Meta is removing ads posted by attorneys who seek to recruit new clients for social-addiction lawsuits, Gizmodo reports. The ads are being pulled from all of Meta’s platforms. The company suffered two consecutive defeats in social-media trials, one for enabling sexual predators on Instagram and the other for fostering social-media addiction cases.

A federal judge in Washington has ruled that the Pentagon violated his order to restore access for New York Times journalists, The Washington Post reports. In addition, U.S. District Judge Paul L. Friedman said that the Defense Department’s revised “interim” policy is an unconstitutional sidestepping of March ruling. Friedman also likened the Trump administration's suppression of speech to actions by an autocracy.     

OpenAI expects to  earn $2.5 billion in advertising revenue in 2026 and $100 billion by 2030, Yahoo Finance reports, sourcing Axios. This is based on the assumption that OpenAI’s products will have 2.75 billion users by 2030, and that they attain a growing portion of the global digital advertising market.

The National Football League is being investigated by the U.S. Justice Department over possible anticompetitive tactics that could be harming consumers, The Wall Street Journal reports. This is happening amid complaints that watching football is too expensive. Fans often need multiple subscriptions to watch all the games they want to see. The NFL says 87% of its games are available on local TV. 

Brands that advertise on all nine streaming platforms contribute 34% of all streaming TV ad spending in the U.S., according to a MediaRadar study, eMarketer reports. This is not a static picture, but an expanding one. The number of advertisers spending at least $50 million on streaming television grew 23% in 2025 and now stands at 32.

American Public Media has launched a digital audio network called Inform Media Network in partnership with 33 local public media stations, Inside Radio reports. StreamGuys, a streaming service, is supplying the technical infrastructure and intelligence platform Magellan will provide full-funnel measurement capabilities. 

AMC Networks has rebranded itself as AMC Global Media, effective Wednesday, according to The Hollywood Reporter. AMC hopes to distinguish itself at a time when TV networks are less important to the strategic priorities of their parent companies. AMC is focusing more on its streaming platforms and AMC Studios.

Christian Siebeneck has been named  vice president,  technology & innovation by Public Media Management, TVNewsCheck reports. He will be tasked with supporting PMM’s cloud and master control services across the public television system. Siebeneck most recently was chief technology officer at Twin Cities Public Television in St. Paul, Minn.

The consolidation of news outlets into the hands of a few owners could impact the public’s right to know, CPJ (the Committee to Protect Journalists) states in an opinion. Instead of limiting media consolidation, the Federal Communications Commission has focused on broadcast licenses, and a concentrated number of companies now control what Americans watch, it adds.

The Nashville Predators and Scripps Sports have signed a deal to bring the team’s games to free, over-the-air television, TVNewsCheck reports. The arrangement starts with the 2026-27 season. Scripps will use WNPX, its local Middle Tennessee as the broadcast home of the Predators.