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The Corporation for Public Broadcasting announces that it is shutting down following the loss of federal funding  —  The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) announced today that it will begin an orderly wind-down of its operations following the passage of a federal rescissions package …
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Jessica Roy / The Information:
A look at newsletter platform Beehiiv, which has hit $30M in ARR and fees starting at $43/month for 1,000 subscribers, unlike Substack, which takes a 10% cut  —  Last August, when CNN's Oliver Darcy decided he wanted to leave the network and launch Status, an email newsletter focused on the media industry …
Nnamdi Egwuonwu / NBC News:
The Senate confirms former Fox News host and prosecutor Jeanine Pirro as US attorney for DC; she had been serving in the role on an interim basis since May  —  The vote was along party lines, with all present Democrats voting against Pirro's confirmation.  —  The Senate voted on Saturday …
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Regal Cinemas will distribute a new Dude Perfect documentary on 800+ screens, including rivals AMC and Cinemark, as it looks beyond Hollywood for content  —  The second-largest US theater chain is releasing a documentary about the YouTube group Dude Perfect on hundreds of screens
Max Tani / Semafor:
In a letter to NYT leadership, ~50 unionized culture staffers express shock and concern over the reassignment of critics, as the section shifts toward video  —  THE SCOOP  —  A shakeup of the New York Times culture section has promoted a fierce internal backlash in a letter of complaint …
Discussion: @faintghostglow
Emily Baker-White / Forbes:
A profile of Rumble founder Chris Pavlovski, who declined an offer to become CEO of Truth Social and opted to provide services to the platform through Rumble  —  Before he helped run Truth Social, Chris Pavlovski owned porn domains.  Now, he's allied with a political movement that wants to ban pornography.
The Moscow Times:
Derk Sauer, a Dutch media entrepreneur who founded The Moscow Times and later supported Russian journalists in exile, died at 72 from sailing accident injuries  —  Derk Sauer, the Dutch media entrepreneur who founded The Moscow Times, died on Thursday at age 72, his family said in a statement.
BBC:
In the UK, X and Reddit are blocking wide-ranging content, including about parliamentary debates, Ukraine, and Gaza, to comply with the Online Safety Act  —  Social media companies are blocking wide-ranging content - including posts about the wars in Ukraine and Gaza - in an attempt to comply …
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
South Park will be leaving HBO Max on August 5 after Paramount+ secured exclusive global streaming rights; HBO Max has been the US home for the past five years  —  Paramount and Park County had inked a temporary extension with HBO Max while they negotiated a new streaming and overall deal.
Matthew Keys / TheDesk.net:
Block Communications enters into an agreement to sell its entire portfolio of TV stations to Gray Media for $80M; the deal is expected to close in Q4 2025  —  Block Communications has entered into an agreement to sell its entire portfolio of television stations to Gray Media, the companies announced on Friday.
 
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