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8:40 PM ET, July 21, 2025

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Politico:
The White House removes WSJ from the pool of reporters covering Trump's trip to Scotland, says it is due to WSJ's “fake and defamatory conduct”  —  But the White House, which earlier this year took over control of pool rotations from the White House Correspondents' Association …
Financial Times:
X says France's criminal probe over algorithmic “manipulation” and “fraudulent” data extraction is “distorting French law in order to serve a political agenda”  —  Authorities also accused social media company of ‘fraudulent’ data extraction
Michael Savage / The Guardian:
BBC Studios aims to build a lifestyle brand for all ages around its hit cartoon character Bluey, which drove a record $3.6B in global BBC retail sales in 2024  —  Corporation aims to build ‘lifestyle brand’ for all ages around smash-hit cartoon character  —  Each episode may only last seven minutes …
Zach Vallese / CNBC:
Google removed 20 YouTube channels, 4 Ads accounts, and 1 Blogger blog linked to RT in May, and thousands more channels tied to state propaganda campaigns in Q2  —  Google announced Monday the removal of nearly 11,000 YouTube channels and other accounts tied to state-linked propaganda campaigns from China …
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Anthony Hughes / Bloomberg:
Amsterdam-listed firm Universal Music Group files confidentially for a US listing, which would fulfill the terms of a deal with Bill Ackman's Pershing Square  —  Universal Music Group NV has filed confidentially for a US listing, which would fulfill the terms of a deal with billionaire Bill Ackman's hedge fund Pershing Square.
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Max Goldbart / Deadline:
Ofcom's Future of Public Service Media report urges the UK government to change laws to make UK public broadcaster content easier to find on YouTube
Joseph Bernstein / New York Times:
A look at the video podcasting surge; a study shows ~75% of podcast consumers play video episodes and ~30% play video episodes minimized or in background mode  —  An audio-only medium spawned a giant industry that is now largely focused on video.  —  The following are the runtimes …
Jessica Testa / New York Times:
A profile of Brett Cooper, a conservative YouTuber who uses celebrity news to argue against feminism and abortion rights, as she becomes a Fox News contributor  —  The YouTuber set out to reach young conservatives who felt alienated by mainstream culture.  Now she is the newest face at Fox News, though dreaming of her own Goop.
 
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A look at the Dor Brothers, a video production studio that has gained over 100M views across platforms by creating viral subversive videos using only AI tools
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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

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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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