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8:55 AM ET, April 25, 2025

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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Ziff Davis sues OpenAI, alleging it used Ziff Davis' content to train AI models; sources say Ziff Davis is seeking at least hundreds of millions of dollars  —  Ziff Davis, which owns more than 45 media properties, is accusing the tech company of infringing on the publisher's copyrights and diluting its trademarks.
Bloomberg:
Sources: Tencent Music is in advanced talks to buy Chinese podcasting startup Ximalaya in a $2.4B deal  —  An agreement could be reached as soon as the coming weeks, the people said.  —  Talks are ongoing and no final decisions have been made, the people said.
Discussion: Reuters
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Alphabet says it surpassed 270M paid subscriptions, driven by YouTube and Google One, and reports YouTube Q1 ad revenue up 10.3% YoY to $8.93B, vs. $8.97B est.  —  YouTube continues to rake in money from advertisers worldwide, with the video giant's ad revenue reaching $8.93 billion …
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Kantar: 33% of new UK paid subscribers chose ad tier in Q1 2025, up from 31% in Q4; Prime Video had the highest share of new paying subs, followed by Apple TV+  —  Kantar, the marketing data and analytics company, has revealed growing adoption of ad-supported streaming …
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Wall Street Journal:
A look at private equity's incursion into the advertising industry, offering smaller agencies new resources to compete with the larger holding companies  —  Once put off by ad agencies' fickle cash flows, private investment firms now see an opportunity to capitalize on the sector's accelerating shift toward automation
Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
An interview with Politico Europe's Kate Day on the outlet ten years in: ~50% of its 350 staff are journalists and Politico Pro makes up 50% to 60% of revenue  —  Politico is seeing “significant growth” in Europe as it celebrates the tenth birthday of its edition on the continent.
Michael Savage / The Guardian:
The BBC launches BBC News Burmese in Myanmar on a satellite video channel formerly used by VOA, citing an “audience in need” in the aftermath of the earthquake  —  Corporation responds to ‘urgent need’ following earthquake by taking over Voice of America's former channel
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
A profile of Paramount co-CEO Chris McCarthy, who led the expansion of Yellowstone franchise and says Paramount+ will turn a profit for the first time in 2025  —  Chris McCarthy has helped create one of the biggest franchises in Hollywood.  He may soon be out of a job.  —  Chris McCarthy is shaking his head.
Discussion: @lucas_shaw
Emma Roth / The Verge:
Netflix rolls out subtitles with just spoken dialog, without audio cues or speaker names, and says ~50% of US viewing hours happen with subtitles or captions on  —  The new option drops sound descriptions and speaker names from subtitles. … Netflix is rolling out a new subtitle option that shows just spoken dialogue.
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Facebook will reduce the reach of accounts sharing spammy content and make them ineligible for monetization, after Zuckerberg promised a return to “OG Facebook”  —  Facebook will begin lowering the reach of accounts sharing spammy content and making them ineligible for monetization, Meta announced on Thursday.
Etan Vlessing / The Hollywood Reporter:
Comcast reports Peacock losses fell to $215M in Q1 from $639M in Q1 2024, revenue rose 16% YoY to $1.2B, and paying subscribers hit 41M, up from 36M in Q4 2024  —  The cable giant also unveiled its first-quarter results for the entertainment unit and other operations, which includes continuing broadband and video customer losses.
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Dade Hayes / Deadline:
Comcast reports Q1 revenue down 0.6% YoY to $29.89B, Media revenue up 1% YoY to $6.4B, and adjusted EBITDA up 21.5% to $1B; Comcast lost 427K cable subscribers
 
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Cydney Henderson / USA Today:
Shannon Sharpe says he is stepping away from his duties at ESPN and plans to return at the start of the NFL preseason, as he faces a $50M sexual assault lawsuit
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Meta moves Threads from Threads.net to Threads.com and updates its web app, including features to more easily access custom feeds, create new columns, and more
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Iran arrests four state TV staff members accused of insulting the first caliph of Sunni Muslims, the first such open prosecution of state TV staff in decades
 

 
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Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg:
Sources: Meta is considering deep budget cuts to its metaverse efforts in 2026, potentially as high as 30% and most likely including layoffs as early as January

Kif Leswing / CNBC:
Apple says general counsel Kate Adams and policy chief Lisa Jackson will retire, and Jennifer Newstead, Meta's former chief legal officer, will replace Adams

Will Oremus / Washington Post:
Two studies suggest AI chatbots can shift political views more effectively than TV campaign ads, especially by presenting many claims, regardless of accuracy
 
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