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3:50 PM ET, May 22, 2025

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New York Times:
Sources: the US FTC is investigating whether Media Matters illegally colluded with advertisers; Elon Musk sued the advocacy group in 2023  —  Elon Musk previously sued the advocacy group over critical research on his social media platform X over claims it drove away advertisers.
David Folkenflik / NPR:
The EU says it will give $6.2M in emergency funding to RFE/RL, after Trump withheld its funding; Sweden pledged $2M, but those funds have yet to arrive  —  The European Union has stepped in to provide Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty an infusion of millions of dollars to keep functioning …
Corbin Bolies / The Daily Beast:
Sources: Disney CEO Bob Iger and ABC News President Almin Karamehmedovic asked The View hosts to tone down their political rhetoric, particularly about Trump  —  COOL IT  —  Multiple sources shared details with the Daily Beast about a meeting in which the ABC News president delivered a message that left the co-hosts unnerved.
The Mozilla Blog:
Mozilla plans to shut down Pocket, the read-it-later service it acquired in 2017, on July 8, and Fakespot, which helps identify unreliable reviews, on July 1  —  Firefox is the only major browser not backed by a billionaire and our independence shapes everything we build.
Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
Adelaide launches the AU Ecosystem, a marketplace for media buyers and sellers to transact based on the quality of media using Adelaide's Attention Unit metric  —  The Financial Times and Wall Street Journal are among the sell-side partners embracing the new suite of tools and services
Discussion: Adelaide
NBC News:
The White House removes official transcripts of Trump's public remarks from the government's website, replacing them with selected videos of his appearances  —  The White House told NBC News it has decided to post only videos.  There still is one transcript remaining online, however: Trump's inaugural address.
Kate Knibbs / Wired:
Politico union members say AI tools used by the outlet, including live news summaries, violate their contract and are taking the dispute to arbitration in July  —  Politico has rules about AI in the newsroom.  Staffers say those rules have been violated—and they're gearing up for a fight.
Naman Ramachandran / Variety:
Netflix is launching House of Streams, a reality TV show in which eight content creators compete for bitcoin, with a live chat feature for viewer interaction  —  Netflix is diving deeper into the reality space with “House of Streams,” an interactive series that merges traditional unscripted television …
Tom Garry / The Guardian:
Sources: Disney signs a five-year deal to stream Women's Champions League matches on Disney+ in multiple European broadcast territories, including the UK  —  - Streaming platform in line to agree five-year deal  — DAZN has shown Champions League for four seasons
Ashley Spencer / New York Times:
How Disney's Lilo & Stitch, released in 2002, became one of its most merchandised characters, rivalling Winnie the Pooh and Mickey Mouse, ahead of a new movie  —  Step aside, Moana, Elsa and Simba.  In recent years, Stitch has quietly become one of Disney's most popular — and most merchandised — characters.
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: NBCUniversal made an offer to take over MLB rights after ESPN opted out of continuing its contract, but is offering far less than ESPN currently pays  —  Comcast's NBCUniversal has made an offer to Major League Baseball to take over the package of regular-season and postseason games …
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Google tests bringing ads to AI Mode, both below responses as well as “integrated into” them, and expands ads in AI Overviews to desktop in the US  —  Google on Wednesday detailed its plans to bring ads to AI Mode, the company's AI-powered experience in Google Search.
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Andrew Romero / 9to5Google:
AI videos from Google's Veo 3, which features synchronized audio as well as crisper, more detailed video, are both impressive and terrifying
 
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More than 90 European EICs and publishers call on the EU to act over proposed Hungarian legislation that could ban media organizations that get foreign funding
Ira Boudway / Bloomberg:
Ampere: sports made up 12% of newly commissioned TV docs in Q2, up from 3% in Q1 2019, as the number of first-run unscripted shows rose from <600 to ~1.3K
Betsy Morais / Columbia Journalism Review:
Several women attest to Pulitzer winner and author Wesley Lowery's pattern of predatory behavior toward young women in journalism between 2018 and 2024
 

 
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Suzanne Smalley / The Record:
Pennsylvania's Supreme Court rules that police can get Google search data without a warrant; an expert warns it may encourage warrantless searches nationwide

Lydia Beyoud / Bloomberg:
The US Senate confirms Trump pick Michael Selig as chairman of the CFTC, as lawmakers consider legislation to give the agency more control over digital assets

Meghan Bobrowsky / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Meta is developing a new image and video-focused AI model codenamed Mango, expected to be released in H1 2026 along with its new LLM dubbed Avocado
 
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