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FBI Director Kash Patel sues The Atlantic and reporter Sarah Fitzpatrick for defamation, seeking $250M, over an article that claimed he had a drinking problem — FBI Director Kash Patel filed a defamation lawsuit against the Atlantic and its reporter Sarah Fitzpatrick following the publication …
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
More than 250 ex-broadcast journalists urge WHCA dinner organizers “to forcefully demonstrate opposition” to Trump's “efforts to trample freedom of the press” — The prospect of President Trump delivering a speech at this Saturday's White House Correspondents …
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The Wrap, Mediaite, NewsMax.com, Variety, The Post Millennial, Deadline, @mlcalderone, @jeffjarvis@mastodon.social, @macfarlanenews, The Hill and Poynter
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Bloomberg:
A look at Chinese streamer iQiyi's overhaul effort to be the industry's biggest AI adopter, as it aims to release a successful GenAI film as soon as summer 2026 — IQiyi Inc. expects AI to create a big chunk of its films and shows virtually from scratch someday soon, a monumental industry shift …
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The Wrap, Media Play News, The Economic Times, Tech in Asia, Digital Trends, Yahoo Finance and NextBigWhat
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Deezer says AI-generated tracks now account for 44% of daily uploads, totaling ~75K tracks per day and 2M+ per month, but account for just 1-3% of consumption — Deezer announced on Monday that AI-generated tracks now represent 44% of all new music uploaded to its platform.
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Deezer Newsroom, TechRadar and Music Business Worldwide
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Sources: Bill Ackman proposes merging UMG with his SPAC and naming Michael Ovitz as chair, an offer UMG is likely to reject; UMG stock is down 20% since 2021 — Bill Ackman has offered to buy Universal Music Group. What he really wants is for the stock to go up.
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@lucas_shaw and Fortune
August Brown / Los Angeles Times:
How Trump's immigration policies, visa fees, and fuel costs are affecting international artists' US tours; Pollstar: US concert volume in Q1 is down ~17% YoY — - 10 min Click here to listen to this article — On the first Sunday night of Coachella, headliner Karol G told her American fans …
Winston Cho / The Hollywood Reporter:
How the new Avatar: The Last Airbender animated film leaked months before its Paramount+ premiere; sources: Paramount ruled out a vulnerability in its systems — The movie leaked months ahead of its premiere on Paramount+. An anonymous X account claimed that a Nickelodeon employee emailed …
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@asherelbein.bsky.social, The Tab and IGN
Amanda Meade / The Guardian:
Sources: the Daily Mail broke an embargo on Prince Harry and Meghan's Australia trip; the outlet later took the article down after the royals' team complained — Exclusive: Publication broke embargo on confidential briefing note about the royal couple's movements five days before they arrived in Melbourne for their Australia visit
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Sky News Australia, HELLO! and Wonderwall
Mandy Dalugdug / Music Business Worldwide:
FICCI-EY: India's paid music streaming subscriptions rose 37% YoY to 14.4M in 2025, generating $118.2M in revenue; only ~8% of total music streamers paid for it — India's paid music streaming market crossed INR ₹10.3 billion in subscription revenue for the first time in 2025.
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FICCI-EY
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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Wendy Davis / MediaPost:
The FTC ends a demand for info from NewsGuard after settling a case against Dentsu, Publicis, and WPP; NewsGuard has sued the FTC over restrictions on Omnicom — Citing its recent settlements with Dentsu, Publicis and WPP over alleged ad boycotts, the Federal Trade Commission has dropped …
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Breitbart, PR Week UK, MS NOW and Washington Times
Abram Brown / The Information:
A look at Dylan Patel's SemiAnalysis, an AI newsletter and research firm that expects $100M+ in 2026 revenue from subscriptions and AI supply chain research — For Dylan Patel, founder of SemiAnalysis, an influential AI industry newsletter and research firm, Nvidia deserves the kind …
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