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Mediagazer: Digital Content Next files an amicus brief in support of Amazon's Perplexity lawsuit, saying AI agents' unregulated access to content threatens news outlets (Charlotte Tobitt
Mediagazer: FCC Chairman Brendan Carr says there was no “pressure from the outside” on the agency leading to an early review of ABC's TV broadcast licenses (Todd Spangler
Mediagazer: X says it has begun a “phased rollout” of its rebuilt ad platform, which it says will have more modern “retrieval and ranking systems” powered by AI (Sarah Perez
Mediagazer: Semafor announces a two-day conference, Silicon Valley & the World, in November in the Bay Area, with an advisory board including Jensen Huang and Satya Nadella (Emily Shugerman/The San Fr
Mediagazer: A look at fights by journalists at McClatchy, ProPublica, EdSource, and the NYT to shape their newsrooms' policies around the use of AI (Riddhi Setty
"We're doing the work required to win back fans across Windows and Xbox": Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says the company is making foundational changes to fix Windows 11 and Xbox
U.S. jobless claims hit lowest level since 1969
Faisal Islam: The wide field of uncertainties facing the UK
Mediagazer: A Texas court stays the turnover of Infowars to the official who agreed to license it to The Onion; Sandy Hook families will seek emergency relief from courts (Alyssa Ray
Mediagazer: Meta introduces Meta Ads AI connectors in open beta, letting advertisers use their preferred third-party AI tools to create, manage, and analyze campaigns (Krystal Scanlon/Digiday)
Mediagazer: Netflix starts rolling out its new Clips vertical video feed as a separate tab in the UK, the US, Canada, Australia, India, and four other countries (Jay Peters
Mediagazer: UMG artists will receive a share of the proceeds from UMG's Spotify stock sale, regardless of debts; WMG paid out $126M to artists from its 2018 stock sale (Ethan Millman
Mediagazer: Analysis: in 2025, total UK ad spend grew 6.4% YoY to £46.7B; of that, £31B went to Google, Meta, and Amazon, and £1.6B went to magazines and news, down 5.1% (Dominic Ponsford
Mediagazer: Sources: London-based DAZN agrees to acquire ViewLift, which builds tech for streaming services for 15 professional US sports teams and others, for ~$100M (Isabella Simonetti/Wall Street J
Taiwan economy grows 13.69% in Q1, highest in 39 years
The debt crisis Congress has been ignoring could cost the average U.S. household $18,000 a year
Mediagazer: How The Fast and the Furious franchise, which grossed $7B+ across 10 films, tells the story of Hollywood, pioneering diverse casting and technical innovations (Hua Hsu
Yum Brands earnings top estimates, fueled by Taco Bell's 8% same-store sales growth
Mediagazer: How US schools' overreliance on YouTube for educational content encourages students to drift into endless video scrolling on school-issued devices (Shalini Ramachandran/Wall Street Journal
Mediagazer: Chartbeat data from 535 US and UK publishers shows growth in traffic from peer-to-peer sharing and push notifications in recent years, as search traffic falls (Mark Stenberg/Adweek)
Mediagazer: The CW and ESPN agree to let ESPN stream ~800 hours of CW sports per year; the CW and Roku plan to stream CW entertainment to The Roku Channel in Fall 2026 (Brian Steinberg
Mediagazer: Hightouch, which uses AI to help marketers create and manage campaigns, raised $150M led by Goldman Sachs and Bain at a $2.75B valuation, up from $1.2B in 2025 (Patrick Coffee
Mediagazer: Antenna: Roku's $2.99-per-month streamer Howdy hits 1M subscribers, after adding 300K subscribers in its first month and 100K+ every subsequent month (Caitlin Huston/The Hollywood Reporter
Mediagazer: Divine, a Vine reboot financed by Jack Dorsey-backed nonprofit “and Other Stuff” and built by an early Twitter employee, debuts with ~500K restored Vine videos (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
Mediagazer: Q&A with Bloomberg CTO Shawn Edwards, who says Bloomberg is overhauling the Terminal with chatbot-style interface ASKB, currently open to ~125K users in beta (Joel Khalili/Wired)
Mediagazer: UMG reports Q1 subscription revenue grew 12.5% YoY to €1.3B, with recorded music revenue up 8.9% to €2.25B, and plans to sell 50% of its Spotify stake (Charlotte Hughes-Morgan/Bloomberg)
Mediagazer: Sky News says the Iran war has been a “breakthrough” for Sky in digital video, with high engagement for its eyewitness journalism and in-depth analysis (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette)
Mediagazer: Alphabet reports YouTube's Q1 ad revenue rose 10.7% YoY to $9.88B, vs. $9.99B est., and Google's ad revenue reached $77.25B, up from $66.89B in Q1 2025 (Todd Spangler
Mediagazer: Amazon reports Q1 ad revenue up 24% YoY to $17.24B, vs. $16.87B est., and subscription services revenue up 15% to $13.43B (Annie Palmer
Mediagazer: Meta reports Q1 revenue up 33% YoY to $56.31B, net income up 61% to $26.77B, says “scrutiny on youth-related issues” and trials may “result in a material loss” (Meta)
Mediagazer: The NAB's CEO says the FCC's “nearly unprecedented request” for Disney to reapply for TV licenses is contrary to established principles and creates uncertainty (Dade Hayes
Mediagazer: Meta reports Q1 family DAP up 4% YoY but down 20M QoQ to 3.56B, vs. 3.62B est., due to internet disruptions in Iran and WhatsApp access restrictions in Russia (Jonathan Vanian
Mediagazer: People posing as ICIJ journalists or whistleblowers targeted Taiwanese officials and real reporters after a 2025 ICIJ investigation called China Targets (Scilla Alecci
Mediagazer: Digital advertising is booming for Google and Meta, helped by AI tools used for language translation, real-time changes to ad copy, and easier ad targeting (New York Times)
Mediagazer: Sources: Amazon executives, including MGM Studios head Mike Hopkins, have discussed rebooting The Apprentice for Prime Video, with Donald Trump Jr. as the host (Wall Street Journal)
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