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8:50 AM ET, September 10, 2025

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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  —  How the media mogul put chosen son Lachlan in charge of his empire — and cut out his ‘departing members’
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  —  Extensive meetings in 2022 between Lewis, then vice-chair of AP, and Johnson were not disclosed in transparency records
Discussion: @brizzyc.bsky.social
Dell Cameron / Wired:
Q&A with EFF Executive Director Cindy Cohn, who will leave the role later this year after leading the nonprofit since 2015, on privacy, encryption, AI, and more  —  After 25 years at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Cindy Cohn is stepping down as executive director.
Jake Kanter / Deadline:
Ofcom announces that Geoff Cooper, the chair of electrical retailer AO, has been appointed as the chair of Channel 4 board, ending months of leadership limbo  —  Geoff Cooper, the chair of British electrical retailer AO, will head the board of Channel 4, ending months of leadership limbo at the network.
Terrence O'Brien / The Verge:
Spotify plans to roll out lossless audio, with 24-bit/44.1 kHz FLAC quality, to Premium users in the next two months, without needing a new higher-priced tier  —  Subscribers will be able to enjoy 24-bit / 44.1 kHz FLAC as part of their Premium plan. … It's been a long time coming but Spotify is finally getting lossless audio.
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.
Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
Ten years in, Stat has 520 group licenses, 7.5M monthly paid views, and a staff of around 100; summer subscriptions rose 45% YoY, thanks to a Trump bump  —  STAT proves a sharp concept and patient money can beat the odds in a brutal news economy  —  STAT, a health care, medicine and biotech news site …
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Free London business paper City AM says it returned to print profitability, with gross profit margin of 50% last quarter and EBIT up 52% from January to August  —  Free London business newspaper City AM has claimed a healthy return to print profitability over the last year.
Laura Rodríguez Salamanca / Rest of World:
How AI is upending the music industry in Latin America, as artists push back against a flood of AI-generated music on Spotify, Deezer, and YouTube Music  —  Musicians from Chile to Mexico say bots are stealing streams, siphoning income, and shortening the lifespan of songs.  Even Bad Bunny isn't safe.
Neel Dhanesha / Nieman Lab:
Q&A with Dave Jorgenson on his new media venture, LNI, his plans for longform video, media literacy, language he can use now that he's not at WaPo, and more  —  The former Washington Post video star talks about launching a new company with old colleagues, the importance of media literacy, and building a Daily Show for the internet.
Variety:
Fired MasterChef presenter Gregg Wallace filed a High Court lawsuit against the BBC and BBC Studios over data protection concerns on September 5  —  Former “MasterChef” host Gregg Wallace, who was fired from the BBC show in July after an investigation into allegations of inappropriate conduct …
Discussion: Deadline, Mirror, The Sun and HuffPost
 
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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:
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