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Sara Fischer / Axios:
The Information launches its first live video product, TITV, hosted by reporter Akash Pasricha and streamed on YouTube, X, and The Information's website — The Information on Monday will launch its first live video product, TITV, hosted by reporter Akash Pasricha.
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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Nielsen: Netflix's share of the most-watched shows dropped from 80%+ in 2021 to 52% in 2025; Amazon, Apple, HBO, Hulu, and Paramount have shows in 2025's Top 10 — Netflix released the most-watched series of the first half — but is losing ground to rival streaming services. — Good evening from New York City.
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Jake Kanter / Deadline:
An internal BBC review finds that documentary Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone, narrated by the child of a Hamas minister, breached an editorial rule on accuracy — Peter Johnston, the BBC's director of editorial complaints and reviews, has examined what led to the film, which premiered in February …
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Max Goldbart / Deadline:
The BBC shelves an LA wildfires documentary by Jamie Roberts amid controversy over not disclosing that the son of a Hamas minister narrated his Gaza film — Deadline revealed several months back that the broadcaster faced a dilemma over whether to push on with the show while engulfed …
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Some right-wing media stars, whose conspiracy theories helped put Trump in power, are rejecting his call to stop wasting “time and energy on Jeffrey Epstein” — The conspiracy-soaked culture that propelled President Donald Trump to political power is now coming for him.
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Lily Ford / The Hollywood Reporter:
The BBC cuts ties with MasterChef presenter Gregg Wallace after an independent investigation upheld 45 allegations, including groping and racist comments — The TV star has been fired after more than 50 people came forward with allegations, including ones of inappropriate sexual language, groping and racist comments.
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Financial Times:
Fox Corp ad sales president Jeff Collins says advertisers, including foreign governments and US agencies are flocking to Fox News to reach “an audience of one” — Political ads drive booming sales revenues at network on back of record audience numbers
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
ABC News launches What You Need to Know, a daily news program on Disney+, streaming weekdays at 6am ET, with each episode available for 24 hours — ‘What You Need to Know’ will go live on the Disney streaming platform weekdays at 6 a.m., anchored by chief international correspondent James Longman …
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Rebecca Rubin / Variety:
WBD's Superman opens to $122M in domestic ticket sales, a strong start for the relaunched DC Universe under new DC Studios co-heads James Gunn and Peter Safran — Superman can lift up collapsing buildings, Godzilla-sized monsters and, now, the box office. — “Superman,” the newly rebooted …
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Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
Forbes reshuffles its leadership team and forms an AI & Strategic Platforms Group to identify future revenue streams and grow its brand across social platforms — Forbes announced changes to its leadership on Monday, looking to boost its future growth and artificial intelligence opportunities.
Max Tani / Semafor:
Kaleidoscope, a podcasting startup that focuses on adventure stories and other forms of narrative podcasting, raised a $5M Series A — THE SCOOP — A buzzy podcast startup has raised a new round of fundraising with a bet on science and technology. — The New York podcast company …
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Aaron Timms / The Guardian:
A profile of Pat McAfee, among the top American sports pundits with millions of followers and an ESPN show, and a sports bro culture dominated by ex-NFL players — This February, Pat McAfee was broadcasting live on ESPN, the most watched sports network in the US, when he aired a salacious rumor …
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Brent Crane / Bloomberg:
A look at PageTurner, an author services firm that the US DOJ alleges pilfered $44M from 800+ aspiring authors by promising mainstream success and Netflix deals — Author services company PageTurner used promises of mainstream success and Netflix deals to prey on more than 800 aspiring authors, according to DOJ.
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Peter White / Deadline:
Nielsen: in Q2, The Daily Show had its highest quarterly share in ten years and its best quarterly rating in four, with ratings up 15% YoY to an average of 393K — When Jon Stewart left The Daily Show in August 2015, his final episode and its lead up helped Comedy Central to some pretty decent numbers …
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TVNewsCheck and @kennysmith.bsky.social
