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5:00 PM ET, May 20, 2025

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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.
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
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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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.
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
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 …
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 …
Jake Kanter / Deadline:
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  —  ITV will make more than 220 redundancies under the sweeping changes, but it has promised to reinvest all savings …
 
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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
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Matthew Keys / The Desk:
CBS News pulled a 60 Minutes segment on IRS job losses hours before airing, learning the IRS reversed the firings, and plans to broadcast it later with new info
Katie Hicks / Marketing Brew:
The Onion launches America's Finest Creative Agency, offering copywriting and creative strategy services for brands
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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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

A.J. Vicens / Reuters:
US and Canadian authorities warn that Chinese hackers are using the Brickstorm malware to install backdoor access within unnamed government and IT entities

Mike Isaac / New York Times:
Meta says it is shifting some of its investment from metaverse toward AI glasses and wearables, and “we aren't planning any broader changes than that”
 
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