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10:10 PM ET, April 27, 2026

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Madeline Halpert / BBC:
Melania Trump calls on ABC to “take a stand” on Jimmy Kimmel, after his joke that she has “a glow like an expectant widow” days before the WHCD shooting  —  First Lady Melania Trump called late-night host Jimmy Kimmel a “coward” after he made a joke calling her an …
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Zack Sharf / Variety:
President Trump says “Jimmy Kimmel should be immediately fired by Disney and ABC” over Kimmel's joke about Melania Trump  —  Just hours after his wife, Melania, wrote in an X post that ABC must “take a stand” against Kimmel and his “atrocious behavior,” Trump took to his Truth Social account …
Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post:
Sources: CBS News ousted London bureau chief Claire Day after clashes with Bari Weiss over Iran, Gaza coverage; Shayndi Raice will lead international coverage  —  CBS News has ousted London bureau chief Claire Day after she clashed with editor-in-chief Bari Weiss over the network's coverage of Iran and Gaza, The Post has learned.
Ted Johnson / Deadline:
President Trump lashed out at Norah O'Donnell in a 60 Minutes interview after she read a portion of a manifesto left by the WHCD shooting suspect  —  During the sit down, taped on Sunday, O'Donnell asked, “The so-called manifesto is a stunning thing to read, Mr. President.  He appears to reference a motive in it.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Filing: Paramount says the merged Paramount-WBD will be 49.5% owned by foreign investors, with about 38.5% of the equity held by a trio of Middle Eastern funds  —  Paramount Skydance said the merged Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery will be 49.5% owned by foreign investors …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Taylor Swift's TAS Rights Management files three trademark applications to trademark the singer's voice and likeness, seemingly to protect against AI misuse  —  Move comes after similar legal strategy launched by Matthew McConaughey  —  Taylor Swift has taken a new legal step seemingly aimed …
Nicole Sperling / New York Times:
Amazon reaches a multiyear licensing deal with Oprah Winfrey to produce twice-a-week video podcasts starting in July, repurpose The Oprah Winfrey Show, and more  —  The multiyear deal with Ms. Winfrey signifies the tech giant's growing ambitions in video podcasts.
Bloomberg:
Spotify partners with Peloton to offer Premium subscribers access to curated playlists and 1,400+ ad-free fitness classes, its first foray into fitness content  —  Spotify Technology SA is now offering workout classes from Peloton Interactive Inc. to premium subscribers …
Ronan Shields / Digiday:
Pinterest launches its CTV audience extension offering, following its acquisition of tvScientific, in a deal reportedly valued at between $300M and $350M  —  During what many have termed a sallow period for mergers and acquisitions in the ad tech space, Pinterest's 2026 purchase of tvScientific stood …
Catherine Shoard / The Guardian:
How sanitized biopics became a Hollywood staple, as studios and estates of celebrities seek to monetize fan nostalgia; Michael is expected to earn more than $1B  —  As the interest in the lives of celebrities has intensified, we have become acclimatised to the fact that they will now curate and mercilessly monetise it
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Rebecca Rubin / Variety:
Lionsgate's Michael opens with $97M domestically and $217M globally in its first weekend, the best start ever for a biopic and the second-biggest debut of 2026
 
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Bailey Lipschultz / Bloomberg:
SpaceX raises $75B in the biggest-ever IPO, after selling 555.6M shares at $135 each, giving it a market value of $1.77T

Maxwell Zeff / Wired:
Anthropic backtracks on its decision to quietly limit Fable 5's ability to develop LLMs, saying “requests will visibly fall back to Opus 4.8”, after backlash

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Sources: OpenAI is considering drastically lowering the prices it charges users for tokens in anticipation of similar cuts the startup expects Anthropic to make
 
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