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WordPress.com says it will now allow AI agents to draft, edit, and publish content on customers' websites, as well as manage comments, update metadata, and more (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/20/wordpress-com-n…

WordPress.com now lets AI agents write and publish posts, and more | TechCrunch
New AI agents on WordPress.com could lower barriers to publishing while increasing machine-generated content across the web.

Caper, a food news brand by two Puck founders and VF's Dana Brown, launches with a $2.5M seed, offering staff salary plus revenue-linked bonuses and equity (Alice Brooker/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/newsletters/foo…

Food newsletter launches with eight staff and tech-style incentives
Co-founder of Puck launches B2B media company covering the business of food, restaurants and hospitality in New York.

A study testing four AI chatbots on 2,267 news stories in English and French: ChatGPT credited news outlets 1% of the time, Gemini 6%, Grok 7%, and Claude 16% (Laura Hazard Owen/Nieman Lab)
https://www.niemanlab.org/202…

ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Grok are all bad at crediting news outlets, but ChatGPT is the worst (at least in this study)
"ChatGPT, one of the most widely used models, covered distinctive content in 54% of responses but almost never credited the originating newsroom."

The UK's Future acquires social-first publisher Sheerluxe and Blush Talent MGMT for an initial £39.9M, rising by an additional £40M based on performance (Dominic Ponsford/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/future-plc-buys-beauty-and…

Future plc buys beauty and fashion brand Sheerluxe for £40m
Magazine giant Future is attempting to grow its share of creator-led digital marketing spend by acquiring social-first publisher Sheerluxe.

The nonprofit Consumer Federation of America sues Meta, accusing it of misleading consumers about its efforts to combat scam ads on Facebook and Instagram (Maddy Varner/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/meta-is-sued-over-scam-ads-on-facebook-and-instagram/

Meta Is Sued Over Scam Ads on Facebook and Instagram
A lawsuit from the Consumer Federation of America accuses Meta of misleading consumers about its efforts to combat scams advertisements on its platforms.

Spotify expands its AI-powered Prompted Playlists beta to Premium subscribers in the US and Canada, following initial testing in New Zealand (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/22/spotify-brings-ai-powered-prompted-pla…

Spotify brings AI-powered Prompted Playlists to the U.S. and Canada | TechCrunch
Now available in the US and Canada, Spotify's AI-powered Prompted Playlists let users describe what they want to hear using natural language commands.

A district court judge rules in favor of the NYT in its suit challenging rules that limited press access to the Pentagon, citing the First and Fifth amendments (Scott Nover/@scottnover)
https://x.com/scottnover/status/2035098180489023807

Scott Nover (@ScottNover) on X
BREAKING: A federal judge ruled in favor of the New York Times, finding that the Pentagon's press policy violated its First and Fifth Amendment rights, and that of reporter Julian E. Barnes:

Since December 2025, print media companies in France have cut nearly 1,000 jobs; Trendeo: since 2009, 10.5K jobs have disappeared from the sector in France (Brice Laemle/Le Monde)
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/economy/article/

France's print media in crisis amid massive layoffs
Since December 2025, magazine and regional press companies have announced nearly 1,000 job cuts, putting the viability of countless newsrooms at risk.

Warner Music Group and Netflix strike a multiyear first-look deal for documentaries about WMG artists and songwriters; WMG partners with Unigram for production (Matt Grobar/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2026/03/netflix-warner-music-group-set-d…

Netflix Sets Documentary Partnership With Warner Music Group
Netflix and Warner Music Group have set a creative partnership based around docs to do with the label's roster.

California AG Rob Bonta says his office will give Netflix and Paramount bids for WBD a full and robust review; Netflix says 13-14 state AGs are probing the deal (Ted Johnson/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2026/02/california-attorney-general-…

California Attorney General Says State Is Taking “Close Look” At Netflix Or Paramount Merger With Warner Bros. Amid Antitrust Concerns
Attorney General Rob Bonta said that his office will take a "close look" at the transaction.