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7:50 AM 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 …
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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  —  Oliver said the board asked him to serve in the new role as threats to public broadcasting mount.  —  NYPR Board Chair John Rose wrote in an email …
Discussion: Inside Radio and Radio Ink
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 …
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  —  KQED announced Tuesday it's laying off 45 people and losing 12 more who took voluntary departure offers, marking a 15% reduction …
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 …
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  —  Proposed legislation would pressure publishers to adjust borrowing limits and find other ways to widen access.
Discussion: Inside Higher Ed
Financial Times:
Sources: the European Commission has stalled one of its X investigations for breaking its digital transparency rules, as it negotiates a trade deal with the US  —  EU was expected to finalise its investigation before the bloc's summer recess but will now miss this deadline
Discussion: Cryptopolitan, WinBuzzer and Reuters
David Bauder / Associated Press:
CBS Late Show host Stephen Colbert condemns parent company Paramount Global settling President Trump's lawsuit over a 60 Minutes story as a “big fat bribe”  —  This isn't a joke.  They've made that clear.  —  CBS “Late Show” host Stephen Colbert condemned parent company Paramount …
Oliver Darcy / Status:
Jessica Lessin's softball TITV interview with Mark Zuckerberg without disclosing their close personal ties raises thorny ethical issues and insults her newsroom  —  Jessica Lessin's glitchy Mark Zuckerberg interview raised eyebrows in tech-media circles—but not just because of the technical failure.
 
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An interview with News Agents podcast co-host Lewis Goodall about a now-lifted two-year super injunction to silence UK media over a government data breach
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Oxford University Press stops publishing a journal sponsored by China's Ministry of Justice after years of concerns it did not meet standards on DNA collection
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Rick Porter / The Hollywood Reporter:
Nielsen: broadcast TV made up 18.5% of viewing in June, the first time it has fallen below 20% since Nielsen began tracking TV use by platform four years ago
Andy Maxwell / TorrentFreak:
Cloudflare starts blocking access to pirate sites in the UK; previously, blocking was almost entirely done by local ISPs
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Jennifer Maas / Variety:
Roblox launches a licensing platform to help IP rights holders to collaborate with creators, with Lionsgate, Netflix, Sega, and Kodansha as founding partners
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Internal memo: NYT Culture Editor Sia Michel says four critics, including long-time music critic Jon Pareles, will be reassigned as the section seeks new voices
 

 
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Ashley Gold / Axios:
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signs the RAISE Act into law; the AI safety bill's text was modified earlier to more closely resemble California's SB 53

Beatrice Nolan / Fortune:
Cursor-developer Anysphere acquires code review startup Graphite and says Graphite will continue operating as an independent product

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