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8:10 PM ET, May 20, 2025

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Matt Stevens / New York Times:
LA mayor Karen Bass issues an executive directive to streamline city processes, lower filming costs, and ease shoots at well-known city-owned locations  —  With film and TV production in Los Angeles down by roughly one-third in recent years, Mayor Karen Bass took steps to make it easier to shoot at top locations.
Dan Kennedy / Media Nation:
The Chicago Sun-Times and the Philadelphia Inquirer ran a supplement featuring an AI-generated guide to summer books that do not exist  —  Well, this is embarrassing.  The Chicago Sun-Times and The Philadelphia Inquirer have been caught running an AI-generated guide to summer books that don't exist.
Theodore Schleifer / New York Times:
A look at some of the projects looking to raise money from Democratic megadonors as party strategists try to “find the next Joe Rogan”  —  At private gatherings, strategists and donors are swapping ideas to help the party capture the digital mojo that helped President Trump win.
Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Three US senators send Shari Redstone a letter questioning whether Paramount is engaging in bribery by settling Trump's lawsuit to influence merger approval  —  Lawmakers raise concerns that CBS News parent Paramount risks violating bribery laws in pursuit of potential Trump settlement
Sara Fischer / Axios:
At The Moment Media launches to give execs the ability to pay for their video coverage and says it's a complement to traditional journalism and not a competitor  —  A new media company called At The Moment Media (ATM) is launching Tuesday to give executives across the media, entertainment …
Jill Goldsmith / Deadline:
Antenna: ad tiers made up 46% of US subscriptions at SVOD platforms offering ad-free and ad-supported plans at the end of March 2025, up from 39% in March 2024  —  Ads on streaming are smoking.  —  Advertising-supported tiers made up 46% of streaming subscriptions at SVOD platforms that offer …
Matt Grobar / Deadline:
Darren Aronofsky's AI-focused studio Primordial Soup partners with Google's DeepMind to produce three short films  —  Under the partnership, Primordial Soup team will work with Google DeepMind's research team and three filmmakers to produce short films integrating new technology and storytelling.
Julian Wyllie / Current:
PBS has furloughed 25% of PBS Kids staff because the Department of Education canceled the Ready to Learn grant at the start of May  —  ATLANTA — PBS has furloughed staff in response to its changing financial outlook, President Paula Kerger said during her keynote address Monday at the PBS Annual Meeting in Atlanta.
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Kate Knibbs / Wired:
Inside the US case against a North Carolina man who the government claims made $10M+ in royalties between 2017 and 2024 by using bot armies to stream AI tracks  —  A chart-topping jazz album!  Loads of Spotify and Apple Music plays!  Just one problem: The success might not be real.  —  Play/Pause Button
Anita Komuves / Reuters:
Over 80 editors from European news outlets sign a petition opposing Hungary's proposed legislation that would restrict foreign-funded media and rights groups  —  Over 80 editors from leading European news outlets signed a petition calling for the scrapping of legislation in Hungary that aims …
 
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ITV tells staff it plans to cut 220 jobs in a major daytime overhaul, which includes scaling back shows and moving Good Morning Britain to ITV News producer ITN
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Ayushi Kar / The Reporters' Collective:
How Indian news agency ANI is using YouTube's copyright policy in India to demand high licensing fees and shut down YouTubers, including those critical of Modi
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Cavendish Press head Jon Harris warns freelance court reporters face extinction as UK newsrooms prioritize free police handouts over professional reporting
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
 

 
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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

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

Sri Muppidi / The Information:
Source: OpenAI's share of revenue after the cost of running AI models for paying users has jumped to ~70% in October, up from ~52% at the end of 2024
 
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