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12:05 PM ET, August 28, 2025

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Liam Reilly / CNN:
YouTube TV and Fox agree to a “short-term extension” of their distribution deal, avoiding a Fox blackout, as they keep working on a new agreement  —  Fox and YouTube TV on Wednesday agreed to an eleventh-hour short-term extension to their distribution deal, narrowly avoiding a blackout of all Fox's content on the platform.
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Justin Baragona / The Independent:
YouTube strikes a deal to carry Herring Networks' One America News on YouTube TV's base package in Q4 2025; in 2022, DirecTV and Verizon Fios dropped OANN  —  The launch of OAN and AWE on YouTube TV is scheduled to take place in the fourth quarter of 2025  —  Your support helps us to tell the story
Todd Spangler / Variety:
FCC Chair Brendan Carr appears to blame Google for the Fox standoff and says “get a deal done Google”; the FCC has no authority over services like YouTube TV
Katie Robertson / New York Times:
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution plans to end its print edition at the end of 2025, despite being profitable; AJC has 115K paid subscribers, 75K digital-only  —  The publication says the time is right to pour all of its resources into its online news operation and get its journalism “in front of the most people.”
John Volk / Local News Initiative:
Study: the loss of local newspapers is linked with more local and state government secrecy; wait times and copy fees also hinder access to government documents  —  The loss of local news is linked with increased government secrecy, according to a new study conducted by the Brechner Center …
Etan Vlessing / The Hollywood Reporter:
Canada's Rogers launches the Rogers Xfinity StreamSaver plan, which bundles Netflix, Disney+, and Apple TV+ for CA$22 per month  —  The new streaming package marks the latest Canadian media player to battle cord-cutting by bundling popular U.S. streaming services.
Emily Brooks / The Hill:
Two House Republicans open a probe into alleged organized efforts to inject bias into Wikipedia, citing an ADL report about anti-Israel bias on the site  —  Republicans on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee opened a probe into alleged organized efforts to inject bias …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Fubo launches Fubo Sports, a standalone streaming plan with 20+ sports-centric channels, including access to ESPN Unlimited, for $56 per month  —  When FuboTV first launched in 2015, it was aimed at soccer fans — with a slim bundle of soccer-focused live channels that cost $7 per month.
Ted Hesson / Reuters:
The Trump administration proposes regulation limiting US visas for members of the media to 240 days, after which they would have to reapply  —  The Trump administration aims to tighten the duration of visas for students, cultural exchange visitors and members of the media …
Zac Ntim / Deadline:
The UK's Channel 5 will air two NFL games weekly, the Super Bowl, and more during the upcoming season under a new Paramount UK, NFL, and CBS Sports deal  —  Two live NFL games will be broadcast on Channel 5 every week during the upcoming football season under a new pact between Paramount UK, the NFL, and CBS Sports.
Discussion: NFL.com
Columbia Journalism Review:
A test of seven AI chatbots' abilities to identify news photos' location, date, and photographer showed all failed to consistently identify photos' provenance  —  “You don't know when it's just making stuff up.”  —  Many of the latest large language models (LLMs), including OpenAI's recently …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
NASCAR launches on Substack, becoming the first major sports league on the platform; the newsletter will be written by NASCAR's in-house editorial team  —  NASCAR on Thursday will launch its first-ever Substack newsletter, becoming the first major sports league to partner with the email platform …
 
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Taylor Lorenz / Wired:
Sources: a secretive project offering influencers $250 to $8,000 per month to boost Democrats kicked off in July; creators were told 90+ people were taking part
Marina Adami / Reuters Institute:
Some journalists detail how they are covering the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, including using trusted contacts, OSINT, and filming from airdrop flights
Anthony D'Alessandro / Deadline:
Sources: Anonymous Content, the production company behind Spotlight, is undergoing layoffs; the estimated cut is less than 15% from a total staff of about 130
Discussion: Variety
Gene Maddaus / Variety:
California awards $256M in state tax credits to 22 TV productions, the first allocation since it expanded its filming incentive to $750M in total in June
The Guardian:
Lebanese journalists demand an apology from US special envoy to Syria Tom Barrack after he told them to “act civilized” and not be “animalistic” in Beirut
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Rolfe Winkler / Wall Street Journal:
Apple partners with TuneIn to make Apple Music's six radio stations available outside its app, a first, as it seeks to compete with Spotify; TuneIn has 75M MAUs
Kelefa Sanneh / New Yorker:
How music criticism lost its edge: since the 2010s, outlets like Pitchfork have abandoned extremely low scores, and critics face harassment for negative reviews
Sophie Culpepper / Nieman Lab:
Staffers, including 14 full-time reporters, from three nonprofit newsrooms backed by Signal Ohio are unionizing with the Northeast Ohio NewsGuild
Ray Schultz / MediaPost:
Time promotes Alex Altman, previously deputy Washington bureau chief and executive features editor, to executive editor
Discussion: Time
 

 
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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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