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Dade Hayes / Deadline:
Nexstar CEO Perry Sook defends his Tegna bid, citing Brendan Carr's “break-glass moment” for TV finances, and says only 2 or 3 local TV companies will survive — “The idea that anyone, Nexstar included, would be a ‘broadcast behemoth’ - to me, that term is kind of an oxymoron …
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@jbflint, @matthewkeyslive, @packrfan4, Cord Cutters News, @dadehayes, @jbflint, @matthewkeyslive, @jeffzogg, Barrett Media, Axios and The A.V. Club
On Substack:
Substack adds translation tools, and says ~100K publishers earn on the platform, including ~30K outside the US; European creators earn $90M+/year collectively — Who changed your life today? Who stretched your way of seeing the universe? Who challenged you to think deeper about the culture around you …
Bloomberg:
Sources: Media24, a unit of Naspers that runs some of South Africa's biggest digital news sites, is considering selling or closing historic newspaper City Press — Naspers Ltd., Africa's largest company by market value, is exploring strategic options for City Press, according to people familiar …
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Sky News launches The Sky News Defence app, a paywalled app for “defence and security content”, as part of plans to become a “premium video-first newsroom” — Sky News is launching a paywalled app specifically for defence and security content.
Matt Schudel / Washington Post:
Dan Eggen, a veteran WaPo editor who helped shape coverage of the White House and who was among hundreds of WaPo journalists laid off in February, dies at 60 — He helped guide Pulitzer Prize-winning projects, including coverage of Russian election interference in 2016 and the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Trump Media & Technology Group names Kevin McGurn as interim CEO, succeeding Devin Nunes; McGurn previously worked as an executive at Hulu, Vevo, and T-Mobile — Trump Media & Technology Group, the parent company of social-media platform Truth Social and other businesses whose mission is …
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Mediaite, Associated Press, Trump Media & …, KIFI-TV, CBS News, New York Times, New Republic, The Independent, Washington Examiner, Daily Caller News Foundation, Fox Business, Politico, Barron's Online, @margoinwnc, Benzinga, @jsolomonreports, Dow Jones Newswires, Just The News, The Wrap, Joe.My.God., Deadline and Reuters, more at Techmeme »
Corbin Bolies / The Wrap:
Miami Herald, Sacramento Bee, and Kansas City Star unions filed grievances with McClatchy, saying it didn't give enough notice for “major technological change” — Miami Herald, Sacramento Bee and Kansas City Star unions have filed grievances against the company as TheWrap obtains …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
SiriusXM strikes a deal with Google to make SiriusXM Media the exclusive advertising representative of YouTube's audio inventory in the US, including podcasts — Google and YouTube sell billions in advertising every month. But now they're partnering with SiriusXM to handle a specific bucket of inventory …
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Radio & Television …, Reuters, Inside Radio, Yahoo Finance, The Hollywood Reporter, Podnews and Barrett Media
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Amazon Music partners with Bandsintown to display live concert listings and “buy ticket” buttons on artists' profile pages in its iOS and Android apps — Amazon Music said today that it is partnering with live event listing platform Bandsintown to bring concert listings to its music streaming service.
Discussion:
Music Business Worldwide, Hypebot and Music Ally
Eriq Gardner / Puck:
Sources: some in Hollywood are urging state AGs to scrutinize the Paramount-WBD merger, and some think Netflix is behind the anti-merger letter signed by 3,000+ — Suspicions are building inside Paramount and beyond that Netflix is astroturfing Hollywood's “Block the Merger” campaign and engaging with regulators about the deal.
Discussion:
Cord Cutters News, Eriq Gardner on LinkedIn and eMarketer
Washington Post:
A profile of far-right influencer Nick Fuentes, who made ~$900K from “fanatical” donors since early 2025, as his influence in the US conservative movement rises — Summary — Kristine Kasubienski's donation appeared on viewers' screens four hours into the live stream of Nick Fuentes …
Brice Laemle / Le Monde:
Since December 2025, print media companies in France have cut nearly 1,000 jobs; Trendeo: since 2009, 10.5K jobs have disappeared from the sector in France — Since December 2025, magazine and regional press companies have announced nearly 1,000 job cuts, putting the viability of countless newsrooms at risk.
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