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5:35 AM ET, May 19, 2026

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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 …
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 …
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  —  Former contestants claim there was not enough protection for cast during making of Channel 4 show
Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
Sources: Amazon restructured its Associates program, including slashing commissions rates by as much as 50% and cutting bonuses for high-performing publishers  —  Publishers are scrambling to reorient their commerce businesses after the tech giant also gut reporting tools
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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  —  As it closes in on its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, Paramount leadership has had informal discussions …
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Jeremy Barr / The Guardian:
Sources: CBS staff at 60 Minutes expect “massive changes” and layoffs after the current season ends, but say there's no plan to overhaul its format or mission
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  —  - Three European finals restricted to TNT Sport customers  — Uefa understood to be unhappy with the decision
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  —  The podcast sector suddenly may have a big new player: Amazon's Alexa+ AI-powered voice assistant.
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  —  That's down from the previous 2,400 posts per day limit.  —  X has introduced some more incentive to get users to pay for “verification” …
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Sky News plans to launch its first paid digital subscription, Sky News Insider: Podcasts, on June 15 for £2.99 per month, bundling three podcasts with no ads  —  Sky News will include ad-free listening and bonus episodes across three podcasts as part of its first paid online subscription offering.
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  —  Sports Illustrated deleted an author — and his entire archive of articles — from its website following allegations of AI plagiarism.
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  —  Social media stars have become a magnet for campaigns and political groups that want to push priorities without disclosing where their money is going.
 
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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
K.J. Yossman / Variety:
BBC Director General Matt Brittin begins his tenure, warning staff that “tough choices are unavoidable” as the BBC seeks to cut costs and simplify operations
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Publicis agrees to acquire LiveRamp, which allows companies to share and build new data sets and models that can power agentic frameworks, for $2.2B in cash
Bobby Allyn / NPR:
New York magazine is reviewing the past work of contract writer Ross Barkan after his story on Ben Shapiro appeared to copy a WaPo piece published days earlier
Aidan Ryan / The Boston Globe:
A look at local news outlet Lexington Observer, whose primary revenue comes from acting as an intermediary between foundations and other local outlets
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: John Ternus gets ready to put his firm imprint on Apple's industrial design team, which has lost a true seat at Apple's exec table over the past decade

Wall Street Journal:
Investigation: Polymarket is paying creators to make deceptive videos about winning bets, targeting users in the US, where its primary crypto platform is banned

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
 
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