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2:30 PM ET, May 19, 2025

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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Memo: CBS News President and CEO Wendy McMahon is stepping down from the network, saying “it's become clear the company and I do not agree on the path forward”  —  Wendy McMahon, the president of CBS News and Stations, had allied herself with Bill Owens, the “60 Minutes” executive producer who recently resigned.
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Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Sources: Paramount Global co-CEO George Cheeks had a discussion with CBS News CEO Wendy McMahon on Saturday and asked for her resignation  —  CBS News Chief Executive Officer Wendy McMahon announced Monday she is stepping down, the latest twist in a growing battle of wills between …
Andrew Webster / The Verge:
Netflix says Season 56 of Sesame Street will be available on Netflix “later this year”; Sesame Street had searched for a streamer since Max dropped it in 2024  —  It's coming later this year. … Sunny days are on their way to Netflix.  The streamer just announced that the next season …
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Jennifer Maas / Variety:
Netflix starts streaming new episodes of Peppa Pig in the US along with a “World of Peppa Pig” gaming app, as it focuses on kids and pre-K titles  —  Netflix began streaming new episodes of the popular British preschool series “Peppa Pig” in the U.S. today — and will offer the …
New York Times:
Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway re-sign their Vox Media deal using a novel revenue-sharing contract with no guaranteed payments, potentially earning them ~$70M  —  Kara Swisher's interviews made her famous among technology obsessives decades ago.  She persuaded the rivals Bill Gates …
ITV News:
Gary Lineker says he will leave the BBC after Match of the Day on April 25 and apologizes for his now-deleted Instagram post criticized as antisemitic  —  The BBC has confirmed Gary Linker will be leaving the BBC after hosting his final Match of the Day this Sunday.
Karissa Bell / Engadget:
Bluesky is allowing some accounts to link their Twitch or YouTube accounts to their profiles, displaying a red indicator and “live” badge when they're streaming  —  Bluesky doesn't have its own live streaming capabilities, but the service testing out a new feature to boost users' streams off the platform.
Discussion: TechCrunch, The Verge and What Works
Max Tani / Semafor:
Vice renews Shane Smith's podcast for a second season after it got tens of millions of YouTube views, and launches the Vice News Collective for news influencers  —  THE SCOOP  —  The founder of Vice is hoping to use the recent success of his podcast to prop up a new talent network built around the show.
Discussion: @maxwelltani
Oliver Darcy / Status:
Q&A with YouTube Managing Director of US Partnerships Brian Albert on YouTube's NFL push and how it paid 3M+ creators $70B+ over three years across 20B videos  —  YouTube's Brian Albert breaks down the platform's NFL play, creator-fueled dominance, and why advertisers need to throw out the old TV rulebook.
New York Times:
Some long-trusted Indian media news outlets and TV networks reported unverified information and fabricated stories during the latest India-Pakistan conflict  —  During the conflict between India and Pakistan, even some long-trusted outlets reported unverified information and fabricated stories.
Richard Headland / Press Gazette:
The Times and Sunday Times launch online subscription sharing, after 76% of test users with “bonus accounts” said they were more likely to keep subscribing  —  The Times and Sunday Times have added online subscription sharing as part of a range of tactics to improve customer loyalty.
Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:
An interview with ESPN's sport commentator Stephen A. Smith about a potential 2028 presidential run, emulating Joe Rogan to build political clout, and more  —  Stephen A. Smith has had something on his mind for a while now.  —  “Let me switch to a subject near and dear to my heart,” he said on his podcast recently.
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Michael Savage / The Guardian:
Sources: the UAE met with Downing Street and discussed the UK's media ownership law weeks before a law change paved the way for the UAE's 15% Telegraph stake
 
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Naman Ramachandran / Variety:
BBC Studios launches a reorganization, with a “Global Production” unit and “Unscripted Productions” division to capitalize on surging unscripted content demand
Discussion: Deadline
Max Tani / Semafor:
Sources: Bill Maher's podcast company Club Random Studios has ceased operations, after launching in March 2024
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
A look at the reasoning behind David Zaslav's strategy to rebrand HBO Max as Max, its failure to broaden the streamer's appeal, and the push to bring “HBO” back
Charlotte Klein / New York Magazine:
A look at the NYT's Opinion section under Kathleen Kingsbury: the department has doubled in size to ~200 and encroached on newsroom sections like the magazine
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Financial Times:
Sources: BT is in advanced talks to sell its 50% stake in TNT Sports UK to WBD, its joint venture partner, and could announce the deal as early as next week
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Charter says John Malone's Liberty Broadband will cease to be a direct shareholder in Charter and won't appoint directors to its board after the Cox merger
 

 
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Joe Rivano Barros / Mission Local:
Waymo says it temporarily suspended its ride-hailing service in San Francisco during a citywide blackout, as downed traffic lights appeared to halt its vehicles

Mitchell Peters / Billboard:
Pirate activist group Anna's Archive says it scraped 86M music files and 256M rows of track metadata from Spotify, and releases them in ~300TB of torrent files

John Sakellariadis / Politico:
Sources: DHS is investigating whether 6 staffers misled CISA's acting director into taking a polygraph that he failed, compounding instability at the agency
 
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