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3:40 PM ET, July 17, 2025

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Gene Maddaus / Variety:
The US Senate votes narrowly early Thursday morning to strip $1.1B in funding from the CPB, in a severe blow to 1,500 local TV and radio stations, PBS, and NPR  —  The Senate voted narrowly early Thursday morning to strip $1.1 billion in funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting …
New York Times:
Substack raised a $100M Series C from Chernin Group, a16z, and others, sources say at a $1.1B valuation, as it builds its social network and warms up to ads  —  Substack, originally a newsletter service, says its app now has millions of users interacting with its creators.
Alex Sherman / CNBC:
MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred says NBC, Apple, and ESPN are the bidders for the league's Sunday Night Baseball package; ESPN initially opted out of it  —  CNBC's Most Valuable Sports Empires 2025: Here's how the top 20 empires in the world stack up  —  WNBA's Portland Fire unveils name and logo ahead of 2026 tipoff
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Two years after launch, Reach's US project is profitable, has a 70-person team, and one editor-in-chief for all three US titles, Mirror, Express, and Irish Star  —  US-based versions of Mirror, Express and Irish Star “washing their own face” within Reach.  —  A “methodical” …
Discussion: Press Gazette
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
CNBC names David Cho, most recently the EIC of Barron's, as its EIC, replacing both Dan Colarusso and Jay Yarow, ahead of CNBC's planned spin-off into Versant  —  CNBC heads toward market close with a new executive about to come on board to manage its editorial ups and downs.
Blake Brittain / Reuters:
A US judge rules that three authors suing Anthropic can bring a class action on behalf of all US writers whose books Anthropic allegedly pirated to train its AI  —  A California federal judge ruled on Thursday that three authors suing artificial intelligence startup Anthropic for copyright infringement …
Anna Ringstrom / Reuters:
Swedish streaming service Viaplay buys the remaining 50% stake in broadband and satellite TV provider Allente Group from Telenor for ~$113M  —  Swedish streaming group Viaplay Group (VPLAYb.ST) said on Thursday it had agreed to buy the remaining 50% stake in Allente Group from Norway's Telenor …
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Barstool Sports signs a “wide ranging” deal with Fox Sports, with Dave Portnoy and other Barstool personalities joining Fox's college football coverage  —  Portnoy will join the team of Fox's college football show, with other Barstool personalities.
Reuters:
Publicis raises its full-year growth forecast to ~5% after stronger-than-expected Q2 results, and CEO Arthur Sadoun dismisses concerns over Meta's AI ad systems  —  French advertising firm Publicis (PUBP.PA) on Thursday raised its full-year organic growth forecast following stronger …
Financial Times:
Sources: former Goldman Sachs banker Simon Dingemans and former Sainsbury's CEO Justin King are among those on a shortlist to chair Channel 4  —  Candidates' names submitted to culture and media secretary Lisa Nandy  —  Former Goldman Sachs banker and GSK finance chief Simon Dingemans …
Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
Sources: EU regulators plan a full-scale investigation into UMG's $775M acquisition of Downtown Music; UMG didn't provide remedies to address regulatory worries  —  Universal Music Group (UMG.AS) unit Virgin Music Group's $775 million acquisition of Downtown Music faces a full-scale EU antitrust investigation …
Josef Adalian / Vulture:
Peacock will raise prices by $3 per month for new users starting July 23 and test a $7.99/month ad-supported “Select” tier without sports and some other content  —  This story ran in Buffering, Vulture's newsletter about the streaming industry.  Head to vulture.com/buffering and subscribe today!
 
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Andrew Deck / Nieman Lab:
Dow Jones launches AI-powered real-time translations of news into French, an expansion of services offering automated translations into Korean and Japanese
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Erik Ofgang / New York Times:
Some US states pass or explore laws aimed at reining in the cost of e-books for libraries, which often pay 10x more for e-book licenses than print copies
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Oliver Darcy / Status:
Leaked all-hands: Mathias Döpfner said Axel Springer employees must use AI, opposed disclosing to readers whether AI was used in the reporting process, and more
Tyler Falk / Current:
New York Public Radio CEO LaFontaine Oliver is stepping down from the position and stepping into the newly created position of executive chair
Discussion: Inside Radio and Radio Ink
Vanessa Rancaño / KQED:
Bay Area public radio station KQED says it is laying off 45 people and 12 are taking voluntary buyouts, a 15% staff cut; 10 vacant positions will go unfilled
 

 
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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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