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3:40 PM ET, May 15, 2025

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Zach Vallese / CNBC:
YouTube launches a weekly top podcast shows chart, tracking podcasts in the US and updated every Wednesday; The Joe Rogan Experience currently tops the chart  —  YouTube is solidifying its place in podcasts.  —  The company on Thursday announced the launch of a weekly top podcast shows chart, rivaling those from Spotify and Apple.
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Johnny Ryan / Irish Council for Civil Liberties:
The Belgian Court of Appeal rules that the Transparency & Consent Framework, used by Google, Microsoft, Amazon, X, and the ad industry, is illegal across Europe  —  Landmark court decision against “TCF” consent pop ups on 80% of the internet  —  14 May 2025
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
MSNBC hires Politico senior managing editor Sudeep Reddy as its first-ever Washington bureau chief as it builds out reporting operations ahead of its spin-off  —  The cable channel, which is set to be spun off from NBC, is starting its first stand-alone D.C. office with Sudeep Reddy at the helm.
Andrew J. Campa / Los Angeles Times:
California newsrooms will receive $10M, instead of the expected $30M, in FY 2025-26 from the state through a News Transformation Fund due to budget issues  —  - California newsrooms expected to receive $30 million from the state as part of a Newsroom Transformation Fund.
Austin Fuller / Current:
NSF canceled a five-year, $1.2M grant for climate reporting to IndiJ Public Media in April and a PBS grant, though the majority of it was already spent  —  The National Science Foundation canceled a $1.2 million grant to IndiJ Public Media in April that supported Indigenous climate reporting.
Brent Lang / Variety:
MoviePass secures a $100M capital investment from Global Emerging Markets to accelerate the development of Mogul, a fantasy gaming service launched this month  —  MoviePass has secured a $100 million capital investment from Global Emerging Markets to accelerate the development of Mogul …
Stuart Dredge / Music Ally:
Open letter: SoundCloud CEO Eliah Seton says a 2024 TOS update did not intend to allow AI training on user content; SoundCloud revised the wording on May 14  —  - Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email  —  Music Ally NEXT 2025: Tickets on sale now!
Sara Fischer / Axios:
The Atlantic is partnering with Apple to provide exclusive audio benefits for subscribers and to sell subscriptions directly on Apple Podcasts  —  The Atlantic is partnering with Apple to launch exclusive audio benefits for subscribers, executives told Axios.
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Marshall Cohen / CNN:
Court filings: Smartmatic accuses Fox News execs, including Rupert Murdoch, of intentionally destroying damning evidence in its 2020 election defamation case  —  A voting technology firm suing Fox News for defamation over its 2020 election coverage claimed senior corporate executives …
 
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Threads now lets users add up to five links to their profile bios and rolls out analytics tools to track clicks on profile links and links shared in posts
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Hedra, which offers a web-based video generation and editing suite used by creators to make video podcasts, raised a $32M Series A, after a $10M seed
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Andrew Norfolk, investigative journalist for The Times who exposed systematic sexual abuse of vulnerable girls by grooming gangs from 2011 onwards, died at 60
Alondra Nelson / Time:
Alondra Nelson resigns from the National Science Board and Library of Congress Scholars Council, citing DOGE's interference and eroded institutional integrity
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Bill Bradley / Adweek:
Netflix says its in-house ad platform Netflix Ads Suite, currently live in the US and Canada, will be available in all 12 of its ad-supported countries by June
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Warner Bros. Discovery says it will change the name of its Max streaming service back to HBO Max this summer, and tweaks its logo; WBD dropped “HBO” in May 2023
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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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