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The Atlantic publishes Houthi attack plans that Trump advisers shared on Signal, after Trump and other officials asserted no classified information was shared — The administration has downplayed the importance of the text messages inadvertently sent to The Atlantic's editor in chief.
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Nick Robins-Early / The Guardian:
NPR and PBS heads testified in a heated DOGE subcommittee hearing amid a GOP effort to defund public media; Marjorie Taylor Greene calls for total CPB defunding — Heads of both NPR and PBS testify amid renewed Republican effort to defund US public media — The heads of National Public Radio …
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Charlie Nash / Mediaite:
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene accuses PBS and NPR of “brainwashing children” and making them transgender ahead of a DOGE subcommittee hearing with their CEOs — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) has accused PBS and NPR of “brainwashing children” and making them transgender ahead …
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Deloitte: 56% of Gen Zs and 43% of millennials surveyed find social media content “more relevant than traditional TV shows and movies” — A new Deloitte study shows that Gen Zers are choosing social and creator-driven content over big-budget entertainment, as consumers overall feel a price pinch over streaming.
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Naman Ramachandran / Variety:
No Other Land co-director Yuval Abraham says the Academy declined to publicly support the Oscar-winning co-director Hamdan Ballal when he was arrested by Israel — “No Other Land” filmmaker Yuval Abraham has criticized AMPAS for not commenting on the situation surrounding his Oscar-winning fellow co-director Hamdan Ballal.
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No Other Land co-director Yuval Abraham says co-director Hamdan Ballal has been freed after being beaten by Israeli settlers and arrested by soldiers
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Ruth Michaelson / The Guardian:
Turkey's pro-government channels avoid protest coverage; Reporters Without Borders says President Erdogan controls ~85% of Turkey's national and corporate media — News of protests has been preserve of a few newspapers and channels outside well funded pro-government networks
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Sara Guaglione / Digiday:
Mansueto Ventures tightens Fast Company and Inc. paywalls, reserving four daily stories for subscribers, up from one, to grow revenue amid traffic volatility — Fast Company and Inc. are tightening up their paywalls. Up until a few weeks ago, the Mansueto Ventures-owned publishers would put one new story a day behind a paywall.
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Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
YouTube says Shorts views will now be counted each time a video starts to play or replay, rather than only after being watched for a certain number of seconds — YouTube is changing how it counts views on YouTube Shorts to give creators a deeper understanding of how their short-form content is performing …
Financial Times:
Axel Springer board member Martín Varsavsky resigns after accusing Politico of left-wing bias and says its coverage is “not aligned” with his ethical standards — Martín Varsavsky says news coverage is ‘not aligned with my own ethical standards’
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Paige Smith / Bloomberg:
Sports Illustrated partners with UK-based Galactic to launch SI Predict, a predictions market linked to athletic events, except the outcome of games — The Sports Illustrated brand is teaming up with UK-based media firm Galactic to launch a predictions market allowing users to bet …
Mia Galuppo / The Hollywood Reporter:
Amazon MGM selects Amy Pascal and David Heyman, the producers behind the Spider-Man and Harry Potter franchises, to produce the next James Bond movie — The producers are behind the Spider-Man and Harry Potter franchises. — It's official, the James Bond franchise has found its producers in Amy Pascal and David Heyman.
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Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg:
eMarketer expects X to generate $1.31B in US ad sales in 2025, up 17.5%, and $2.26B in global ad sales, up 16.5%, its first year of ad revenue growth since 2022 — Elon Musk's X is on pace for its first year of advertising revenue growth since the billionaire acquired the company in 2022 …
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Matthew Keys / The Desk:
Trump withdraws the nomination of Media Research Center founder L. Brent Bozell III to head USAGM, naming him instead to serve as US ambassador to South Africa — President Donald Trump on Tuesday withdrew his nomination of Leo Brent Bozell III to lead the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM).
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