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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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Deloitte: on average, US SVOD subscribers pay for four services totaling $69/month, up 13% YoY; 54% pay for at least one ad-supported tier, up from 46% in 2024
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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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After OpenAI released a new ChatGPT image generator, social media has been flooded with AI memes in the style of Studio Ghibli, highlighting copyright concerns — It's only been a day since ChatGPT's new AI image generator went live, and social media feeds are already flooded with AI-generated memes …
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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.


CBS cancels late-night show After Midnight; the 2025-2026 season will be the first time in 30 years that CBS won't have original programming in the 12:30 slot — The show's host, Taylor Tomlinson, said she wanted to go back to doing stand-up comedy full time. — It's another blow to late-night television.
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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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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.