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Mike Allen / Axios:
Source: the White House plans to impose its own seating chart for briefing room reporters, taking over a function long managed by the reporters through the WHCA — The White House plans to impose its own seating chart for reporters in the briefing room in coming weeks …
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Max Goldbart / Deadline:
The BBC says its content spend will fall by £150M to £2.5B in the next 12 months as it faces an “unprecedented content funding challenge” — The BBC faces an “unprecedented content funding challenge” in the year to come, the corporation's Annual Plan setting out priorities for the next 12 months has said.
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Advanced Television, The Hollywood Reporter and WORLD SCREEN
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Reach CEO Jim Mullen steps down with immediate effect after six years, replaced by Chief Revenue Officer Piers North; Mullen will join a horse racing company — Reach CEO Jim Mullen is stepping down after six years with immediate effect. — Mullen will be succeeded as Reach CEO by Piers North, currently chief revenue officer.
Thomas Buckley / Bloomberg:
Sources: David Zaslav has started meeting with candidates who could replace film studio heads Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy, whose contracts expire in 2026 — The talks with potential successors are at an early and informal stage, and a final decision on the futures of De Luca and Abdy has not been made …
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@lucas_shaw, @theinsneider, Cord Cutters News, Quartz, The Wrap and The Hollywood Reporter
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Matt Donnelly / Variety:
Sources describe rising tensions at Warner Bros. Pictures amid movie flops, with WBD CEO David Zaslav losing confidence in co-heads Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy
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Katherine Sayre / Wall Street Journal:
A profile of CherryRoad Media CEO Jeremy Gulban, who has acquired 92 community newspapers across the US with the goal of revitalizing local journalism — An entrepreneur who owns 92 local newspapers confronts tariffs, distrust of print outlets and changing news diets
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@sarahscire, Cord Cutters News, @benjamintoff.bsky.social and TVNewsCheck
The Hollywood Reporter:
A look at the reasons behind Jen Salke's ouster at Amazon, including expensive flops, issues with James Bond producers, and a desire to streamline the org chart — Yes, there were some big hits like ‘Reacher.’ But pricey underperformers like ‘Lord of the Rings’ and ‘Citadel’ along …
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Adweek, TechCrunch, Oh No They Didn't! and Variety
J. Kim Murphy / Variety:
WBD's Max quietly launches a new logo with a monochrome color palette that evokes the longtime HBO branding, ditching its shiny blue UI — It's not HBO, it's Max — but the new standalone logo for Warner Bros. Discovery's streamer now certainly looks like HBO's at a glance.
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The Streamable, The Verge, @michaelcollado, @michaelcollado, @jimlokay.com, @badgraphix, Media Play News, WORLD SCREEN and Cord Cutters News
Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Bloomberg has had to correct at least three dozen AI-generated summaries on top of news articles since it started showing them early this year — The outlet has issued dozens of corrections to A.I.-generated news summaries since it started using the technology to write them this year.
Max Tani / Semafor:
An interview with California Governor Gavin Newsom on his new weekly podcast, backlash to his interviews with conservative figures, media strategies, and more — The Scoop — As Democrats begin their slow slog back to power, they're grappling with what may be their most vexing problem …
Financial Times:
Marketing executives say big brands are allocating small amounts of their ad budget to X, seeking to avoid being perceived as boycotting Elon Musk's platform — Marketers want to avoid being seen as boycotting billionaire's social media platform — Big brands are allocating small amounts …
Megan Graham / Wall Street Journal:
Yahoo hires Josh Line, who was most recently Paramount Global's chief brand officer, as its CMO to revive its brand as “one of the OGs of the internet” — Internet pioneer names Josh Line, who was previously Paramount Global's chief brand officer, to reinvigorate its once-towering brand
Bailey Lipschultz / Bloomberg:
Newsmax shares jumped as much as 667% in their NYSE debut after raising $75M in its IPO — The stock traded at $62.27 each at 12:07 p.m. in New York, in a debut that saw shares repeatedly halted for volatility. The company raised $75 million in the offering, selling 7.5 million shares for $10 apiece.
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