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4:55 PM ET, August 25, 2025

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Swati Pandey / Bloomberg:
President Trump says he would support the FCC revoking NBC and ABC's station licenses and calls them “two of the worst and most biased networks in history”  —  US President Donald Trump berated NBC and ABC as “two of the worst and most biased networks in history,” …
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Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
How Spotify's Discovery Mode has become the new normal in music marketing, five years after its 2020 launch, when it faced a backlash and “payola” accusations
Melanie Goodfellow / Deadline:
Gaza Health Ministry says four journalists working for Reuters, AP, Al-Jazeera, and NBC were among 15 people killed in an Israeli strike on a Gaza hospital  —  The dead media professionals were named as Hussam al-Masri, a cameraman working for Reuters News Agency; Mohammed Salama …
Thomas Germain / BBC:
YouTube used AI to make changes in some videos without telling the creators; YouTube says it's an experiment to unblur, denoise, and improve quality  —  YouTube made AI enhancements to videos without telling users or asking permission.  As AI quietly mediates our world, what happens to our shared connection with real life?
Max Tani / Semafor:
Vanity Fair Global Editorial Director Mark Guiducci begins a significant restructuring, closing verticals and laying off veteran film and entertainment writers  —  In June, just weeks after becoming editor of Vanity Fair, Mark Guiducci walked into the kind of dilemma that has defined …
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Reuters:
Poland's consumer watchdog accuses Netflix of raising subscription fees without securing explicit user consent after it increased some monthly fees by up to $2  —  Poland's consumer watchdog the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK) has accused Netflix (NFLX.O) …
Brian Lowry / The Wrap:
The Atlantic CEO Nicholas Thompson says the magazine is profitable, with 1.3M subscribers paying an average of $80 annually; 500,000 of those pay $90 for print  —  In what has become one of the longer-running jokes in journalism, media critic Jack Shafer greets news of The Atlantic adding …
Oliver Darcy / Status:
Q&A with Wired's global editorial director Katie Drummond on how it is impossible to disambiguate tech from politics as the US turns toward authoritarianism  —  The lines between Silicon Valley and Washington have blurred beyond recognition, necessitating a news organization that is fluent in both worlds.
Rebecca Rubin / Variety:
Netflix's theatrical debut of KPop Demon Hunters is estimated to earn $18M-$20M this weekend, topping the domestic box office; it came out on Netflix in June  —  In a box office twist, a film from the theatrical-averse Netflix appears to be No. 1 on North American charts.
Tatum Hunter / Washington Post:
Vertical streaming apps charging $20/week are beating Netflix, Hulu, and Paramount+ in user growth with their 60-second mini dramas optimized for mobile viewing  —  Streaming apps that charge $20 a week for absurd, 60-second soap operas are winning audiences that rival Hulu and Paramount+.
Rebecca Rubin / Variety:
Comscore: US box office revenue from May 1 have reached $3.53B, making it clear sales will be short of the $4B summer threshold, last attained in 2023  —  Heading into the summer, Hollywood was bullish that several promising blockbusters would be able to propel ticket sales above $4 billion for only the second time since the pandemic.
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Matt Donnelly / Variety:
Sources: Disney is on the hunt for original movie concepts to lure young men aged 13-28 back to the brand, as audiences dwindle for the superhero genre
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Brent Lang / Variety:
Sources: Paramount layoffs could affect 2,000 to 3,000 employees and are expected by early November; Paramount had 18,600 employees globally as of December 2024
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Bluesky blocks access to its service in Mississippi, saying it doesn't have the resources to comply with the state's broad new law requiring age verification
 

 
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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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