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3:30 AM ET, July 15, 2025

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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.
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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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
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.
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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John Koblin / New York Times:
YouTube and Netflix are increasingly locked in a battle over TV in the US; Nielsen says YouTube was 12.5% of all TV viewing time in May, above Netflix's 7.5%
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 …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Google adds featured notebooks to NotebookLM from publications, including The Economist and The Atlantic, as well as professors, authors, and select works  —  Google is transforming its popular AI-powered research and note-taking assistant, NotebookLM, into more of a destination.
Ken Bensinger / New York Times:
A look at Trump Media's Truth+ streamer as it launches globally, featuring Newsmax, OANN, and ten other channels in its $9.99/month Patriot Package  —  In the streaming era, incremental news from a tiny upstart with limited content, few bells and whistles, and zero original programming normally wouldn't command too much attention.
Discussion: Meidas+
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 …
Wall Street Journal:
China has expanded its media operations globally, filling the void left by Trump dismantling US-funded outlets in countries like Thailand and Nigeria  —  Chinese state media has expanded its reach from Indonesia to Nigeria after Trump's March order to dismantle U.S. government-funded outlets
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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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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Meta says it has taken down around 10M Facebook profiles so far this year that were impersonating or repeatedly reusing content from large content producers
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Moonvalley, which is developing “ethical” AI video models trained on licensed content, raised $84M led by General Catalyst, bringing its total funding to $154M
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
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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
 
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