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7:30 AM ET, August 5, 2025

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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
David Ellison names Paramount Global's senior leadership team, appointing himself as CEO, Jeff Shell as president, and RedBird Capital's Andy Gordon as COO  —  George Cheeks, Cindy Holland, Josh Greenstein, Dana Goldberg will all get new roles, joining Jeff Shell and Ellison in the C-suite.
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
The New York Post plans to launch a daily Los Angeles-based newspaper called The California Post in early 2026, with News Corp veteran Nick Papps as EIC  —  - Los Angeles is home to the second-largest concentration of Post readers, per News Corp.  — The vast majority (90%) …
Bloomberg:
Amazon denies it is closing its Wondery podcast studio, but says it will break up its operations; a source says ~110 jobs will be cut due to the reorganization  —  As podcasting becomes video-oriented, Amazon is shuffling Wondery into Audible and a new “creator services” team while cutting approximately 110 staff members
Belle Lin / Wall Street Journal:
ElevenLabs launches Eleven Music, letting individuals and businesses use its AI model to generate music cleared for commercial use via English-language prompts  —  New model allows customers to create music with AI that is cleared for commercial use.  But AI-generated music still faces legal battles and stiff opposition from artists.
Josh Axelrod / Nieman Lab:
How some news organizations are using AI models powered by retrieval-augmented generation to surface the most newsworthy elements from very large datasets  —  “If we sit on the sideline and observe, I think the risk is too high that we are gonna be left behind.”
Jon Blistein / Rolling Stone:
A Parkland shooting victim's parents created an AI version of their son to speak about gun safety, starting with an interview with journalist Jim Acosta  —  AI-generated Joaquin Oliver, which was created by his parents, discussed gun control measures and movies in a new interview
John Herrman / New York Magazine:
SEO is being supplanted by generative-engine optimization, or GEO, which focuses on AI chatbots and does not benefit from longstanding SEO tricks  —  Search-engine optimization now feels dated.  Generative-engine optimization is all about trying to trick AI chatbots.
Ben Strauss / Washington Post:
A profile of Katie Feeney, an influencer and a rising star in sports media with 8M TikTok followers, as ESPN hires her to appear across its social channels  —  Chasing content from the Rose Bowl to the red carpet with a 22-year-old influencer and rising media star.  —  LOS ANGELES — Katie Feeney's hand was shaking.
Alice Brooker / Press Gazette:
Shareholder letter: Reddit cites Profound's analysis showing it is the most cited domain across AI models, ahead of Wikipedia, YouTube, Forbes, and others  —  The online forum is aiming to be a go-to search engine for questions and answers  —  Reddit has revealed it is the number …
Scott Nover / Washington Post:
Filing: VOA Director Michael Abramowitz has been fired after refusing what he called an “illegal” reassignment to run a broadcasting station in North Carolina  —  Kari Lake tried to dispatch Michael Abramowitz to North Carolina.  When he refused, she fired him.
 
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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A federal judge dismisses a defamation lawsuit by Devin Nunes against NBCU over a comment by Rachel Maddow about his dealings with a suspected Russian agent
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Elon Musk says Vine's video archive is being brought back, and xAI's newly launched Grok Imagine, available to X Premium+ subscribers, is “AI Vine”
Daniel Frankel / StreamTV Insider:
EchoStar reports losing 383K subscribers in Q2 for ~7.1M in total and pay TV revenue down 8% YoY to $2.5B; Sling TV lost 109K subscribers for a total of 1.78M
Discussion: The Streamable
Olivia Solon / Bloomberg:
Spotify says it is updating prices across South Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Europe, Latin America, and the Asia-Pacific; an example email had a €1/month rise
Amelia Gentleman / The Guardian:
Children's Commissioner for England Rachel de Souza criticizes a Channel 4 documentary on porn star Bonnie Blue for “glamorising and normalising” extreme porn
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New York Times:
How the Bloomberg podcast Odd Lots, hosted by Joe Weisenthal and Tracy Alloway, has attracted a wide audience by offering in-depth analysis of economic trends
Wall Street Journal:
Disney is grappling with using AI in its filmmaking process while protecting its characters against it, plus legal uncertainty, fan backlash, and union concerns
Dan Milmo / The Guardian:
The UK Online Safety Act's approach to keeping children safe online has become a rallying point for the right in the UK and the US over alleged censorship
Michael Savage / The Guardian:
A profile of WSJ EIC Emma Tucker, who has positioned the WSJ as an NYT rival through investigative journalism, without falling foul of Rupert Murdoch's politics
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
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From Techmeme:

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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