Financial strength will determine the winners and losers in the media industry, said Jon Miller, the former chief executive of AOL, according to Financial Times. The era of “big money media” has begun. “Access to capital is now the single biggest factor [of success], not creative talent or programming, which used to be the determinant,” Miller said. 

AdLarge Media, an audio media firm, has added senior staff following its purchase of Inlet Media. Patrick Cedrowski, the co-founder of Inlet Media will become chief technology officer of AdLArge and the fwd. network, a new position. And Inlet Media co-founder Brian Egan has been named vice president and head of product.

Most advertisers have included Microsoft Advertising in their marketing mix or are planning to do so, a LinkedIn poll shows. Of the 200 respondents, 42% are already using Microsoft Advertising, and 36% plan to, according to Search Engine Roundtable. 

The German media giant Axel Springer has had a shakeup in its editorial management. Jan Philipp Burgard, the editor in chief of Welt, left after allegations of inappropriate behavior toward female employees at a Christmas party last year, sources reported, according to The New York Times. Burgard said in a linked-in post that he decided to leave after needing medical attention during a plane flight. Axel Springer also owns U.S. brands like Politico and Business Insider.  

Lehigh Valley Public Media has has announced a layoff and significant operational changes in response to a $1.8 million loss, Lehigh Daily News reports. The nonprofit will now focus on newsletters supported by podcasts. Among other things, it lost roughly $1 million in funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, 20% of its budget. 

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt threatened CBS News with a lawsuit if it did not run an interview with President Donald Trump in full, The New York Times reports. Leavitt told CBS Evening News anchor Tony Dokoupil,  “He said, 'If it’s not out in full, we’ll sue your ass off.'” Some witnesses said the threat was made in jest. But Trump sued CBS in 2024 over the editing of a "60 Minutes" interview, and CBS settled for $16 million.

Golf Channel and the DP World Tour have extended their media rights agreement by several years, to now run through 2030. Golf Channel will be the primary broadcaster of the DP World Tour in the United States, and will present almost 600 hours of DP event coverage per year, Golf Week reports.   

Connoisseur Media has formed a partnership with Swiss-based Audiospace. The latter will develop 240 station websites and mobile apps throughout its U.S. portfolio, Insider Radio reports. The deal follows Connoisseur’s acquisition of Alpha Media, adding more than 200 stations in 40-plus markets.

Trib Total Media plans to launch the Pittsburgh edition of the Tribune-Review, a weekend print publication, on May 9, WTAE reports. "We are going to show the rest of the media world how the Steel City bands together to protect its stories,” Trib leaders said in a statement, A digital edition will also be available.

The average adult spent between six and eight hours a day consuming media, according to NCHstats. Traditional television continued its decline in favor of streaming services, TikTok and Instagram Reels.