Check out Mini-Mediagazer for simple mobiles or Mediagazer Mobile for modern smartphones.
9:30 AM ET, July 8, 2025

Mediagazer

 Top News: 
Max Tani / Semafor:
Sources: the NYT rushed to publish its story on Zohran Mamdani's Columbia application out of fear of being scooped by other reporters, such as Christopher Rufo  —  THE SCOOP  —  The afternoon before a long holiday weekend isn't always the best time to drop a major scoop.
RELATED:
Liam Scott / Columbia Journalism Review:
Media ethics experts, New York Times contributors, and others say the way that the NYT presented its Zohran Mamdani article raises significant ethical concerns  —  “What matters most here is whether the information was true and factual,” the Times' Patrick Healy told CJR.
Patrick Healy / @patrickhealynyt:
[Thread] An NYT standards editor responds to criticism of its recent Zohran Mamdani story, saying the “ultimate source” was Columbia data that Mamdani confirmed
Richard Lawler / The Verge:
Bluesky rolls out Activity Notifications, letting users get push notifications about new posts and replies from specific accounts, as it doubles down on sports  —  A new update has also added much more control over which notifications users will see, and who can trigger them.
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Analysis: Mail Online is among major news brands most-impacted by Google's AI Overviews, with 68.8% of the top 100 keyword searches resulting in no site visits  —  Mail Online is among the most-impacted major newsbrands by the arrival of Google's AI Overviews, according to Press Gazette analysis of new Similarweb data.
Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
Disney and Hearst put A+E Global Media, home to A&E Network, History, and Lifetime, up for sale; sources say it's unclear if it will be sold entirely or in part  —  Wells Fargo tapped to handle a sale process for the long-established brands jointly owned by Disney and Hearst
Jaspreet Singh / Reuters:
Trump Media launches its streamer Truth+ globally, featuring the cable channel Newsmax, allowing the conservative outlet to grow its presence outside the US  —  Trump Media & Technology Group (DJT.O) launched its TV streaming platform, Truth+, globally on Monday, featuring the cable channel Newsmax to support the company's expansion.
Semafor:
Fortune told staff that former editor Nick Lichtenberg was returning to “test ways to use AI to deliver breaking news faster” via a Fortune Intelligence section  —  Media companies are continuing to push the boundaries of how AI can be incorporated into journalism.
Emanuel Maiberg / 404 Media:
A look at various responses to AI companies' scraping, including open source Anubis that uses cryptographic JavaScript challenges and Cloudflare's “link mazes”  —  For someone who says she is fighting AI bot scrapers just in her free time, Xe Iaso seems to be putting up an impressive fight.
Luke Bouma / Cord Cutters News:
FuboTV agrees to pay $3.4M to settle a 2023 class action lawsuit alleging it violated US and California privacy laws over user data; Fubo denies the claims  —  FuboTV Inc. and FuboTV Media Inc. have agreed to pay $3.4 million to settle a class action lawsuit alleging the companies violated federal …
Discussion: Ars Technica and The Streamable
Dan Primack / Axios:
Private equity firm TPG completes its $7.6B acquisition of the remaining 70% stake in DirecTV from AT&T, marking AT&T's exit from media  —  Private equity firm TPG completed its $7.6 billion purchase of the 70% stake it didn't already hold in DirecTV from AT&T.
Discussion: TVNewsCheck
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of Mediagazer at 9:30 AM ET, July 8, 2025.

View the current page or another snapshot:


 
 See Also: 
Mediagazer: site main
Mediagazer River: reverse chronological Mediagazer
Mediagazer Mobile: for phones
Mediagazer Leaderboard: Mediagazer's top sources
 
 Subscribe: 
Mediagazer RSS feed
Mediagazer on X
Mediagazer on Mastodon
 
 
 More News: 
Rob Waugh / Press Gazette:
A look at UK radio news agency Radio News Hub, which served bulletins to seven radio stations 10 years ago and now serves 400, reaching a 2.3M weekly audience
BBC:
The BBC names Newsbeat Deputy Editor Julian Vaccari as the new editor of Question Time, starting in August ahead of the program's September return
 Earlier Picks: 
Ian Bogost / The Atlantic:
Velvet Sundown, an AI‑created band with 850K+ monthly Spotify listeners and two albums in June alone, shows how some listeners are turning to anodyne AI music
Reuters:
Reuters says its X account was restored a day after being suspended in India over a “legal demand”; the Indian government denies issuing an order to restrict it
The Information:
Sources: TikTok plans to launch a new app version on September 5, ahead of the US' September 17 divest-or-ban enforcement deadline, that US users must switch to
 

 
From Techmeme:

Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg:
Sources: Meta is considering deep budget cuts to its metaverse efforts in 2026, potentially as high as 30% and most likely including layoffs as early as January

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

Will Oremus / Washington Post:
Two studies suggest AI chatbots can shift political views more effectively than TV campaign ads, especially by presenting many claims, regardless of accuracy
 
Sister Sites:

Techmeme
 Top news and commentary for technology's leaders, from all around the web
memeorandum
 What US political commentators are discussing online right now
WeSmirch
 The top celebrity news from all around the web on a single page