1:00 AM ET, May 6, 2026
May 5, 2026
9:20 PM
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
8:55 PM
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
8:10 PM
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
7:50 PM
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
6:25 PM
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
5:30 PM
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
4:35 PM
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
4:15 PM
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
3:16 PM
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
2:35 PM
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
1:25 PM
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
12:40 PM
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
11:30 AM
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
10:55 AM
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%
10:35 AM
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
9:50 AM
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
9:35 AM
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
9:05 AM
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
8:40 AM
Nicola M White / Bloomberg:
Elon Musk agrees to pay $1.5M to settle US SEC allegations that he cheated Twitter shareholders in 2022 by not disclosing the 5%+ stake he had in the company
8:25 AM
Alice Brooker / Press Gazette:
Axios says Axios Local will expand from 35 to 43 US cities by 2026's end and paying members more than doubled to 15K since 2025's end, as it seeks profitability
6:10 AM
Jason Zinoman / New York Times:
Q&A with David Letterman on his “disbelief” at The Late Show ending, CBS citing financial reasons to cancel it, Byron Allen, his favorite memories, and more
May 4, 2026
10:45 PM
Media Matters for America:
Media Matters settles with the FTC, and says the FTC agreed to “forgo future investigations of MMFA”; the FTC confirms Media Matters isn't under any probe
9:45 PM
Javier Córdoba / Associated Press:
Costa Rican outlet La Nación says the US revoked several board execs' visas without explanation, after critical coverage of President Chaves, a close Trump ally
8:40 PM
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Paramount expects “significantly lower theatrical revenue” in 2026 due to lower average box office per film, despite committing to 30 annual releases with WBD
5:30 PM
Ted Johnson / Deadline:
A number of 2026 Pulitzer wins reflected the fallout from President Trump's second term, recognizing coverage of conflicts of interest, ICE raids, and more
5:20 PM
Gene Maddaus / Variety:
Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni settle their legal battle over the 2024 film It Ends With Us, avoiding a federal trial that was scheduled to begin in two weeks
5:15 PM
Jason Nark / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Miami Herald's Julie K. Brown gets a Pulitzer Prize special citation for her work on the Jeffrey Epstein case, which led to Epstein's arrest in 2019
4:40 PM
Lillian Rizzo / CNBC:
Paramount reports Q1 revenue up 2% YoY to $7.35B, above $7.28B est., DTC revenue up 11% YoY to $2.4B, and Paramount+ subscribers up 700K QoQ to 79.6M
4:15 PM
Katie Robertson / New York Times:
The NYT wins three Pulitzers: Investigative Reporting, Opinion Writing, and Breaking News Photography; the podcast Pablo Torre Finds Out wins Audio Reporting
3:55 PM
Joseph Ax / Reuters:
Reuters wins two 2026 Pulitzers: Beat Reporting about Meta exposing users to scams and National Reporting about Trump's political retribution campaign
3:50 PM
Ren LaForme / Poynter:
2026 Pulitzer Prize winners: WaPo for Public Service for its DOGE coverage, The Minnesota Star Tribune for Breaking News, and AP for International Reporting
2:10 PM
Suzanne Smalley / The Record:
Forbes Media preliminarily agrees to a $10M settlement to resolve a California class action lawsuit alleging unauthorized user tracking via its website
12:45 PM
Rick Porter / The Hollywood Reporter:
YouTube TV and Allen Media Group renew their carriage deal, ensuring that The Weather Channel and other AMG networks will stay on YouTube's multichannel service
11:35 AM
Max Tani / Semafor:
A look at Trump's embrace of slightly less-well-known conservative media figures and Iran war hawks like WaPo columnist Marc Thiessen and Fox News' Mark Levin
8:45 AM
Reuters:
FIFA faces a broadcast crisis for the 2026 World Cup; a Reliance-Disney JV offered just $20M for India rights, and FIFA has yet to announce a China deal
May 3, 2026
9:05 PM
Rebecca Davis O'Brien / New York Times:
Sources: the US EEOC is poised to sue the NYT over a white male employee's allegation that he was denied a sought-after promotion because of his race and gender
6:50 PM
Rashi Shrivastava / Forbes:
A profile of music AI startup Suno, valued at ~$2.5B with 2M+ paying users and $300M annualized revenue as of February, as it battles record labels and artists
May 2, 2026
11:40 PM
Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
BBC News staff are told they face 15% cost cuts, steeper than the 10% shared previously for the corporation as a whole, in the biggest downsizing in 15 years
8:00 PM
Deadline:
SAG-AFTRA and AMPTP have “reached a tentative agreement” on terms for a successor contract to their 2023 contracts; the deal is now headed for a board review
May 1, 2026
9:15 PM
Jacob Bryant / The Wrap:
The Daily Wire undergoes layoffs, and a spokesperson says cuts were mostly in Nashville; the EIC says cuts were nowhere near 50% of staff, as some rumors stated
6:55 PM
Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
“Podslop” is flooding listening platforms like Spotify; Podcast Index: of ~11K new podcast feeds in a recent 9-day span, ~39% were likely for AI content shows
6:45 PM
Julian Wyllie / Current:
Boston's GBH and New England Public Media plan to merge operations, keeping separate branding and headquarters; Susan Goldberg will remain GBH's top executive
6:10 PM
Jazz Tangcay / Variety:
Netflix moves Narnia: The Magician's Nephew from Thanksgiving this year to February 12, 2027, for a wide theatrical release, and to April 2, 2027, for streaming
5:45 PM
Bloomberg:
Sources: Disney CEO Josh D'Amaro is exploring a “super app” that integrates Disney+ with parks passes, games, merchandise, and cruise and resort apps
5:20 PM
Taylor Lorenz / Wired:
How influencers boosting US-based AI and opposing Chinese AI are paid with money tied to Leading the Future, funded by execs from OpenAI, Palantir, a16z, others
5:05 PM
Ethan Gach / Kotaku:
The AV Club pulls away from gaming coverage, eliminating three roles, including two full-time staffers who ran video games coverage, to refocus on film and TV
3:55 PM
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Versant sells its youth sports management app SportsEngine to Playmetrics; NBC bought SportsEngine in 2016
3:30 PM
Scott Feinberg / The Hollywood Reporter:
The Academy tightens rules about AI use for Oscar competitors in 2027, says only human-authored screenplays are eligible, and revises international Oscars rules
1:40 PM
Chrissy Suttles / Axios:
The Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh says over a third of Pittsburgh Post-Gazette newsroom workers are expected to lose their jobs Monday as new owners take over
12:55 PM
Luke Bouma / Cord Cutters News:
Comcast drops the NFL Network from its Xfinity package after the prior agreement expired, and says it's in negotiations with the channel's new owner, Disney
11:15 AM
David Weigel / Semafor:
Major US progressive donor network Democracy Alliance plans to invest “tens of millions” in new media sources and shift away from ads and broadcast TV
10:20 AM
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Infowars has gone offline and now displays a blank page with the words “Off Air” after a Texas appeals court halted The Onion's access to the website
8:15 AM
Sara Guaglione / Digiday:
USA Today's Q1 “other” digital revenue, including AI partnerships, grew 125.6% YoY to $33.75M; visitors fell 7.7% to 180M; digital ad revenue fell 3% to $80.9M
7:55 AM
Business Wire:
USA Today reports Q1 revenue down 4% YoY to $548.5M, net income of $19.9M, up $27.2M from Q1 2025, 1.46M paid digital subs, and $45.9M digital subscription rev
7:10 AM
Eric Fisher / Front Office Sports:
The Braves say their network is on pace to equal its prior broadcasting revenue from Main Street Sports; other MLB teams using the in-house model are struggling
