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9:05 AM ET, May 13, 2025

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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  —  To unlock more of my reporting on how the internet is reshaping politics, business, media, and culture, and to read my deep dives …
Anna Brakha / Committee to Protect Journalists:
Analysis: more than 60 Belarusian journalists in exile are under investigation or facing criminal charges in cases that were opened after they left Belarus  —  Documentary filmmaker Maryia Bulavinskaya's love of history led her to buy a traditional wood home in the Belarusian village of Rogi-Iletsky in 2019.
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
Reuters:
Czech investment group PPF launches a bid to lift its stake in German broadcaster ProSieben to 29.99%, countering MediaForEurope's plans to increase control  —  Czech investment group PPF on Monday launched a bid to lift its stake in German broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 (PSMGn.DE) to just under 30% …
Scott Roxborough / The Hollywood Reporter:
Film-focused social media platform Letterboxd plans to launch the Letterboxd Video Store, a curated transactional VOD service themed around rental “shelves”  —  The film lovers' social media platform is looking to leverage its 20 million-strong community with a curated online rental store.
Gene Maddaus / Variety:
The MPA, SAG-AFTRA, WGAW, the Teamsters, and other Hollywood unions urge President Trump to support tax deductions for the industry, without mentioning tariffs  —  A coalition of entertainment unions, joined by the Motion Picture Association, urged President Trump on Monday to support tax deductions …
Melissa Heikkilä / Financial Times:
Dealroom.co: content licensing and data marketplace startups like Pip Labs and ProRata have raised $215M since 2022 to help artists sell content for AI training  —  New crop of companies are offering artists ability to sell content to big tech firms to train AI
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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 …
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Amazon says Prime Video's ad tier now reaches 130M+ US customers and the company 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.
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
Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:
French film producer Pathé sells a 20% stake to logistics magnate Rodolphe Saadé and plans to focus on “internationally-oriented films and series”  —  French-Lebanese logistics magnate Rodolphe Saadé, who is buying the stake, lauds the producer and cinema operator as …
Discussion: Variety and Deadline
 
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Rana Foroohar / Financial Times:
Trump's film tariffs may be economically flawed but politically strategic, targeting precariat Hollywood workers worried about cheap foreign productions and AI
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
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
Ben Smith / Semafor:
PR firms are engaging with journalists from authoritative outlets to influence how AI chatbots represent brands; one firm launched a service called PreBunk
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
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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
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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Ernesto Van der Sar / TorrentFreak:
How OpenDNS, Cloudflare, and Google responded to EU court orders to block DNS resolution for pirate sites; OpenDNS left France and Belgium instead of complying
Nicole Sperling / New York Times:
A look at the costs, incentives, benefits, and tradeoffs of filming in California as experienced by the show Fallout, which is shooting its second season in CA
 

 
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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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