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Comcast $CMCSA rose as much as 8% premarket after Q1 adjusted EPS of $0.79 beat the $0.73 LSEG estimate and revenue of $31.46B beat the $30.43B estimate.

A federal judge blocked Nexstar Media Group $NXST from further integrating Tegna $TGNA while an antitrust case proceeds. The $6.2B deal would combine 228 stations reaching 80% of U.S. TV households, according to court filings and state attorneys general.

Netflix $NFLX fell 9% in extended trading even after Q1 revenue rose 16% to $12.25B, ahead of the $12.18B LSEG estimate. The selloff followed unchanged 2026 guidance, a $0.78 Q2 EPS forecast, and Reed Hastings saying he will leave the board in June.

On April 2, 2026, TBPN said on X that OpenAI had acquired the show, and OpenAI confirmed the deal the same day. OpenAI says TBPN will remain editorially independent while joining its strategy organization.

Ars Technica terminated senior AI reporter Benj Edwards after an article he co-authored was found to contain AI-generated fabricated quotes attributed to a real source who never said them.

Aftermath has published an investigative report exposing Clickout Media, the company quietly acquiring game journalism outlets like GamesHub, The Escapist, and Videogamer, then filling them with gambling affiliate content and AI-generated articles.