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Ted Turner, a pioneer of 24-hour cable TV news who founded CNN, dies at 87; the Ohio-born Atlanta businessman eventually sold his networks to Time Warner — Ted Turner, the media maverick and philanthropist who founded CNN, a pioneering 24-hour network that revolutionized television news …
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A look back at Ted Turner's invention of global 24-hour cable TV news and how it dramatically changed politics, journalism, and civic engagement — When the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded in 1986, Beth Knobel, a future TV news correspondent, was in graduate school.
Tony Maglio / The Hollywood Reporter:
WBD reports Q1 revenue up 3% YoY to $8.9B, a net loss of $2.9B, largely due to Netflix's breakup fee, ad revenue down 8%, streaming up 7%, global subs hit 140M+ — Here's what you're getting, Paramount. — It's a new year for Warner Bros. Discovery, and likely its last one as we know (and love?) it.
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Terrence O'Brien / The Verge:
Spotify launches Save to Spotify, a command-line tool that allows AI agents to upload generated audio summaries and personal podcasts to a user's account — A new command-line tool lets AI agents save audio alongside your other podcasts. … Save to Spotify is a new command-line tool designed specifically …
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Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Australia's NBI incentivizes Google, Meta, and TikTok to bargain with news outlets, but should just distribute money levied from the platforms — Its proposed replacement for the News Media Bargaining Code retains its original sin: pretending that a public policy decision is actually just a little nudge to help the free market.
Murray Stassen / Music Business Worldwide:
ElevenLabs, creator of Eleven Music, says it crossed $500M in ARR and announces new investors including BlackRock and Jamie Foxx as part of a $550M+ Series D — ElevenLabs says it has crossed $500 million in annual recurring revenue, up from $350 million at the end of 2025.
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Jonathan McEvoy / Daily Mail:
Formula 1 says Sky Sports will remain its exclusive live broadcaster in the UK until at least the end of 2034; a source says the deal is worth £1B — Formula One have signed one of the most lucrative TV rights deals in history - worth £1billion - to be broadcast on Sky until 2034.
Lizbeth Diaz / Reuters:
UK-based journalist advocacy group Article 19 says eight journalists disappeared or were murdered in Mexico in 2025; four journalists were murdered in 2024 — Eight journalists disappeared or were murdered in Mexico in 2025, the UK-based journalist advocacy group Article 19 said in a report published …
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Charlotte Klein / New York Magazine:
Some NYT staffers say a white male editor's claim that he faced discrimination is absurd and hands the Trump administration a weapon to persecute journalists — A white male New York Times employee filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleging the paper …
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Axios' total Q1 content output was down 22% YoY, but page views rose 30% and page views per visitor rose 22%, as the outlet shifts away from chasing traffic — Axios output in Q1 was down 22% compared to a year earlier but page views were up 30%. — US newsbrand Axios has cut its output …
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Naman Ramachandran / Variety:
Amazon plans to merge MX Player into Prime Video in India, combining free and paid streaming catalogs on a single platform over the next few months — Amazon MX Player is being absorbed into Prime Video, combining India's free and paid streaming catalogs under a single platform.
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Mandy Dalugdug / Music Business Worldwide:
Filing: music industry organizations oppose a proposed 43% average increase to US Copyright registration fees, say the hike would lock out independent creators — A group of ten music industry organizations formally opposed a proposed 43% average increase to copyright registration fees …
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