News of Note—NFL Draft, Kew Media, AT&T and Time Warner

Here are the other stories we're following today:

> The 2018 NFL Draft was covered across NFL Network, Fox, ABC, ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN Deportes, along with the broad distribution helped grow the combined rating and viewership by 25% and 20% respectively over 2017. Release

> Canadian indie studio Kew Media Group will acquire Essential Quail Media Group in a CAN$31.9 million (US$24 million) cash and stock deal. Hollywood Reporter article

> Closing arguments for the AT&T-Time Warner trial will begin Monday. Reuters article