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6:15 PM ET, May 1, 2026

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Taylor Lorenz / Wired:
How influencers boosting US-based AI and opposing Chinese AI are paid with money tied to Leading the Future, funded by execs from OpenAI, Palantir, a16z, others  —  Build American AI, a nonprofit linked to a super PAC bankrolled by executives at OpenAI and Andreessen Horowitz …
Jeremy Barr / The Guardian:
Speaking at an event, Sharyn Alfonsi voiced concern about “the spread of corporate meddling and editorial fear” at CBS News and uncertainty over her job  —  Sharyn Alfonsi, whose report on Cecot prison was pulled by Bari Weiss, admits uncertainty over her future at network
Sara Guaglione / Digiday:
USA Today's Q1 “other” digital revenue, including AI partnerships, grew 125.6% YoY to $33.75M; visitors fell 7.7% to 180M; digital ad revenue fell 3% to $80.9M  —  USA Today Co.'s AI licensing deals helped drive meaningful year-over-year revenue growth in the first quarter of this year …
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Business Wire:   USA Today reports Q1 revenue down 4% YoY to $548.5M, net income of $19.9M, up $27.2M from Q1 2025, 1.46M paid digital subs, and $45.9M digital subscription rev
Winston Cho / The Hollywood Reporter:
A group of TV consumers sue in federal court in California to block Paramount's acquisition of WBD on antitrust grounds; Paramount says the suit lacks merit  —  The lawsuit looks to block the merger, arguing it will lead to higher prices, reduced choice and fewer productions in violation of antitrust laws.
Jazz Tangcay / Variety:
Netflix moves Narnia: The Magician's Nephew from Thanksgiving this year to February 12, 2027, for a wide theatrical release, and to April 2, 2027, for streaming  —  Previously slated for a Thanksgiving 2026 release, the film is now set to open in theaters on Feb. 12, 2027, and on Netflix on April 2, 2027.
Eric Fisher / Front Office Sports:
The Braves say their network is on pace to equal its prior broadcasting revenue from Main Street Sports; other MLB teams using the in-house model are struggling  —  The Braves say that despite a frenetic move this spring to form their own regional sports network, the MLB club is on pace …
Ethan Gach / Kotaku:
The AV Club pulls away from gaming coverage, eliminating three roles, including two full-time staffers who ran video games coverage, to refocus on film and TV  —  The A.V. Club is pulling away from full-time gaming coverage to focus on its ‘core strengths’
Chrissy Suttles / Axios:
The Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh says over a third of Pittsburgh Post-Gazette newsroom workers are expected to lose their jobs Monday as new owners take over  —  More than a third of Post-Gazette newsroom workers are expected to lose their jobs Monday as new nonprofit owners take over, the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh said Friday.
Scott Feinberg / The Hollywood Reporter:
The Academy tightens rules about AI use for Oscar competitors in 2027, says only human-authored screenplays are eligible, and revises international Oscars rules  —  The organization also announced changes impacting a host of other categories and its Governors Awards.
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Versant sells its youth sports management app SportsEngine to Playmetrics; NBC bought SportsEngine in 2016  —  Versant, the media company recently spun off from NBCUniversal, has sold the assets of SportsEngine to Playmetrics, part of a strategy to refine its holdings and focus more closely on different types of assets.
David Weigel / Semafor:
Major US progressive donor network Democracy Alliance plans to invest “tens of millions” in new media sources and shift away from ads and broadcast TV  —  The Scoop  —  The progressive movement's largest donor network plans to invest “tens of millions” of dollars in new media sources …
Matthew Keys / TheDesk.net:
Five more states join the lawsuit filed last month by eight states seeking to block Nexstar's Tegna acquisition, which Nexstar said the DOJ and FCC approved  —  Five additional states have joined a federal lawsuit originally filed last month that seeks to block Nexstar Media Group's $6.2 billion acquisition …
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Samantha Hendrickson / The Columbus Dispatch:
Ohio AG strikes a deal with Nexstar to maintain separate news teams at each of two Ohio TV stations and respect editorial independence after a merger with Tegna
 
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Infowars has gone offline and now displays a blank page with the words “Off Air” after a Texas appeals court halted The Onion's access to the website
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The News/Media Alliance urges web repository Common Crawl to stop unauthorized scraping and prevent AI companies from using publisher content in its database
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