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8:45 PM ET, May 12, 2025

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Jill Goldsmith / Deadline:
Fox announces Fox One, its new streaming service that includes news, business, and sports content, launching ahead of the 2025 NFL and college football seasons  —  Lachlan Murdoch said the new Fox streaming service he's been teasing for months will be called Fox One and will launch before the start of football season this fall.
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Fox Corp reports Q3 revenue up 27% YoY to $4.37B, ad revenue up 65% to $1.2B, driven by Super Bowl, Tubi, and news, and a $354M net income, vs $704M in Q3 2024
Taylor Lorenz / User Mag:
Progressive streamer Hasan Piker says he was detained by US CBP and questioned about his journalistic activities and political beliefs; Piker is a US citizen  —  + TikTok clout loop, Kai Cenat's next chapter, the “safest white boy”, Minecraft marriages, group chat trauma, a MAHA-friendly food app …
Clare Malone / New Yorker:
How WaPo is struggling during Trump's second term: Jeff Bezos aligning himself with Trump, staff remain skeptical of Will Lewis' vision for the paper, and more  —  How the paper that brought down Richard Nixon is struggling to survive the second term of Donald Trump.
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Filing: Google considered letting publishers opt out of their content being used for AI grounding while still appearing in search results, but rejected the idea  —  Court documents reveal Google considered giving publishers AI opt-out and rejected the idea.
Alisa Vasquez / Politico:
Politico announces The Playbook Podcast, a daily audio companion to its flagship newsletter, hosted by Jack Blanchard and new Chief Correspondent Dasha Burns  —  The Playbook Podcast hosted by Jack Blanchard and Dasha Burns to launch on May 12 and The Conversation with Dasha Burns debuts on June 1
Columbia Journalism Review:
Semafor Executive Editor Gina Chua, The Atlantic CEO Nicholas Thompson, NYT Editorial Director of AI Zach Seward, and others share how they are using AI  —  The rapid development of AI is already changing how journalists operate.  Reporters, editors, executives, and others across …
Ben Schoon / 9to5Google:
YouTube rolls out TV app changes widely, including a dedicated Shorts feed that lives at the top of the subscriptions page, after announcing them in April 2025  —  After being announced recently, the YouTube app for TVs is widely rolling out a few changes including a dedicated Shorts feed …
Ben Smith / Semafor:
PR firms are engaging with journalists from authoritative outlets to influences how AI chatbots represent brands; one firm launched a service called PreBunk  —  THE SCOOP  —  As the sprawling public relations industry scrambles to figure out how to buffer its clients' brands and reputations through …
Dade Hayes / Deadline:
With upfronts kicking off today, major media companies and streaming giants prepare to pitch ad buyers amid economic anxieties and Trump's tariff threats  —  The year has gotten off to a clamorous start for corporate America (not to mention the rest of us), with epic stock market gyrations …
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Amazon says the ad tier of Prime Video now reaches 130M+ US customers and it plans AI-powered tools for advertisers on Amazon including contextual ad copy  —  The tech giant says that Prime Video's main offering has added 15M customers since its last update.
 
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Jake Kanter / Deadline:
YouTube suspends several fake movie trailer channels from its partner program after an investigation showed the scale of AI-generated fake movie trailers
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The Guardian:
Sources: the UK Foreign Office asks the BBC World Service to draw up a budget of up to £70M per year lower than the BBC management says it needs
Anthony D'Alessandro / Deadline:
Sony Pictures' Motion Picture Group Chairman and CEO Tom Rothman signs a multiyear contract extension, making him the longest-serving film chief in Hollywood
Discussion: The Wrap
Scott Macfarlane / CBS News:
The Trump administration fired US Copyright Office head Shira Perlmutter; her office had raised concerns about xAI using copyrighted content to train AI
 

 
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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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