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12:50 PM ET, April 28, 2025

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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
In the final 60 Minutes segment, Scott Pelley said Paramount “began to supervise our content in new ways” before executive producer Bill Owens' departure  —  All seemed normal in the first 98% of Sunday's broadcast of “60 Minutes” on CBS.  But the remaining 2% may have shocked viewers.
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Bloomberg:
Sources: leaders at both Paramount and Skydance came to believe the FCC would not bless their merger until CBS had settled its fight with Trump over 60 Minutes  —  Shari Redstone wanted to know what 60 Minutes was going to say next about President Donald Trump.
Pew Research Center:
A survey of adults across 35 countries finds a majority in over half of the nations say made-up news and information is “a very big problem” in their country  —  Made-up news and information seen as pervasive across the globe  —  Table of Contents Table of Contents
Discussion: @pewresearch.org
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Financial Times:
Sources: French media group Banijay is in early talks with ITV regarding an offer to acquire the UK broadcasting network or its production arm ITV Studios  —  Media group in early talks to buy UK broadcaster or its studio production arm  —  French media giant Banijay Group is working …
Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
Sources: RedBird Capital is confident of tabling a deal to take control of the Telegraph Media Group as soon as May, after a RedBird IMI consortium deal failed  —  Guardian understands plan from US private equity firm to form a consortium or self-fund could come as soon as next month
Discussion: @janinegibson.ft.com
Jessica Testa / New York Times:
Spotify says it has paid $100M+ to podcast publishers and creators since January 2025 via a new creator program based on Premium subscribers' video engagement  —  The audio platform has branched out to video and has paid more than $100 million to podcast publishers this year as the war for creator talent heats up.
Max Tani / Semafor:
The Daily Wire is opening a Washington, DC office led by Deputy Managing Editor Tim Rice and promoting Brent Scher to serve as editor-in-chief  —  THE SCOOP  —  The conservative digital media powerhouse The Daily Wire is making a push to have a bigger presence in Donald Trump's Washington …
Discussion: @brentscher
Ethan Shanfeld / Variety:
Nathan Fielder's The Rehearsal depicts Paramount+ as Nazis after the streamer pulled a Nathan For You episode in 2023 citing “sensitivities” around antisemitism  —  In a 2015 episode of the reality comedy series “Nathan for You,” Nathan Fielder starts an outdoor apparel line called Summit Ice.
Max Tani / Semafor:
Blaze Media licenses Nicole Shanahan's show, as part of a shift to a model in which Blaze acts as an ad seller and promoter for podcasters and journalists  —  A deep-pocketed figure in the Make America Healthy Again movement is hoping to grow her podcast, and use a new platform as a means to further her political ideas.
Discussion: @maxwelltani and Blaze Media
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Tortoise relaunches The Observer in print with a 20p cover price increase to £4.20; EIC James Harding says it will be liberal, progressive, and internationalist  —  Observer editor-in-chief and major shareholder James Harding set out his stall in the first issue under its new Tortoise ownership on Sunday.
 
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The European Publishers Council says the EU's DMA ruling against Apple should make the commission on subscriptions in app stores drop to 3%-5% in the EU
Nicholas Riccardi / Associated Press:
The WHCD's stripped-down festivities reflected the somber tone in Washington, with White House journalists using the event to celebrate the First Amendment
Winston Cho / The Hollywood Reporter:
50 Cent sues Ryan Kavanaugh's GenTV, seeking to block the streamer's inaugural film Skillhouse for allegedly failing to pay the rapper and exploiting his name
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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

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

A.J. Vicens / Reuters:
US and Canadian authorities warn that Chinese hackers are using the Brickstorm malware to install backdoor access within unnamed government and IT entities
 
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