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9:05 AM ET, August 13, 2025

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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Internal memo: Vanity Fair will move away from news aggregation, reviews, and trade coverage, phasing out The Hive and Hollywood Daily  —  Condé Nast title to phase out editorial verticals including The Hive and Hollywood Daily … In a memo to staff Tuesday, Guiducci said Vanity Fair …
Washington Post:
The Washington Post names Sara Kehaulani Goo president of the Creator Network, the newest version of its “third newsroom”, independent of the editorial newsroom  —  Just now  —  By WashPostPR  —  An announcement from Chief Strategy Officer Suzi Watford:
Martyn Ziegler / The Times:
Sky Sports executive Jonathan Licht says ending the Premier League's Saturday 3PM broadcasting blackout will help combat piracy; it remains in its next TV deal  —  Measure was introduced to protect attendances and amateur football but broadcaster says it encourages illegal streaming of Premier Leagues games
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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
Toluse Olorunnipa / The Atlantic:
Kari Lake pushes to deport some of her former employees who worked for Voice of America; they were invited to the US under J-1 visas that are no longer valid  —  “Their time here is up,” she said of J-1 visa holders who worked for Voice of America.  —  After rushing to shut …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Disney and Webtoon strike a deal that brings about 100 Disney comics titles to Webtoon, with characters from Disney, Marvel, 20th Century Studios, and Star Wars  —  Spider-Man, Captain America, Darth Vader, Beauty and the Beast, and more from Disney's intellectual-property treasure chest …
Rebecca Huntington / WyoFile:
Eight local newspapers in Wyoming will keep publishing after three newspaper executives reached a deal to buy them from Illinois-based News Media Corporation  —  Wyoming newspaper executives Robb and Jen Hicks and Rob Mortimore announced Tuesday they've reached an agreement …
Tom Orry / Eurogamer.net:
Eurogamer unveils coverage updates, including a daily live report for gaming news and a new homepage with a focus on original reporting and features  —  To be this good takes aGEs.  —  Today we're rolling out a new Eurogamer.  This isn't a new website design, but a rethink of how we work …
Emily Price / Fast Company:
Meta says Threads has 400M monthly active users, up from 350M MAUs in April; Similarweb says Threads had 15.3M DAUs on mobile in June, below X's 22.9M  —  Meta's Twitter rival has hit 400 million monthly users, closing the gap with X on mobile.  —  Meta's Threads is on a roll.
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  —  Anime streamer also plans to add jobs, establish tech hubs in U.S., Mexico and India … The scope of Crunchyroll's layoffs could not be determined.
Sophie Culpepper / Nieman Lab:
Nonprofit news outlet Spotlight PA teams up with Nexstar in Pennsylvania to widen the reach of Spotlight PA's reporting, funded by a $500K Press Forward grant  —  “This is a nut that no one else in the country has cracked — how to translate what nonprofit newsrooms are doing for commercial TV."
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  —  In a July arbitration hearing, Politico faced allegations that two generative AI tools violated its union contract.
 
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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
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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
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
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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
 

 
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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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