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1:55 PM ET, May 23, 2025

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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Redbird Capital Partners buys the Telegraph at a £500M valuation, ending nearly two years of ownership limbo; IMI will take a minority investment  —  US-based private investment firm Redbird Capital Partners has bought the Telegraph ending nearly two years in ownership limbo for the newsbrand.
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Filing: Disney sues YouTube, claiming breach of contract after YouTube hired longtime Disney executive Justin Connolly as its global head of media and sports  —  Disney responds with a complaint in California court claiming breach of contract  —  YouTube hired long-time Walt Disney Co …
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
A UK court approves Media Concierge's acquisition of National World, owner of The Scotsman, Yorkshire Post, and others, effective May 27  —  The new boss of National World has told staff they will be given the space to carry on “business as usual” after its takeover by Media Concierge next week.
Sara Guaglione / Digiday:
Similarweb: ChatGPT sent 243.8M visits to 250 news and media websites in April, up 98% from January; 83% of OpenAI's referral traffic went to news sites  —  This article was provided as an exclusive preview for Digiday+ members, who were able to access it early.
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.
Liam Scott / Poynter:
Some VOA employees discuss the bare-bones return to work: out of 1,300 staff, only 30 remain, and the outlet is only publishing in four languages, instead of 49  —  The bare-bones return has been marked by low morale, confusion and uncertainty, VOA sources say
Discussion: NPR, The Independent and @liamjscott
Wendy Lee / Los Angeles Times:
A look at AI on Screen, a Google initiative funding short films to counter AI's negative image in partnership with production company Range Media Partners  —  - Google is funding short films about AI that portray the technology in a less nightmarish light than in many Hollywood science fiction depictions.
Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
Lookout Local has launched its second location in Eugene, OR, with $175K in booked advertising and more than 900 paid members, and more than 11 staff  —  One month in, the new local newsroom has more than 900 paid members.  —  Eugene, Oregon — Lookout Eugene-Springfield was getting a fresh coat of paint.
Discussion: @sarahscire.com
Daniel Engber / The Atlantic:
PBS cut 90 seconds from a documentary on Art Spiegelman in which he criticized Trump; the edit was made a few days after the “Anti-American Airwaves” hearing  —  A worrying pattern has taken hold in public television.  —  American Masters, an award-winning documentary series …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Melania Trump releases an audiobook of her memoir with her “official AI voice” created by ElevenLabs, available exclusively on the ElevenReader app  —  First Lady Melania Trump released her recently published memoir “Melania” as an audiobook that will be available in multiple languages …
Gene Maddaus / Variety:
WGA report finds 40.4% of TV writers in the 2023-24 season were BIPOC, up from 32% three years prior, even as the overall number of TV writers contracted  —  TV writing staffs have continued to get more diverse, even with far fewer jobs available, according to a study released Wednesday by the Writers Guild of America.
Discussion: TVNewsCheck and Deadline
Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
Many CBS News staffers say they view Wendy McMahon's abrupt resignation as an indicator that CBS will settle the $20B lawsuit filed by President Trump  —  Wendy McMahon, who resigned Monday, made clear internally that she did not want the network's parent company to settle President Trump's lawsuit.
Discussion: TVNewsCheck and The Hill
 
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Adrià Calatayud / Wall Street Journal:
Publicis acquires Captiv8, a marketing platform that connects influencers and brands; a source says the acquisition is valued at $150M
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
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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
Washington Post:
Kimi Yoshino, who has led The Baltimore Banner for 3.5 years as its first editor-in-chief, is joining The Washington Post as managing editor, starting July 7
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
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
 

 
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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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