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6:45 AM ET, August 21, 2025

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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
WWE live events on ESPN's new streaming service will start earlier than expected, with Wrestlepalooza on September 20 and then a Crown Jewel and Survivor Series  —  ESPN is going to the mat for a special WWE event much sooner than expected.  —  The Disney sports-media giant will host …
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Andrew Marchand / The Athletic:
ESPN Chairman Jimmy Pitaro bets big on streaming after eight years of planning, calling the new DTC app launch “the first inning” with more features to come
Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
How bundling ESPN's new streamer, launching August 21, with Disney+ could boost daily engagement with Disney's streamer, reduce churn, and attract sports fans
Isabella Simonetti / Wall Street Journal:
Unredacted court docs in Smartmatic's Fox News lawsuit show how Maria Bartiromo and other Fox hosts privately aided Trump's bid to overturn the 2020 US election  —  Hundreds of pages of filings were unredacted this week; each party has asked a judge to rule in its favor without a trial
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Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
Newly unredacted documents in the Smartmatic-Fox News defamation case show former host Jeanine Pirro, now a US attorney, bragging about aiding Trump and the GOP
Committee to Protect Journalists:
India opens criminal investigations into The Wire editor Siddharth Varadarajan, the outlet's staff, and parent FIJ over articles on April attacks and Pakistan  —  Two police branches in northeastern Indian state of Assam opened separate criminal investigations into Siddharth Varadarajan …
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Yahoo Sports launches a free, ad-supported streaming TV channel called Yahoo Sports Network, featuring original programming covering the NFL, NBA, MLB, and more  —  ESPN and Fox aren't the only media companies trying to reach an emerging generation of sports fans who are more at home in digital realms then they are traditional ones.
Tess Patton / The Wrap:
Ari Shapiro will leave NPR in September after a decade as host of All Things Considered and says it “has nothing to do with the challenges facing public radio”  —  “The work of public radio is more important today than it has ever been.  I intend to continue supporting it," the “All Things Considered” host says
Pew Research Center:
A survey of 9,000+ US adults: 59% say journalists are extremely or very important to the well-being of society, while 49% say journalists are losing influence  —  Americans largely value journalists' role in society but see their influence declining - and often differ over who fits the label
Dylan Byers / Puck:
Sources: CBS News is losing ~$50M per year, as David Ellison plans to right-size the division by reducing salaries, shrinking teams, and repackaging content  —  Greetings from Los Angeles and welcome back to In the Room.  I spent a fair amount of time over the weekend trying to figure …
Igor Bobic / HuffPost:
A group of 17 Democratic senators urges US Secretary of State Marco Rubio to press Israel to protect journalists in Gaza and allow international media into Gaza  —  “It appears Israel is publicly admitting to targeting and killing journalists who have shown the world the scale of suffering in Gaza …
 
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Michael Savage / The Guardian:
James Harding, ex-BBC director of news and current Observer EIC, says the BBC must gain complete independence to protect against defunding like CPB's in the US
Alice Brooker / Press Gazette:
US newsletter publisher The Flyover now has 25 staff, 2.5M subscribers, nine state-specific daily editions, and one national edition, after its 2023 launch
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor / The Athletic:
Germany's Bundesliga awards part of its UK live broadcasting rights to a YouTube content creator, Mark Goldbridge, a first for a major European soccer league
Tom McArthur / BBC:
Kick says it is “urgently reviewing” the circumstances around the death of a French livestreamer subjected to violence and sleep deprivation during streams
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Matthew Keys / TheDesk.net:
Sling TV launches Sling Select, a smaller bundle with Fox News, FX, and FS1, for $20/month in some places and rising to $25-$30/month with ABC, Fox, and NBC
Steve Holland / Reuters:
The White House launches an official TikTok account, aiming to communicate President Trump's messages; the first video shows Trump declaring “I am your voice”
Sara Merican / Deadline:
Chinese media conglomerate COL launches a global content distribution division, offering over 1,000 microdramas in both English and Chinese
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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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