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10:45 AM ET, August 12, 2025

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Matthew Keys / TheDesk.net:
Sinclair's board authorizes a strategic review for its broadcast business and will consider separating its Ventures division, which includes the Tennis Channel  —  Sinclair, Inc.'s board of directors has authorized a comprehensive strategic review of its broadcast operations …
Daniel Kaplan / The Hollywood Reporter:
Kevin Durant's Boardroom, a site focused on athletes and other entertainers, plans to launch a print magazine this month, with quarterly issues starting in 2026  —  The company run by Rich Kleiman is testing the waters with a U.S. Open-themed cover feature in August and plans to publish quarterly beginning in 2026.
Nik Roseveare / Advanced Television:
Sky Sports plans to launch a Multiview format for Premier League games in the UK with up to four games at once; Sky will show 215+ live matches in 2025-26  —  At a press event at its Osterley HQ, Sky Sports has showcased how sport fans will be able to follow the Premier League like never before with …
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Reddit says it will block the Internet Archive from indexing most of its pages after it caught AI companies scraping its data from the Wayback Machine  —  The company says that AI companies have scraped data from the Wayback Machine, so it's going to limit what the Wayback Machine can access.
Naman Ramachandran / Variety:
Tencent Music reports Q2 revenue up 17.9% YoY to $1.18B, music services revenue up 26.4% YoY to $957M, and music subscription revenue up 17.1% YoY to $611M  —  Tencent Music Entertainment Group, China's dominant online music and audio platform, reported second-quarter 2025 revenue of $1.18 billion, up 17.9% year-over-year.
Austin Karp / Sports Business Journal:
Sling TV debuts shorter-term packages aimed at sports fans: a day pass for $4.99, a weekend pass for $9.99, and a week pass for $14.99  —  Sling TV today is debuting shorter-term packages aimed at bringing in more sports fans ahead of the start of football season — which is the streaming service's busiest …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Memo: Crunchyroll is undergoing layoffs as part of a restructuring to shift resources toward high-growth markets outside the US, like India, Brazil, and Mexico  —  The scope of Crunchyroll's layoffs could not be determined. … The business has more than 1,000 employees but has not disclosed an exact headcount number.
Discussion: Cord Cutters News
Max Tani / Semafor:
Henry Blodget is launching Solutions, an interview podcast in partnership with Vox Media, on August 18, focusing on challenges in science, business, and society  —  THE SCOOP  —  Almost two decades after launching Business Insider, Henry Blodget wants to return to the things that brought …
Abid Rahman / The Hollywood Reporter:
HBO Max and Asian streamer Viu announce a bundle with both services in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand, set to launch in Q4 2025  —  The offer will launch in Q4 2025 and be available in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.
Dade Hayes / Deadline:
Fox and ESPN plan to launch a bundle of their upcoming streaming services, Fox One and ESPN respectively, on October 2 for $39.99 per month  —  Fox One, which brings together sports, news and entertainment from across Fox's broadcast and cable channels, and ESPN's dramatically beefed-up direct …
Tatum Hunter / Washington Post:
Katie Miller, a former top aide to Trump and Musk and the wife of Stephen Miller, aims to attract conservative women with her new podcast, which debuted Monday  —  Katie Miller says the right-wing mediasphere is dominated by men.  She wants a slice of the pie.
Andrew Deck / Nieman Lab:
The Yomiuri Shimbun, Japan's largest newspaper by circulation, sues Perplexity, alleging unauthorized reproduction of its articles, and seeks $14.7M in damages  —  The Yomiuri Shimbun, Japan's largest newspaper by circulation, has sued the generative AI startup Perplexity for copyright infringement.
Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Paramount acquires the US rights to UFC for $7.7B over seven years, beginning in 2026, making all 43 annual live events available exclusively on Paramount+  —  Days after completing its merger with Skydance, Paramount has acquired the U.S. rights to TKO Group's UFC for seven years, beginning in 2026.
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Financial Times:
As part of the Paramount-UFC deal, premium fights will be available for free to Paramount+ subscribers, ending the pay-per-view model present on ESPN
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Paramount plans to show select UFC live events on CBS and will explore buying international rights in the future as they become available
 
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Matthew Keys / TheDesk.net:
Hub survey: 42% of Americans say they were more likely to keep subscribing to a streaming bundle over an individual app; only 14% say they were less likely
Discussion: TV Tech
Andrew Deck / Nieman Lab:
In a July 11 arbitration hearing between Politico and the PEN Guild, Politico argued that some Politico AI experiments aren't subject to editorial standards
Raquel ‘Rocky’ Harris / The Wrap:
Crunchyroll partners with Delta Airlines to offer over 2,000 anime titles on more than 169,000 seatback screens later in 2025
Nicole Sperling / New York Times:
Netflix and Archewell Productions, the company of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, sign a new deal; source: it is worth less for the royals than their last deal
Dan Kennedy / Media Nation:
The Associated Press plans to end its weekly book reviews, beginning September 1, citing low audience engagement, but will continue to cover books as stories
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Sam Tobin / Reuters:
A UK judge dismisses Wikimedia's Online Safety Act challenge over requiring Wikipedia to verify users and contributors' IDs, but says it can file new challenges
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Future launches a Tom's Hardware premium membership for £51 per year, as the UK publisher aims to diversify its revenue beyond ads and e-commerce
Discussion: Tom's Hardware and r/hardware
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
LAPD officers struck and injured UK photojournalist Nick Stern twice while he was covering LA immigration protests, and assaulted multiple other journalists
Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
Wondery's restructure suggests the end of the “Serial” podcasting era and the start of a new one, marked by investment tied to video and the creator economy
 

 
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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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