Fred Drasner, former co-publisher of the New York Daily News and a powerful  figure in New York City’s media industry, has died age 83, amNewYork reports. He was co-owner, CEO and co-publisher of the Daily News from 1993 to 2004. In 1985, he acquired U.S. News & World Report and remained CEO and co-chairman until 2004. 

The American Prospect, which runs an online daily and a bimonthly print magazine, has removed all programmatic advertising from its site, it reports. “We think you and your personal data deserve more respect than we were providing,” the Prospect says in an article. It adds that the damage from programmatic advertising is real and visible. Ads slow the site down, cause security vulnerabilities for the publication's readers, and interrupt the process of reading.

President Trump has warned an unnamed news organization and reporters to reveal the name of a leaker who allegedly revealed details about a U.S. airman who went missing after his fighter jet was shot down., The Washington Post reports. “They didn’t know there was somebody missing until this leaker gave the information,” Trump said on Monday. “So whoever it was, we think we’ll be able to find it out because we’re going to go to the media company that released it, and we’re going to say, national security, give it up or go to jail.”

Due to its negotiating strength, the NFL is expected to achieve a 50%+ jump in annual rights revenue to $15 billion, MSN reports. Some estimates are as high as $16 billion. However, higher negotiated NFL rights fees will force networks and streamers to divert funds from scripted television and film projects.

Michael Krans, the head of retail media at Macy’s, is trying to the store’s Media Network from a transactional line item into the center of the marketing playbook, Beet.TV reports. Macy’s hopes to "integrate campaigns across everything from in-store experiences to social and influencer efforts," Krans says. The focus is on relevance. “Always serving up hyper-relevant offers for our customers that our customer sees the value,” Krans adds.

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, which has announced it will stop publishing this May, is at the center of a bitter battle between twin siblings Allan and John Robinson Block of Block Communications, the family media company, The Wall Street Journal reports. “I will destroy you,” Allan allegedly told his brother, according to a court filing by John Robinson.   

AI chatbot traffic is growing seven times faster than that of social media, although social pulls in four times more volume, according to an analysis by Similarweb, The Decoder reports. As for device usage, social media is split evenly between desktop and mobile, while 72% of AI traffic comes from desktop.   

Health and government organizations accounted for more than 10% of the advertising payments received by websites that promote health misinformation, according to a new study from Yale University, CNN reports. A total of $35.7 million was spent on advertising on 11 such sites between 2021 and 2024. The study was conducted with NewsGuard. 

Jeff Shell may be leaving his post as president of Paramount Skydance, depending on the outcome of preliminary talks between his legal team and the company, Variety reports. Shell was sued in March by R.J. Cipriani, a professional gambler who claims to be owed $150 million for crisis communications services. Cipriani also charges that Shell shared his belief that Paramount is overpaying for Warner Bros. Discovery. If he remains, Shell will most likely move to a more advisory role. 

Americans who spend at least five hours a day on social media are more likely to feel their views are heard, according to a study of 20,000 Americans by Gallup and the Charles F. Kettering Foundation, The Washington Post reports. But they are also more open to political violence and less supportive of democracy.