cognition.
Corbin Bolies / The Wrap:
Profile of Jacqui Heinrich, Fox News' senior WH correspondent and incoming WHCA president, who prefers private negotiations with the White House to public feuds  —  The incoming White House Correspondents' Association president tells TheWrap why she thinks Donald Trump is attending …
Janko Roettgers / The Verge:
A look at the continued success of Korean content on Netflix, where subscribers watched 51B+ hours of Korean movies and TV shows between 2023 and 2025  —  Korean TV shows outperform other sources of entertainment on the service — and we're not just talking Squid Game.
Ronan Shields / Digiday:
Bauer Media Group announced company-wide restructuring this week, citing traffic loss to AI Overviews; sources: 20%-30% of its publishing division will be cut  —  Bauer Media Group, the entity behind titles such as Closer, Empire, Grazia and Heat, announced a company-wide restructuring this week …
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Krystal Scanlon / Digiday:
Ad buyers say ad rates for ChatGPT are falling from $60 CPM to as low as $25 and the minimum spend to advertise is down to $50K from $250K at launch  —  Advertising in ChatGPT is already getting cheaper.  The rate advertisers pay to reach every thousand users has fallen from $60 …
Discussion: Max Willens on LinkedIn and Ad Age
 
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Reshmi Basu / Bloomberg:
QVC Group, owner of TV shopping channels QVC and HSN, files for bankruptcy as part of a plan to cut more than $5B in debt; shares closed down 69% on Thursday
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Jennifer Maas / Variety:
Filing: Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos received $53.9M in 2025 compensation, down from $62M in 2024; co-CEO Greg Peters received $53.2M, down from $60M in 2024
Bill Bradley / Adweek:
Netflix says it continues to expect its ad revenue to reach ~$3B in 2026, doubling from 2025, and it now works with 4,000+ advertising clients, up 70% YoY
 

 
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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

Carl Franzen / VentureBeat:
Sakana AI launches Fugu, a multi-agent orchestration system accessible through a single model API, claiming Fugu Ultra matches Fable and Mythos on benchmarks

Jay Peters / The Verge:
Valve's Steam Machine, its new living room Linux PC, will start at $1,049 for the 512GB base model without a controller, and will go on sale starting June 29
 
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