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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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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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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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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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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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A US federal judge rejects OpenAI's request to dismiss the NYT's lawsuit, allowing the main copyright infringement claims to go forward while narrowing the suit — A federal judge on Wednesday rejected OpenAI's request to toss out a copyright lawsuit from The New York Times that alleges …
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As the National Trust for Local News seeks a new CEO, the outgoing CEO, execs, and journalists discuss its missteps, like lack of transparency and salary issues — The National Trust for Local News is a nonprofit organization with a mission so important even its harshest critics want it to succeed.


Magna forecasts a 9.6% YoY jump in 2025 digital media ad revenue in the US, with $293B in total spend, and a 1% YoY drop in traditional media ad sales to $103B — One of the advertising industry's top forecasters has tempered its expectations for ad spending in the U.S. …
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In a podcast interview with Tucker Carlson, Los Angeles Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong defends remaking the paper, saying “we will not be an echo chamber” — “We will not be an echo chamber,” Patrick Soon-Shiong told Carlson in an interview. — Los Angeles Times owner Patrick …
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A survey of US adults: 34% support a TikTok ban, down from 50% in March 2023, and 49% say TikTok is a national security threat, down from 59% in May 2023 — Public support for a TikTok ban now stands at 34% among U.S. adults, according to a new Pew Research Center survey. That's down from 50% in March 2023.
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ESPN is relocating the production of the 1am ET edition of SportsCenter and its soccer studio shows from Los Angeles to its headquarters in Bristol, Connecticut — After more than 15 years, ESPN is ending production of the L.A.-based edition of “SportsCenter” and soccer programming, moving both to its HQ in Bristol, Conn.


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 …
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