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8:55 PM ET, August 26, 2025

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David Folkenflik / NPR:
A US judge orders Kari Lake to submit to questioning under oath after she failed to comply with repeated orders to share info about her plans for VOA's future  —  A senior federal judge on Monday ordered Trump administration official Kari Lake to submit to questioning under oath in ongoing litigation …
Annelise Levy / Bloomberg Law:
Filing: Anthropic reached a settlement in a copyright class action brought by authors whose works were included in two pirate databases Anthropic downloaded  —  Anthropic PBC reached a settlement with authors in a high-stakes copyright class action that threatened the AI company with potentially billions of dollars in damages.
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Crystal Tse / Bloomberg:
Letter: activist investment firm Fivespan takes a stake in the NYT; Fivespan was started by the financiers who led ValueAct's investment in the NYT in 2022  —  The financiers that led a high-profile activist campaign at the New York Times Co. three years ago have now taken a stake …
Discussion: @bgrueskin.bsky.social and Axios
Katie Campione / Deadline:
KPop Demon Hunters surpasses Red Notice to become Netflix's “most popular film of all time” based on a 91-day premiere window, hitting 236M views since debuting  —  The moment has finally arrived: Kpop Demon Hunters has officially become Netflix's most popular film of all time.
Dade Hayes / Deadline:
Disney sues Sling TV for allegedly violating their carriage deal by including Disney's networks without permission in the new mini-bundles launched in August  —  The mini-bundles start at $4.99, a fraction of the usual minimum of $45.99 a month for a regular Sling subscription.
Discussion: Variety, TVNewsCheck and The Streamable
Reuters:
Reuters and AP send a joint letter to Israeli officials to demand “a clear explanation for the airstrikes” on a Gaza hospital that killed multiple journalists  —  By: Reuters Communications  —  Reuters and the Associated Press today sent the following letter to Israeli officials regarding …
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Melanie Goodfellow / Deadline:
Gaza Health Ministry says five journalists working for Reuters, AP, Al-Jazeera, and others were among at least 20 killed in an Israeli strike on a Gaza hospital
David Pierson / New York Times:
Hong Kong denies a visa renewal for senior Bloomberg journalist Rebecca Choong Wilkins without explanation; Bloomberg says it's working to resolve the matter  —  The unexplained decision raises fresh concerns about the erosion of press freedom in a city transformed by Beijing's national security law.
Winston Cho / The Hollywood Reporter:
A proposed class action suit against Amazon filed August 22 claims it misleads customers, who think they own content they bought when they only have a license  —  A suit challenges Prime Video telling people they can “buy” a movie when they're purchasing a license to watch it for a period of time.
Leia Mendoza / Variety:
Fairchild Media Group promotes Michael Atmore to EIC of Women's Wear Daily, in addition to his role as chief brand officer  —  Fairchild Media Group has promoted Michael Atmore to editor-in-chief of Women's Wear Daily, in addition to his role as chief brand officer.
Discussion: Talking Biz News, Adweek, WWD and MediaPost
Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
Spotify launches a DM feature that lets users share audio and send text chats, available to mobile users aged 16 years and older in “select markets” this week  —  Both Free and Premium accounts can share audio content and send messages to each other.
Elizabeth Harris / New York Times:
Simon & Schuster CEO Jonathan Karp, who has held that position since 2020, says he will step down and lead a new S&S imprint that will publish six books a year  —  Jonathan Karp, the chief executive since 2020, will oversee a new imprint that publishes six books year.
Discussion: KSTP-TV and Publishers Weekly
 
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Jesse Hassenger / The Guardian:
Cultural criticism is at risk of erasure, as the Chicago Tribune cut its film critic job, VF fired its film critic, and the NYT reassigned four arts critics
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Jennifer Maas / Variety:
Netflix sets a November 10 premiere date for Sesame Street; new episodes will be available same day-and-date on PBS in the US and across PBS Kids platforms
Graham Fraser / BBC:
French prosecutors open an investigation into Australian video platform Kick over the death of a content creator who was violently abused during livestreams
Alex Barasch / New Yorker:
A profile of A24, valued at $3.5B in June 2024, as the studio focuses on big budget projects and invests in AI tools via A24 Labs, drawing mixed reactions
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Financial Times:
Japanese media groups Nikkei and Asahi Shimbun jointly sue Perplexity in Tokyo, alleging the AI startup “copied and stored” their articles without permission
Mike Barnes / The Hollywood Reporter:
Frank Price, the writer-producer who presided over the TV and movie divisions at Universal and served two terms as the head of Columbia Pictures, dies at 95
 

 
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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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