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5:30 PM ET, September 9, 2025

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New York Times:
Lachlan Murdoch completes a deal to secure control of his family's media empire, ensuring that it remains conservative; source: the deal is valued at $3.3B  —  Lachlan Murdoch will take control of a new family trust in a deal worth $3.3 billion, ensuring that his father's media empire will retain its conservative slant.
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New York Times:
A profile of the intensely private Lachlan Murdoch, who moved to Sydney in 2021 and whose control of the Murdoch empire ensures it retains its conservative tilt  —  Photo Illustration by Zak Bickel/The New York Times; Photographs by Dina Litovsky for The New York Times; Emily Najera for The New York Times …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
In a new ad campaign, TelevisaUnivision says Google plans to move Univision from YouTube TV's basic bundle to a Spanish-language package that costs extra  —  TelevisaUnivision, one of two major Spanish-language broadcasters in the U.S., has unveiled a new consumer ad campaign warning customers …
Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer:
Plex tells customers to reset their passwords after suffering data breach that includes email addresses, usernames, and passwords  —  Media streaming platform Plex is warning customers to reset passwords after suffering a data breach in which a hacker was able to steal customer authentication data from one of its databases.
Reuters:
The Nepalese government lifts its social media ban after 19 people were killed and 100+ were injured in anti-corruption protests that were triggered by the ban  —  Nepal has lifted a social media ban following protests that resulted in the deaths of 19 people, a government minister said on Tuesday.
Fred Vogelstein / Crazy Stupid Tech:
A profile of Techmeme, which turns 20 this week yet oddly works and looks the same way it did in 2005, as its executive-heavy readership expands in the AI boom  —  Every morning nearly 100,000 geeks world wide, including some of the richest tech barons in the universe, fire …
Winston Cho / The Hollywood Reporter:
WBD sues Sling TV over its short-term offerings that let viewers access its bundle for as little as a day; Disney filed an identical suit in August  —  The filing comes after Disney sued Dish over the offering of day passes, which allow viewers to bypass monthly subscriptions.
Discussion: TVNewsCheck and The Wrap
James Cridland / Podnews:
Todd Cochrane, a podcasting pioneer who started in October 2004 and founded podcast hosting company Blubrry, has died at age 61  —  Todd Cochrane was born in Quincy, Michigan.  Given a strong work ethic by his parents and grandparents, he graduated from a small, country high school in a class of less than a hundred.
 
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Minute Media, owner of The Players' Tribune, acquires VideoVerse, a software platform for distributing real-time sports highlights, in its largest deal to date
Alice Brooker / Press Gazette:
US-based Refinery29 closes its UK office, lays off staff, and shuts down the UK operation of its Black women-focused sub-brand Unbothered
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Charlotte Klein / New York Magazine:
Major outlets have cut or reassigned cultural criticism roles, amid industry contraction and the difficulty of stand-alone reviews generating traffic
Annelise Levy / Bloomberg Law:
A US federal judge postpones Anthropic's $1.5B copyright settlement over concerns that class lawyers are striking a deal behind the scenes to force on authors
David Satin / The Streamable:
DAZN launches its NHL.TV streaming platform in nearly 200 countries, excluding Canada and the US, where the games stream on ABC, ESPN, and TNT
Discussion: TheDesk.net and DAZN
Ted Johnson / Deadline:
Paramount appoints Kenneth Weinstein, former president and CEO of the conservative think tank Hudson Institute, as the ombudsman for CBS News
 

 
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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

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

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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