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Amy Walker / BBC:
BBC News, AFP, the AP, and Reuters say they are “desperately concerned for our journalists in Gaza, who are increasingly unable to feed themselves” — BBC News and three leading news agencies have expressed desperate concern for journalists in Gaza, who they say are increasingly unable …
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Ted Johnson / Deadline:
CBS News names Tanya Simon as executive producer of 60 Minutes; she has served as interim executive producer since Bill Owens resigned in April — Tanya Simon has been named the executive producer of 60 Minutes, taking the helm of the CBS News broadcast amid the aftermath of Paramount Global's settlement …
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Jenna Amatulli / The Guardian:
One day after signing a $1.5B deal with Paramount, South Park satirizes Paramount's settlement with Trump, pro-Trump PSAs, and the cancellation of The Late Show — Show begins 27th season covering Trump's lawsuit against Paramount and cancellation of Stephen Colbert's show, depicting Trump in bed with Satan
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Charlotte Klein / New York Magazine:
A look at WaPo's recent staff departures: five WaPo Opinion columnists, including Philip Bump, have taken buyouts, while two have moved to the newsroom — It briefly felt like the Washington Post had gained a semblance of stability after a tumultuous six months.
Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Sources: the NFL is in talks to take a minority stake of up to 10% in ESPN, which would own NFL Network and RedZone rather than just hold a controlling stake — CNBC's Most Valuable Sports Empires 2025: Here's how the top 20 empires in the world stack up — Eli Manning invests in sports equipment maker XTech
Peter White / Deadline:
Source: E! News, the long-running celebrity news show, will end on September 25; its digital brand will continue with a focus on social platforms — Versant, the nascent company that oversees E! as well as a number of former NBCUniversal cable networks, is axing the show, which first launched in 1991, in September.
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Jill Goldsmith / Deadline:
Imax says it delivered at least 10% of domestic US opening totals on seven consecutive “filmed for Imax” releases, with 20% shares for Sinners, M:I, and F1 — Imax saw profits surge and revenue rise last quarter as the company beat Wall Street forecasts with global box office …
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Jon Lewis / Sports Media Watch:
MLS commissioner Don Garber says matches on Apple TV's MLS Season Pass are averaging 120,000 unique viewers this season, a 50% increase from last year — The following article “MLS commissioner offers rare disclosure of Apple TV viewership” originally appeared on Sports Media Watch.
Jesse Whittock / Deadline:
Sony acquires a ~2.5% stake in Tekken and Pac-Man owner Bandai Namco for $464M, to expand “the fan community for IP such as anime and manga around the world” — Sony Corp. has taken a small stake in Tekken and Pac-Man games giant Bandai Namco, as part of a strategic business alliance.
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Deadline:
At an All-In Podcast summit, President Trump said forcing AI firms to pay for each copyrighted work is “not doable”, calling for “common sense” AI and IP rules — Donald Trump said that AI companies can't be expected to pay for the use of copyrighted content in their systems …
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Kelcee Griffis / Bloomberg:
FCC's Brendan Carr says he is pleased with some of Skydance's proposed concessions for its Paramount merger, including addressing complaints of news bias at CBS — Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr said he's happy with some of the concessions Skydance Media said it's willing …
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Fortune laid off its European editorial team, including Executive Editor Alex Wood Morton; the layoffs took place before its 10% global workforce cut on July 21 — The redundancies are separate to newly-announced plans to cut 10% of the Fortune global workforce.
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