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4:15 AM ET, September 11, 2025

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Deseret News:
Charlie Kirk, the MAGA influencer who founded Turning Point USA, has died after being shot at an event at Utah Valley University  —  In what Utah's governor called a political assassination, a sniper shot and killed influential conservative Charlie Kirk on Wednesday at Utah Valley University in Orem …
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David Bauder / Associated Press:
While traditional media avoided sharing explicit videos of Charlie Kirk's assassination, gory imagery flooded social media, including X, Instagram, and TikTok  —  They were careful with the explicit imagery — as usual.  But did it make any difference?  —  Traditional news organizations …
New York Times:
Sources: Paramount is considering giving Bari Weiss the title of editor-in-chief or co-president of CBS News, as part of a broader deal to buy The Free Press  —  The talks with Ms. Weiss, a founder of The Free Press, are the strongest sign yet that the new owner of CBS News intends to make major changes.
Jill Goldsmith / Deadline:
Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav says he expects the planned separation of the company to be completed by April 2026  —  It's the most specific executives have been as to a timeline.  The split of streaming and studios from global networks was anticipated to fall in the first half of the year.
New York Times:
President Trump signs a memorandum seeking to reinstate a pre-1997 policy that would sharply restrict prescription drug advertising on TV and social media  —  The administration is proposing a return to a 1990s-era policy that kept most drug ads off TV.  That could dent the revenues of drugmakers and major networks.
Max Goldbart / Deadline:
Pact: streamers spent a record £850M on British TV shows in 2024, up 24% and surpassing Channel 4's annual originals budget  —  Streamer spend on British TV shows comfortably topped $1B last year, according to Pact's latest census, with chief John McVay rowing in behind the American giants …
Inside Radio:
The FCC votes to confirm a $920K fine against the operator of a New Jersey pirate radio station from November 2023 to January 2024, under the PIRATE Act of 2020  —  Federal law has allowed the Federal Communications Commission to hit operators of unlicensed radio stations with bigger penalties …
Lesley Goldberg / The Ankler:
Netflix's 10-year worldwide exclusive licensing deals for original shows like House of Cards are starting to expire, allowing studios to reclaim and resell them  —  ‘House of Cards,’ ‘Orange Is the New Black’ and 130+ shows are set to hit the market as FASTs, rival streamers and yes, cable, muscle in
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Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
Hearst will own major news outlets in Texas's four largest metropolitan areas with its Dallas Morning News purchase, pending a September 23 shareholder vote  —  With its purchase of the Dallas Morning News, the 138-year-old company is set to own all the largest newspapers in Texas
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Paramount hires Meta's Dane Glasgow as chief product officer, reporting directly to CEO David Ellison; Glasgow is Facebook's former VP of product management  —  Dane Glasgow was most recently a vp at Facebook, overseeing the feed, Reels, Stories, Marketplace and other features.  He will report to David Ellison.
Alex Reisner / The Atlantic:
Analysis: 13+ datasets used by tech companies without permission to train AI models contain 15.8M+ YouTube videos from 2M+ channels, including 1M how-to videos  —  At least 15 million videos have been snatched by tech companies.  —  When jon peters uploaded his first video to YouTube in 2010, he had no idea where it would lead.
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Reddit launches free tools for publishers as part of Reddit Pro, to track article performance and get suggestions on which communities to share their stories in  —  Reddit on Wednesday launched a set of free tools for publishers to track their article performance and receive suggestions …
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Bluesky says it will comply with South Dakota's and Wyoming's age-verification laws, which “currently strikes the right balance”, after exiting Mississippi
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Fox News cancels MediaBuzz with Howard Kurtz, the last media criticism show on TV after CNN's Reliable Sources was canceled; Kurtz will remain with the network
Alice Brooker / Press Gazette:
Sources: UK-based The Observer cuts casual staff, changes its production days, and significantly reduces pagination, following its sale to Tortoise in April
Committee to Protect Journalists:
Nepalese “Gen Z” protestors set fire to the offices of daily newspaper Annapurna Post and of Kantipur Media Group, housing its print, TV, and radio divisions
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Amazon and Netflix partner to let advertisers buy Netflix ad inventory via Amazon's demand-side platform, after Amazon signed a similar deal with Disney in June
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Lynn Doan / Bloomberg:
Bending Spoons agrees to acquire Vimeo for $1.38B, in an all-cash deal set to close in Q4, representing a 91% premium; Vimeo will be delisted from exchanges
Emma Roth / The Verge:
Reddit, Yahoo, Medium, Quora, People, O'Reilly, wikiHow, Ziff Davis, and others adopt the Really Simple Licensing (RSL) standard that sets terms for AI scraping
The Guardian:
Leaked files: WaPo publisher Will Lewis supported Boris Johnson as a secret political adviser when he was UK PM in 2022; Lewis was AP's vice-chair at the time
Terrence O'Brien / The Verge:
Spotify plans to roll out lossless audio at 24-bit/44.1 kHz FLAC to Premium users over the next two months in 50 markets, without needing a pricier subscription
Financial Times:
Sources: Rupert Murdoch forced the $3.3B succession deal through sheer will, placing enormous pressure on his adult children during negotiations over months
 

 
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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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