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10:25 PM ET, September 7, 2025

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Ben Rothenberg / Bounces:
Email: the US Tennis Association requested that broadcasters censor any possible protests or other reactions to Trump's presence at Sunday's US Open men's final  —  NEW YORK — Following up on the earlier news first reported by Bounces about Rolex's invitation, I have further new information …
Ad Age:
Krishan Bhatia, Amazon's VP of global video advertising, is leaving; Bhatia joined Amazon in April 2024 after more than a decade as an ad sales leader at NBCU  —  Krishan Bhatia is leaving Amazon Ads less than two years after joining as VP of global video advertising and partnerships …
Discussion: Adweek, Variety, TheDesk.net and The Wrap
Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Paramount Skydance aims to revitalize its cable networks, including MTV, Comedy Central, and Nickelodeon, without increasing spending on them  —  The newly combined media company is exploring ways to revive MTV and other once-mighty channels while rivals spin them off
Kenneth Li / Reuters:
Reuters withdraws Xi and Putin's longevity chat video, after China state TV pulls legal permission to use it; the video was distributed to 1,000+ media clients  —  Reuters News on Friday withdrew a four-minute video containing an exchange between Russian President Vladimir Putin …
Andrew Deck / Nieman Lab:
Some French news publishers have signed agreements with unions to redistribute revenue from AI licensing deals to journalists; Le Monde redistributes 25%  —  Le Monde agreed to give journalists 25% of revenue from licensing deals with OpenAI and Perplexity.  Now, other French publishers are following suit.
Discussion: GB News
Washington Post:
A WaPo probe into BI's pulled articles finds links between fake journalist Margaux Blanchard and Onyeka Nwelue, a controversial figure with fake academic claims  —  “Margaux Blanchard” appears to be one dubious element of a broader scheme to peddle bogus articles to a number of publications.
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
CBS News implements a new policy: “Face the Nation will now only broadcast live or live-to-tape interviews” following complaints from DHS  —  The Sunday public affairs show will now run live or live to tape interviews, after an edit to an interview with the Homeland Security Secretary drew pushback.
Bloomberg:
Filing: Anthropic will pay $1.5B to resolve an authors' copyright lawsuit over the company's downloading of millions of pirated books  —  Anthropic PBC will pay at least $1.5 billion plus interest to resolve an authors' copyright lawsuit over the AI company's downloading of millions of pirated books …
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Mike Scarcella / Reuters:
Two authors file a proposed class action lawsuit against Apple, alleging Apple knowingly used a dataset of pirated books to train its AI models  —  Technology giant Apple (AAPL.O) was accused by authors in a lawsuit on Friday of illegally using their copyrighted books to help train …
Matt Hughes / The Guardian:
Sky Sports and TNT Sports are significantly increasing their tennis coverage, seeking to capitalize on female viewers, who make up 50%+ of tennis audiences  —  Sky Sports' overall audience is 31% female but that leaps to 58% with tennis: ‘No sport comes close,’ says one executive
Janko Roettgers / Lowpass:
How YouTube prepared to stream, for free, the Brazil NFL game globally: it partnered with NBC for production, ran multiple tests, and set up backup plans  —  Also: How a hit AI film was made … How YouTube plans to pull off Friday's NFL live game  —  This year, football season kicks off with a twist …
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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

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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

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