Check out Mini-Mediagazer for simple mobiles or Mediagazer Mobile for modern smartphones.
4:10 PM ET, May 19, 2026

Mediagazer

 Top News: 
Chance Miller / 9to5Mac:
Plex says the price for the Lifetime tier of its Plex Pass plan will increase from $249.99 to $749.99 in July  —  Plex has announced a massive price increase for the Lifetime tier of its Plex Pass plan.  Starting in July, Plex says that the Lifetime Plex Pass price will increase from $249.99 to a whopping $749.99.
Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Steven Rosenbaum acknowledges that The Future of Truth, his book about truth in the AI age, released this month to great fanfare, contains quotes made up by AI  —  Steven Rosenbaum, author of “The Future of Truth,” said he had started his own investigation after The New York Times asked about the fake quotes.
Nadia Khomami / The Guardian:
Canal+ says it will no longer work with 600+ cinema figures who signed a petition voicing concern over the influence of its right-wing owner Vincent Bolloré  —  Canal+ head says he will not work with hundreds of actors and directors who signed protest against Vincent Bolloré's political sway
Erik Wemple / New York Times:
NYT files a second lawsuit against the DOD, alleging a March mandate requiring official escorts for journalists at the Pentagon violates the First Amendment  —  The Times is challenging a new requirement that reporters covering the military complex have an official escort …
RELATED:
Dylan Byers / Puck:
Sources: Paramount held informal talks about Bari Weiss ceding day-to-day control of Evening News, CBS Mornings, and 60 Minutes to a more experienced executive
Angela Fu / Poynter:
Reuters' staff union files an unfair labor practices complaint with the NLRB, saying a producer's contract ended after he discussed Reuters' ICE ties internally  —  The union says the contractor was investigated after participating in internal chats about Thomson Reuters' DHS contracts
Discussion: Talking Biz News
Semafor on YouTube:
An interview with Bloomberg's Odd Lots co-host Joe Weisenthal on how the business of business media has evolved, why AI won't replace podcasters, and more  —  Bloomberg's Odd Lots podcast has been at the forefront of a new kind of business media for more than a decade.  Co-host Joe Weisenthal joins Liz and Semafor e...
Lawrence Bonk / Engadget:
Spotify launches a “Verified by Spotify” badge for podcasts to help “authenticate creator identity”, after releasing it for music in April  —  The platform recently did something similar for music.  —  Spotify is launching verification badges for podcasts to help “authenticate creator identity and likeness.”
RELATED:
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Amazon's Alexa+ now produces AI-generated “podcasts” on various topics in the US, featuring chats between two AI “co-hosts”, using content from media outlets
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Disney says select Hulu subscribers can now link their Hulu profiles to Disney+, bringing their Hulu watch history, watchlist, and recommendations into Disney+  —  Disney continues to add more features hitching Hulu and Disney+ together as it takes steps toward the goal of “fully integrating” Hulu into the Disney+ service.
Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
OpenAI adds support for Google's SynthID watermarks in AI images, and previews a public portal to let users verify if an image was generated by OpenAI's tools  —  Images generated by ChatGPT will now carry Google's SynthID watermarks. … OpenAI is announcing updates today that aim …
David Folkenflik / NPR:
Memo: NPR is restructuring its newsroom and offers buyouts to ~300 staffers, mostly in newsgathering desks, expecting to earn $15M less in station fees in 2026  —  NPR is restructuring its newsroom, including cutting some reporting and editing jobs, as it attempts to keep pace …
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of Mediagazer at 4:10 PM ET, May 19, 2026.

View the current page or another snapshot:


 
 See Also: 
Mediagazer: site main
Mediagazer River: reverse chronological Mediagazer
Mediagazer Mobile: for phones
Mediagazer Leaderboard: Mediagazer's top sources
 
 Subscribe: 
Mediagazer RSS feed
Mediagazer on X
Mediagazer on Mastodon
 
 
 More News: 
Jessica Davies / Digiday:
The Economist is testing parallel versions of marketing and B2B sales content, one optimized for humans and another clearly structured, Q&A-style for AI agents
Ken Bensinger / New York Times:
How social media influencers have become a magnet for political campaigns and groups in the US that want to push their priorities without disclosures
Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Q&A with Jonah Peretti on why he sold BuzzFeed, the structure of the deal with Byron Allen, his new role as president of BuzzFeed AI, HuffPost, and more
Maggie Harrison Dupré / Futurism:
Sports Illustrated deleted the profile and articles of writer Parker Loverich, after Sportico editor Dan Bernstein accused Sports Illustrated of plagiarism
 Earlier Picks: 
Michael Savage / The Guardian:
Channel 4 removes all episodes of Married at First Sight UK after three former contestants alleged rape and non-consensual sex acts occurred during the filming
Jackson Chen / Engadget:
X quietly limits users who didn't pay for verification to “50 original posts and 200 replies per day”, down from 2,400 posts per day
Matt Hughes / The Guardian:
WBD's TNT Sports ends the 34-year tradition of providing free UK access to the Champions League soccer final, requiring an HBO Max or TNT Sports subscription
 

 
From Techmeme:

Angela Cullen / Bloomberg:
Claude Guillemot, co-founder of Ubisoft and chairman of gaming hardware company Guillemot Corporation, died at 69 after a plane crash in France

Aisha Down / The Guardian:
A speculative scenario titled “Europe 2031” projects economic and political instability in the EU if it fails to keep pace with the US and China in the AI race

Mariana Catacci / CNN:
Brazil takes its National Civil Defense warning platform offline after suspected hackers send an unauthorized alert to mobile phones in several states
 
Sister Sites:

Techmeme
 Top news and commentary for technology's leaders, from all around the web
memeorandum
 What US political commentators are discussing online right now
WeSmirch
 The top celebrity news from all around the web on a single page