Mediagazer: People magazine launches its first standalone app, featuring a TikTok-style interface and exclusive content; e.l.f. Beauty is the app's launch sponsor (Mark Stenberg/Adweek)

Mark Stenberg / Adweek:

People magazine launches its first standalone app, featuring a TikTok-style interface and exclusive content; e.l.f. Beauty is the app's launch sponsor — e.l.f. Beauty is the app's launch sponsor — People Magazine launched its first standalone app on Thursday with a TikTok-style interface …

Discussion: Simon Owens's Media Newsletter, Press Gazette, @markstenberg3, @alexandrakerr, @_alyssamora_ and Axios

Hanaa' Tameez / Nieman Lab:

Gannett says it will stop publishing its workforce demographic and diversity data and has removed diversity mentions from its website, citing Trump's EO on DEI — The company also removed mentions of “diversity” from its corporate site. — America's largest newspaper chain, Gannett …

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Kendra Barnett / Adweek:

Two new lawsuits allege that The Trade Desk tracks people online, builds out user profiles, and monetizes consumer data without adequate disclosures or consent — The adtech company faces new legal challenges over its use of consumers' personal information

Andrew Marchand / New York Times:

Sources: MLB has held talks about licensing its MLB.TV game package; MLB.TV has been exclusively controlled by MLB since launch — Major League Baseball has held discussions about licensing its MLB.TV game package to networks and/or digital platforms, sources briefed on the discussions told The Athletic.

Discussion: @themizzler1, @imperfecttl, The Streamable, @catherinetinker, @masonkeith25, Sports Business Journal, @latino_chill, Cord Cutters News, TVNewsCheck, Awful Announcing and Barrett Media

Dietrich Knauth / Reuters:

Publishers Clearing House files for bankruptcy and will shed its direct mail catalog marketing and magazine subscription businesses to focus on digital ads — Publishers Clearing House, the sweepstakes company known for showing up on prize winners' doorsteps with oversize checks …

Discussion: Associated Press, KHBS, @denisethewriter.bsky.social, Newsday, Wall Street Journal, 960 The Ref and Bloomberg

Winston Cho / The Hollywood Reporter:

In a tentative ruling, a US judge denies CBS' bid for a preliminary injunction to temporarily block Sony's efforts to distribute Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune — A court rebuffed CBS' bid for a preliminary injunction that would've allowed the network to continue distributing the two shows.

Discussion: Deadline, Cord Cutters News, Los Angeles Times, CBS News, Variety, TVNewsCheck and The Wrap

Abid Rahman / The Hollywood Reporter:

Comcast-owned Sky and NBC sign a deal to bring a local version of Saturday Night Live to the UK in 2026; Lorne Michaels will be the executive producer — The London-based offshoot of NBC's long-running live sketch comedy show will hit screens in 2026 and be executive produced by ‘SNL’ creator Lorne Michaels.

Ece Toksabay / Reuters:

Turkish police detain two prominent opposition journalists and seize their electronic devices as part of an investigation into alleged threats and blackmail — Turkish police detained two prominent opposition journalists in early morning raids on Thursday in Istanbul as part of an investigation …

Discussion: @sebnemarsu, @gonultol, Telewizja Polska S.A, Turkish Minute, Deutsche Welle and Associated Press

Dan Milmo / The Guardian:

British startup Synthesia, whose AI-generated avatars are used by companies in corporate videos, strikes a deal with Shutterstock to train its latest AI model — British startup will license content to train latest model for more ‘human-like performances’ from its avatars

Discussion: Engadget, UKTN and Synthesia LTD

Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch:

BeReal rolls out in-feed ads in the US, says it has an estimated 40M MAUs, including 5M in the US, and 85% of its users are Gen Z — It's time for BeReal to get real — it's difficult to turn a profit on a social photo-sharing app without selling ads or memberships.

Discussion: @joshuaogundu, @kantrowitz, Tubefilter, MediaPost, Adweek and Marketing Dive, more at Techmeme »

Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:

The China Film Administration says it will “moderately reduce the number of American films imported” due to US tariffs and allow more “films from the world” — The Chinese Film Administration claims that recent events have reduced local appeal for American movies.

George Winslow / TV Tech:

The Associated Press launches a new AI-powered content delivery platform, featuring a redesigned interface, AI-powered search and content recommendations — The platform makes it easier to discover and use the global news organization's vast collection of visual, audio and text content

Discussion: The Associated Press