The ongoing dispute between NewsGuard Technologies and the Federal Trade Commission is now being fought in court, TVNewsCheck reports. NewsGuard, a media monitoring services, filed suit last month, accusing the FTC of “brazenly using its power not for any issue concerning trade or commerce but rather to censor speech simply because it disagreed with NewsGuard’s judgments about the reliability of news sources.”

Grammarly has scrapped its Expert Review, an AI feature that suggests improvements to what users are writing, saying they are from celebrated authors, Nieman Lab reports. Technology journalist Julia Angwin filed a class-action lawsuit against Grammarly, and Superhuman CEO Shishir Mehrotra has apologized and agreed to an interview with Nilay Patel on the Decoder podcast from The Verge. Grammarly rebranded and changed its name to Superhuman in 2025.

A federal judge has ruled that key parts of the Defense Department’s media policy are unconstitutional, the New York Times reports. The Times, which filed a lawsuit accusing the Pentagon of violating the First and Fifth Amendments, is now seeking to have press access to the Pentagon restored to seven journalists. Judge Paul Friedman of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia agreed with the Times on the constitutionality issue. Dozens of reporters surrendered their press passes last year when the department instituted rules that allow it to declare that journalists are “security risks.” 

Stagwell has chosen AppLovin’s Axon in an effort to provide clients with a transparency measurement and reporting tool for mobile campaigns, Insider Monkey reports. Axom reaches 1 billion users per day via mobile apps and connected TVs. AppLovin matches advertisers with publishers to drive ad revenue and user acquisition.

WordPress.com will allow AI agents to draft, edit and publish content on clients’ websites, the firm announced on Friday, TechCrunch reports. The web hosting platform will also allow users to manage comments, update metadata and manage comment. This may lead to the filling of the web with content written by machines, not people.   

Intuit won a legal victory on Friday when the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals threw out a Federal Trade Commission decision barring Intuit, the maker of the Turbo Tax tax preparation software from advertising the product as “free," Reuters reports. The appeals court, in a 3-0 decision, determined that it was unconstitutional for an FTC administrative law judge to rule on deceptive advertising claims. 

Radio is the most trusted medium, with 85% of Americans finding it trustworthy or very much so, Radio Ink reports based on Katz Radio Group’s 2026 Media Trust Study. It is followed by newspapers (77%), television (73%), podcasts (70%), magazines (70%) and social media (49%).   

Traffic is plummeting for seemingly resilient publications, including Digital Trends (97%) and The Verge (-85%). But traffic decline doesn’t necessarily mean business decline, Fast Company writes. The Verge, an early questioner of AI’s impact on content, is pursuing a four-point strategy that includes a paywall. So while AI may be seen as a traffic destroyer, it is also an audience qualifier. 

Layoffs in the entertainment industry are continuing this year after an avalanche of job cuts in 2025, Deadline reports. Among the more recent ones are a 3% staff reduction at William Morris Endeavor announced the day after St. Patrick’s Day and layoffs at Axios, Lionsgate and Universal Music Group’s Mercury Studios. 

Costco has introduced what it calls personalized “digital end caps” in an upgrade to Costco Velocity, its retail media network, Supermarket News reports. The platform, which is powered by Moloco’s commerce media technology, uses machine learning trained on purchase behavior to serve shoppers with product ideas on the Costco.com site. It is the first new ad product built on the Costco Velocity stack.