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9:45 AM ET, July 29, 2025

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Katherine Sayre / Wall Street Journal:
Spotify reports Q2 revenue up 10% YoY to €4.2B, MAUs up 11% YoY to 696M, subscribers up 12% YoY to 276M, and an €86M net loss; SPOT drops 9%+ after missing est.  —  The audio streaming service added more listeners than it had forecast, but reported a net loss for the second quarter
Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Filing: Trump's lawyers argue that Rupert Murdoch should be deposed within 15 days because of his advanced age, in the $10B libel suit against Murdoch and WSJ  —  The president's legal team argued in a legal filing that discovery process for the media mogul should be expedited because of his age and health.
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Axios:
Rupert Murdoch's media empire is playing both sides of the Trump-Epstein scandal, with the WSJ breaking bombshell news that Fox News is largely ignoring
Sean Burch / The Wrap:
The Washington Post's Fact Checker Glenn Kessler is leaving the paper after over 27 years, having taken a buyout, and is “not sure” if his role will be replaced  —  But we couldn't work out an agreement," Glenn Kessler says  —  Another prominent Washington Post staffer is exiting the paper.
Matthew Keys / TheDesk.net:
After the spinoff, WBD's streaming and studios business will be called Warner Bros. and its cable networks business will be called Discovery Global  —  Executives at Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) have lifted the curtain on the new names for their film studio and cable networks business once …
Naman Ramachandran / Variety:
Eros and filmmaker Aanand L. Rai clash over plans to re-release the Tamil-language version of 2013 Indian film Raanjhanaa with an AI-enabled alternative ending  —  In an exclusive statement to Variety, Rai addressed both the AI controversy and an ongoing corporate dispute between …
Reuters:
Canal+ reports H1 2025 revenue down 3.3% YoY to €3.09B, free cash flow of €370M, up from €128M in H1 2024, and expects FY 2025 EBITA of ~€515M; CAN jumps 6%+  —  French pay-TV company Canal+ (CAN.L) reported a jump in free cash flow in the first half even as revenue fell …
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Hope Hicks, the ex-Trump White House communications director and Fox communications chief, joins Megyn Kelly's production company Devil May Care Media as COO  —  Hope Hicks, the former Trump White House communicatoins director and Fox Corp. communications chief, will join Megyn Kelly's production company …
Ben Smith / Semafor:
How Fox Corp. has accelerated its roll-up of independent media talent, as it seeks to attract younger viewers through digital and streaming platforms  —  Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Semafor  —  If you want a glimpse of the coming consolidation in digital media, take a look at Fox Corp. …
Jesse Whittock / Deadline:
France's TF1 Group reports H1 2025 revenue up 0.1% YoY to €1.1B, media division revenue down 0.9% YoY to €975M, and Studio TF1 revenue up 6.4% YoY to €128M  —  France's TF1 Group posted half-year revenue of €1.1B ($1.3B), with dips at its media arm offset by growth at its newly refurbished studios division.
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Press Gazette:
The UK government appoints News UK COO and ex-Sun editor David Dinsmore to the new role of permanent secretary for communications  —  News UK chief operating officer David Dinsmore is taking up a senior communications role at the heart of Government.  —  David Dinsmore, who was editor …
 
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Sky News expands its data and forensics team as part of the Sky News 2030 project to build a newsroom focused on premium video journalism
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Chrome will debut AI-generated store reviews to US shoppers, where clicking an icon just to the left of the URL will show a popup with store reputation info
Dade Hayes / Deadline:
Imax partners with Runway AI to screen 10 films selected as finalists in the company's AI Film Festival at 10 Imax locations across the US
Alice Brooker / Press Gazette:
The UK's The Times closes its Money Mentor, launched in 2019 as a free section designed to “demystify finance”, but relaunches its personal finance offering
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Nick Vivarelli / Variety:
Netflix agrees to a deal with Middle East broadcaster MBC Group to bundle Netflix and MBC's Shahid in addition to its linear TV channels in one subscription
CNBC:
The fate of Jimmy Kimmel's ABC show, whose contract ends in 2026, will reveal if Colbert's cancelation was a one-off or a fundamental shift in late-night TV
George Winslow / TV Tech:
Parks Associates: 33% of US internet households subscribe to a DTC sports-specific streamer and 40% of sports viewers exclusively watch sports via streamers
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Ellie Wolfe / The Baltimore Banner:
The Johns Hopkins University Press will license its authors' books to train AI models, citing concerns that “the window may be closing” for making AI deals
 

 
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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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