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🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
Roxy Music:
🎵 The Main Thing
#RoxyMusic
https://dominicdawson.bandcamp.com/track/the-main-thing-dominic-dawson-dub-flex
https://open.spotify.com/track/0jVedBb3lT4SYV77zrDdeQ

Pillar, which helps businesses driven by commodities, like metals, manage financial risk, raised a $20M seed led by a16z, bringing its total funding to $23M (Dominic-Madori Davis/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/14/fina

Financial risk management platform Pillar raises $20M seed in round led by a16z | TechCrunch
Pillar's investors include a16z, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, Crucible Capital and Gallery Ventures.

In a press release, the White House claims "CNN Is Lying to Undermine Operation Epic Fury's Crushing Success"; CNN's CEO says "We stand by our journalism" (Dominic Patten/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2026/03/cnn-iran-coverage-whit…

White House Escalates War Of Words With “Sh*tty” CNN Over Iran Coverage: “CNN Is Lying to Undermine Operation Epic Fury’s Crushing Success”
Like a mad dog with a bone, the Trump administration won’t let it go with CNN today over the channel’s coverage of the ongoing war with Iran

Samsung Galaxy S26 and S26 Plus review: bigger battery and seven years of software updates, but basic cameras, few major updates, and no Qi2 charging magnets (Dominic Preston/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/tech/892311/samsung-galaxy-s26…

Samsung Galaxy S26 and S26 Plus review: This again
Samsung’s latest Galaxy S26 and S26 Plus flagship phones are going through the motions.

At Luigi Mangione's hearing this AM,
the feds indicated they were eager to show their evidence to people who think he's a hero
“Your honor need only look out the window to see the people who follow this defendant and believe that what he did was right,” AUSA Dominic Gentile said
https://

Molly Crane-Newman (@mollycranenewman.bsky.social)
At Luigi Mangione's hearing this AM, the feds indicated they were eager to show their evidence to people who think he's a hero “Your honor need only look out the window to see the people who follow this defendant and believe that what he did was right,” AUSA Dominic Gentile said

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #NightTracks
Dominic Miller:
🎵 Ténèbres
#DominicMiller
https://open.spotify.com/track/7cWCC1aBeksxFTrxykKckA

In written evidence to the Prince Harry privacy trial, ex-Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre says allegations of phone hacking are "grave and sometimes preposterous" (Dominic Ponsford/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/paul-d

Paul Dacre says hacking and tapping claims 'grave, preposterous, deeply upsetting'
Ex-Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre has described the allegations of phone hacking against his former team as “grave and sometimes preposterous”.

YouTube raises Premium prices in the US, with individual plans up $2 to $15.99 per month, family plan up $4 to $26.99, and Premium Lite up $1 to $8.99 (Dominic Preston/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/streaming/909698/youtube-premium-price-hike-us

YouTube Premium is getting pricier
The YouTube Premium standard plan is going up by $2 a month in the US, with family plans up by $4.

YouTube raises Premium prices in the US, with individual plans up $2 to $15.99 per month, family plan up $4 to $26.99, and Premium Lite up $1 to $8.99 (Dominic Preston/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/streaming/909698/youtube-premium-price-hike-us

YouTube Premium is getting pricier
The YouTube Premium standard plan is going up by $2 a month in the US, with family plans up by $4.

Spotify is adding toggles to stop video from playing inside the app for both music and podcasts, rolling out worldwide on all platforms and devices (Dominic Preston/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/909099/spotify-video-controls-musi…

Spotify now lets you turn off all its videos
Spotify is rolling out new controls worldwide to stop videos playing alongside music and podcasts.

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Janelle Monše:
🎵 Champagne Shit X Black Sugar Beach
#NowPlaying #JanelleMonáe
https://dominicdawson.bandcamp.com/track/champagne-shit-black-sugar-beach-dominic-dawson-dub-flex
https://open.spotify.com/track/7zfwu17M0wg5QcdhboiDUv

PE firm Advent, FedEx, A&R, and PPF agree to acquire Polish automated parcel delivery company InPost for €7.8B; the company has 61K automated parcel lockers (Dominic Chopping/Wall Street Journal)
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Spotify is adding toggles to stop video from playing inside the app for both music and podcasts, rolling out worldwide on all platforms and devices (Dominic Preston/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/909099/spotify-video-controls-musi…

Spotify now lets you turn off all its videos
Spotify is rolling out new controls worldwide to stop videos playing alongside music and podcasts.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MiddayShow
Ryuichi Sakamoto:
🎵 Riot in Lagos
#RyuichiSakamoto
https://dominicdawson.bandcamp.com/track/riot-in-lagos-dominic-dawson-re-version
https://open.spotify.com/track/227RZTPuD8v6ZjYP8fu9cr

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #RoundMidnight
Dominic J. Marshall:
🎵 Margareta
#DominicJMarshall
https://open.spotify.com/track/2dax5cSmptsNaNH79bcFYQ

Source: Jeff Shell is ousted as Paramount president even as a report from a law firm cleared Shell of claims that he shared confidential information (Dominic Patten/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2026/04/jeff-shell-fired-paramount-president-1236784545/

Jeff Shell Out As Paramount President
Jeff Shell out as Paramount President

Intrinsic atomic calibration of oscillating magnetic fields in ULF and VLF bands
Zak Johnston, Paul F. Griffin, Erling Riis, Dominic Hunter, Marcin Mrozowski, Stuart J. Ingleby
https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.02210

Trump Mobile execs showcase the T1 Phone's new design and specs, and say the phones go through "final assembly" in Miami and full assembly in the US is a "goal" (Dominic Preston/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/875190/tr

This is the Trump Phone
I spoke to Trump Mobile executives Don Hendrickson and Eric Thomas for an exclusive first look at what they say is the T1 Phone.

„Reise geht weiter“ - Thiem kündigt Rückkehr in den Tennis-Zirkus an! #News #Nachrichten

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #AfternoonShow
Grace Jones:
🎵 Use Me
#GraceJones
https://dominicdawson.bandcamp.com/track/use-me-dominic-dawson-dub-flex
https://open.spotify.com/track/1rk6KmLoVPmJ1qtOVhVdd6

Muck Rack launched a feature showing which journalists and outlets are most cited in AI-generated answers; Henry Blodget is the most frequently cited journalist (Dominic Ponsford/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/journalists-cited-ai/

Which journalists and news outlets are most cited by AI answer engines?
New research from Muckrack has revealed which journalists and publications are most likely to be referenced by AI globally and in the UK.

Lio, which uses AI agents to automate enterprise procurement, including document reading and supplier evaluation, raised a $30M Series A led by a16z (Dominic-Madori Davis/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/05/lio-ai-series-a-a16z-30m-…

Lio raises $30M from Andreessen Horowitz and others to automate enterprise procurement | TechCrunch
AI procurement startup Lio announced a $30 million Series A in a round led by Andreessen Horowitz.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MidnightInAPerfectWorld
Melba Moore:
🎵 Promised Land
#MelbaMoore
https://dominicdawson.bandcamp.com/track/promised-land-dominic-dawson-dub-flex
https://open.spotify.com/track/4zJwHJjXJVummrqoL5yM9f

The UK's GB News reports revenue up 66% YoY to £26M in the year to May 2025, annual pre-tax losses down 34% YoY to £22M, and TV viewership up 18% YoY to 3.7M (Dominic Ponsford/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/media_business/gb-news-losses-2025/

GB News grows revenue by two thirds to £26m as losses narrow
GB News losses fell in the year to May 2025 as it posted strong revenue growth. Total losses now stand at £131m+.

Xiaomi launches the €999 Xiaomi 17, the €1,499 17 Ultra, and the €1,999 Leica-branded Leitzphone, all featuring a Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chipset, in Europe (Dominic Preston/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/886322/xiaomi-17-release-specs-pric…

Xiaomi 17 is a small(ish) phone with a big(ish) battery
Xiaomi has launched the 17, 17 Ultra, and Leica Leitzphone in Europe at its MWC 2026 press conference.

Future says Google traffic fell 20% in the six months to March 31, a sharp acceleration on the year to September 2025; FUTR falls 25% to its lowest since 2017 (Dominic Ponsford/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/magazines/why-future-share-…

Future share price plummets after warning Google traffic loss has worsened
Why Future share price is so low. CEO issues update to market about impact of falling Google referral traffic.

Nothing CEO Carl Pei says the company's flagship Phone 4 won't launch in 2026: "We're not just going to churn out a new flagship every year for the sake of it" (Dominic Preston/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/tech/869975/nothing-phon…

There won’t be a Nothing Phone 4 this year
CEO Carl Pei says there’s no new flaghip on the way, but teased improvements for the 4A series instead.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #Radio3InConcert
Alec Templeton, Oleg Shebeta-Dragan & Dominic Degavino:
🎵 In Rhythm from Pocket-Sized Sonata No. 1
#AlecTempleton #OlegShebetaDragan #DominicDegavino

Insurance brokerage Harper, which uses AI to automate submission routing and follow-up, raised $46.8M in combined Series A and seed led by Emergence Capital (Dominic-Madori Davis/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/25/ai-insurance-brokerag…

Y Combinator grad and AI insurance brokerage Harper raises $47M | TechCrunch
Harper is an AI-native insurance brokerage that just raised a $45 million combined Series A and seed, after a member of YC's Winter 2025 cohort.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #DriveTime
Fela Kuti:
🎵 Roforofo Fight (Dominic Dawson Mix)
#FelaKuti
https://dominicdawson.bandcamp.com/track/roforofo-fight-part-1-dominic-dawson-re-version
https://open.spotify.com/track/6YRFw7diXDk3zYako8MxhT

Ozone, a publisher alliance for ad sales representing 500 media brands, signs a deal that makes Ozone's inventory available on the Microsoft Media Marketplace (Dominic Ponsford/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/marketing/p

Publisher advertising alliance teams up with Microsoft ad-buying platform
Publisher online ad coalition Ozone signed a deal that gives it visibility on a buy-side advertising platform Microsoft Media Marketplace.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #DreamTime
Dominic J. Marshall:
🎵 I Will Purify
#DominicJMarshall

Glimpse, which uses AI agents to let 200 brands automate financial deduction processes, raised a $35M Series A led by a16z, bringing its total raised to $52M (Dominic-Madori Davis/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/25/a16z

After pivoting, Y Combinator grad Glimpse raises $35M led by a16z | TechCrunch
Glimpse announced on Wednesday a $35 million Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from 8VC and YC.

UK's College of Policing issues new communications standards, including encouraging officers to engage with media, after 15 years of restrictive press relations (Dominic Ponsford/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/police-media-guidelines-updated/

Post Leveson chill in police-press relations thaws after 15 years with new rulebook
Police media guidelines updated for forces in England and Wales. Officers encouraged to speak to journalists.

Samsung releases an ad for the Galaxy S26 series that briefly shows a "Zero-peeking privacy" toggle to black out on-screen content for onlookers at an angle (Dominic Preston/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/879652/samsung-ga…

Samsung ad confirms rumors of a useful S26 ‘privacy display’
Leaker Ice Universe has shared a video of Samsung’s privacy display in action, while the company teases the tech in a new advert.

Only 11 out of 131 ABC-audited UK magazines grew their actively purchased print sales in 2025, including Harper's Bazaar, The Spectator, and The Week Junior (Dominic Ponsford/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/media-audie

Just 11 out of 131 ABC-audited magazines grew sales in 2025
Biggest selling magazines in the UK in 2025. Full breakdown of the latest print circulation figures from ABC.

Google announces a new "advanced flow" for Android sideloading that requires a mandatory 24-hour cooling-off period to install apps from unverified developers (Dominic Preston/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/tech/897420/android-sideloading…

Google reveals its solution for true Android sideloading: a mandatory waiting period
The one-time ‘advanced flow’ for power users to sideload apps from unverified developers includes 24 hours of cooling off time.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #Breakfast
Charles Villiers Stanford, Oleg Shebeta-Dragan & Dominic Degavino:
🎵 Allegretto scherzando from 3 Intermezzi Op.13
#CharlesVilliersStanford #OlegShebetaDragan #DominicDegavino

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.

Netflix sends ByteDance a C&D letter over Seedance 2.0, joining WBD, Paramount, and Disney, saying "forensic evidence" shows "unauthorized derivative works" (Dominic Patten/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2026/02/seedance-netflix-ce…

Get Your AI Off Our ‘Stranger Things’ & ‘KPop Demon Hunters,’ Netflix Tells ByteDance In Latest Hollywood Cease & Desist Letter
In a cease & desist letter over Seedance 2.0, Netflix want generated AI videos of Stranger Things, KPop Demon Hunters, Squid Game and Bridgerton shut down now

Future launches Future Optic, a commercial Generative Engine Optimization, or GEO, service that aims to boost brand visibility on AI platforms like ChatGPT (Dominic Ponsford/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/marketing/fu…

Future leverages high visibility on ChatGPT by offering GEO as a service
Future has launched a new division offering GEO as a service to brands.

The UK government withdraws a proposal to let AI companies train on copyrighted works, unless creators opt out, after a News Media Association-led campaign (Dominic Ponsford/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/uk-gove…

UK Government backs down on plan to water down copyright in favour of AI firms
The UK Government has withdrawn its support for plans to make it easier for AI companies to steal copyright content.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #ThroughTheNight
Henriëtte Bosmans, Ionel Manciu & Dominic Degavino:
🎵 Danse Orientale
#HenriëtteBosmans #IonelManciu #DominicDegavino

Goalhanger now has 250K paying subscribers across podcasts like The Rest Is History, who pay an average of £60/year, or an annual subscriber income of ~£15M (Dominic Ponsford/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/paywalls/goalhanger-subscribers/

Goalhanger exceeds 250,000 paying subscribers
Goalhanger subscribers total now exceeds 250,000 for shows including The Rest Is History and The Rest Is Politics.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #InTune
Henry Balfour Gardiner, Dominic Hill, Bach Choir, Choir of King’s College, Cambridge & David Hill:
🎵 Evening Hymn - Te lucis ante terminum
#HenryBalfourGardiner #DominicHill #BachChoir #ChoirofKingsCollege #Cambridge #DavidHill

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #ClassicalLive
Charles Villiers Stanford, Oleg Shebeta-Dragan & Dominic Degavino:
🎵 3 Intermezzi Op.13
#CharlesVilliersStanford #OlegShebetaDragan #DominicDegavino

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #ThroughTheNight
Maurice Ravel, Vernon Hill, David Nuttall, Alan Vivian, Richard McIntyre, Dominic Harvey, Richard McIntyre & Canberra Wind Soloists:
🎵 Ma Mere l'Oye
#MauriceRavel #VernonHill #DavidNuttall #AlanVivian #RichardMcIntyre