• Cara Lombardo / Wall Street Journal: Barry Diller says he would buy CNN “tonight” if it were available, and a WBD-Paramount merger will prompt a “savage process” to find cost cuts worth billions

• Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal: Sources: James Murdoch's Lupa Systems is in advanced talks to buy Vox Media's New York Magazine and podcast division   —  A deal, which isn't finalized …

• David Shepardson / Reuters: FCC member Anna Gomez calls for a rigorous review of foreign investment in the proposed Paramount-WBD merger, citing potential control over CBS stations and CNN

• Sarah Whitten / CNBC: AMC partners with Arena One to offer real-time concerts in theaters, using interactive tech to send theater audience sounds to performers; tickets cost $40-$75

• Alexandra Alter / New York Times: Hachette, Macmillan, McGraw Hill, Elsevier, and Cengage, alongside novelist Scott Turow, file a class-action copyright lawsuit against Meta and Mark Zuckerberg

• Jonathan Stempel / Reuters: The US EEOC sues NYT in Manhattan federal court, claiming it passed over a qualified white male candidate for a top editorial role to fulfill diversity goals

• Sara Fischer / Axios: OpenAI rolls out a beta version of its new Ads Manager tool to advertisers in the US, making it easier for SMBs to buy ChatGPT ads on a cost-per-click basis

• Neil Batey / C21Media: Ampere: KPop Demon Hunters exceeded one billion viewing hours; its success brings into question whether Netflix will keep reducing commissions of kids' content

• Erik Wemple / New York Times: The reporting of Hannah Natanson, whose home was searched in connection with a federal leak probe, anchored WaPo's winning entry for the public service Pulitzer

• Riddhi Setty / Columbia Journalism Review: The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's union estimates 80% of those on staff who had been on strike and six of seven guild officers were not rehired by the new owners

• Angelique Chrisafis / The Guardian: A French parliament inquiry report calls for 25% cuts to public broadcasting and more; the far right plans to privatize public broadcasting if elected in 2027

• Eoin Higgins / The Flashpoint: A district court judge dismissed Matt Taibbi's defamation case against Eoin Higgins and publisher Hachette for the cover and content of Higgins' book, Owned

• 3½ hours ago Eoin Higgins / The Flashpoint: A district court judge dismissed Matt Taibbi's defamation case against Eoin Higgins and publisher Hachette for the cover and content of Higgins' book, Owned   —  Matt Taibbi takes an L.

• 4 hours ago Cara Lombardo / Wall Street Journal: Barry Diller says he would buy CNN “tonight” if it were available, and a WBD-Paramount merger will prompt a “savage process” to find cost cuts worth billions

• 5 hours ago Sarah Whitten / CNBC: AMC partners with Arena One to offer real-time concerts in theaters, using interactive tech to send theater audience sounds to performers; tickets cost $40-$75

• 5 hours ago Neil Batey / C21Media: Ampere: KPop Demon Hunters exceeded one billion viewing hours; its success brings into question whether Netflix will keep reducing commissions of kids' content

• 7 hours ago Riddhi Setty / Columbia Journalism Review: The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's union estimates 80% of those on staff who had been on strike and six of seven guild officers were not rehired by the new owners

• 8 hours ago Erik Wemple / New York Times: The reporting of Hannah Natanson, whose home was searched in connection with a federal leak probe, anchored WaPo's winning entry for the public service Pulitzer

• 8 hours ago Angelique Chrisafis / The Guardian: A French parliament inquiry report calls for 25% cuts to public broadcasting and more; the far right plans to privatize public broadcasting if elected in 2027

• 9 hours ago David Shepardson / Reuters: FCC member Anna Gomez calls for a rigorous review of foreign investment in the proposed Paramount-WBD merger, citing potential control over CBS stations and CNN

• 10 hours ago Jonathan Stempel / Reuters: The US EEOC sues NYT in Manhattan federal court, claiming it passed over a qualified white male candidate for a top editorial role to fulfill diversity goals

• 10 hours ago Sara Fischer / Axios: OpenAI rolls out a beta version of its new Ads Manager tool to advertisers in the US, making it easier for SMBs to buy ChatGPT ads on a cost-per-click basis

• 12 hours ago Oliver Darcy / Status: Sources: after Ankler's Substack exit, other outlets like The Bulwark, Zeteo, and Feed Me have quietly explored other platforms to grow their businesses

• 12 hours ago Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette: Six months in, The Nerve, launched by Carole Cadwalladr and four others, has 30K paying and free subscribers, and has hired two journalists and two columnists

• 14 hours ago Max Tani / Semafor: Sources: The Dispatch's president, Mike Rothman, leaves after disagreements with founders over direction; the site discussed a potential sale with Axel Springer   —  THE SCOOP

• 14 hours ago Christiana Sciaudone / A Media Operator: People Inc. reports Q1 revenue down 2% YoY to $385.7M, adjusted EBITDA down 46% to $43.5M, digital revenue up 8% YoY to $253.2M, unique site visits fell 18%

• 14 hours ago Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal: Sources: James Murdoch's Lupa Systems is in advanced talks to buy Vox Media's New York Magazine and podcast division   —  A deal, which isn't finalized, would go through Murdoch's Lupa Systems investment company

• 15 hours ago Alexandra Alter / New York Times: Hachette, Macmillan, McGraw Hill, Elsevier, and Cengage, alongside novelist Scott Turow, file a class-action copyright lawsuit against Meta and Mark Zuckerberg

• 15 hours ago Reuters: Gyula Balasy, owner of Hungarian media companies that designed Viktor Orbán's campaigns, offers to hand over his companies to the state following Orbán's defeat

• 16 hours ago Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: Meta says it will expand Instagram teen account safeguards to 27 EU countries, and plans to roll them out on Facebook in the US ahead of the UK and EU in June