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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Sources: AG Todd Blanche, WHCA President Weijia Jiang, CBS News President Tom Cibrowski, and Bari Weiss attended Paramount's dinner at the US Institute of Peace — The president spoke for nearly an hour at a Paramount-hosted event that raised questions about journalistic and regulatory conflicts of interest.
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Aidan McLaughlin / Vanity Fair:
A look at Tony Dokoupil's tenure, with tumbling ratings and his kid-glove questioning of the powerful, as he became the face of the Weiss revolution at CBS News — With tumbling ratings and savage reviews, the hospital-drama-handsome anchor has hit a rough patch after a meteoric rise at CBS.
Bloomberg:
Sources: iHeartMedia is in preliminary talks about a possible merger with SiriusXM; the combined company would have more than $12B in sales; IHRT closes up ~35% — IHeartMedia Inc. is holding talks about a possible combination with Sirius XM Holdings Inc., according to people familiar with the discussions.
Calista Wong / The Straits Times:
A Singapore man has been arrested and may face seven years in jail for allegedly leaking The Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender after accessing a media server — SINGAPORE - A 26-year-old man who allegedly leaked the unreleased film The Legend Of Aang: The Last Airbender …
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Gretel Kahn / Reuters Institute:
Union representatives for media in the US, Philippines, and Greece share how their groups are trying to protect members from job changes due to AI — Insights from union leaders in the US, Greece and the Philippines on how they are grappling with the dilemmas posed by an ever-evolving technology
Eric Rynston-Lobel / Local News Initiative:
A look at the future of local TV news amid consolidation: three industry veterans consider digital options, collaborations, and new business models — For months, there was uncertainty. Then on March 31, there was shock. — Employees at WRTV, the ABC affiliate local TV station in Indianapolis …
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Wall Street Journal
@themidasproj:
The Wire by Acutus, which used AI to interview people and write articles attacking AI critics, seemed to be funded by OpenAI-backed super PAC Leading The Future — The reporters at this news site are AI bots. OpenAI's super PAC appears to be funding it.
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@ashleyrgold, @tylerjnstn, @neil_chilson, @leadingfutureai, @andymasley, @_ueaj, @max_spero_ and Model Republic, more at Techmeme »
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Filing: Comcast CEO Brian Roberts' 2025 compensation rose 4% YoY to $35.15M, and new co-CEO Mike Cavanagh had a pay package of $71.76M, about 2.5x his 2024 pay — Comcast gave Brian Roberts a pay raise last year — but not nearly as much as his recently promoted co-CEO, Mike Cavanagh.
Marina Temkin / TechCrunch:
ComfyUI, which gives creators granular control over image, video, and audio outputs from diffusion models, raised $30M at a $500M valuation — ComfyUI, a startup that helps creators control image, video, and audio outputs from diffusion models with a node-based workflow …
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Russell Yue on LinkedIn, Tech in Asia and ComfyUI Blog
Aroon Deep / The Hindu:
Source: Meta has a system in India to “automatically restrict content, at scale” to meet local law, massively expanding the country's censorship powers — India is now part of a small group of countries where content takedown notices are complied with immediately …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Filing: Paramount CEO David Ellison's 2025 compensation was $63.2M, CLO Makan Delrahim's package was $63.6M, and ex-president Jeff Shell's package was $60.7M — Paramount Skydance chairman and CEO David Ellison, who is in the midst of trying close a massive deal to buy Warner Bros. Discovery …
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Deadline, The Wrap and The Hollywood Reporter
Brian Welk / IndieWire:
WGA members ratified a new four-year contract with the AMPTP, which will next negotiate with SAG-AFTRA and the DGA — The term of the latest minimum basic agreement (MBA) will run from May 2, 2026 to May 1, 2030. — Post — Google Preferred — Writers Guild of America members …
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