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6:50 AM ET, September 15, 2025

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Ted Johnson / Deadline:
Fox and Friends' Brian Kilmeade apologizes after saying homeless people with mental health issues who refuse help should get an “involuntary lethal injection”  —  Kilmeade, co-host of Fox & Friends, appeared on Fox & Friends Weekend on Sunday, telling viewers, “In the morning …
Deadline:
A look at the networks, studios, executives, and libraries of Paramount and WBD amid merger talk, and similarities with Disney's acquisition of 21st Century Fox  —  As the industry and investors take stock of the entertainment colossus that could be created, however, the nagging thought occurs: Have we seen this movie before?
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New York Times:
A look at David Ellison's spending spree, representing the biggest funding change in Hollywood since 2013 when Netflix began showering creators with money
Ben Fritz / Wall Street Journal:
Penske Media sues Google, says ~20% of Google search results linking to its sites now include AI Overviews, and affiliate link revenue fell 33%+ since late 2024  —  Penske Media alleges artificial-intelligence-generated answers steal its content and have reduced traffic and revenue for its sites
Lauren Goode / Wired:
Researchers say videos of Charlie Kirk's shooting fall into a policy gap on social media platforms, between allowable “graphic content” and “glorified violence”  —  Videos of the shooting spread across TikTok, Instagram, and X. Researchers say that in some cases …
Iris Samuels / Anchorage Daily News:
An Alaska fund has raised $3.5M+ from 80 donors in its first two months to help public radio and TV stations partially offset the ~$15M federal funding cuts  —  An Alaska fund has raised $3.5 million as it seeks to replace federal funding rescinded by Congress for public radio and television stations.
Discussion: Inside Radio
New York Times:
After Trump's budget cuts, radio and TV stations are pleading with NPR and PBS to lower their fees as they mull whether to drop national programming altogether  —  Radio and television stations, facing enormous budget holes, are pleading with NPR and PBS to lower their fees as they examine whether …
Matthew Dowd / Lighthouse Sentinel:
Matthew Dowd, fired from MSNBC for comments he made immediately after the Charlie Kirk shooting, says he spoke before he knew Kirk was hit  —  Wow, what a few days.  —  On Tuesday evening, I was in Little Rock, Arkansas talking to a large gathering of folks about how we have to look …
Rick Porter / The Hollywood Reporter:
Apple won 22 awards at the 77th Emmy's, its highest ever, as HBO and HBO Max rebounded with 30 awards; Netflix won 30, NBCUniversal won 16, and Disney won 13  —  Netflix and Warner Bros. Discovery share the lead for most wins in 2025.  —  A record-setting night for The Studio helped give Apple TV …
Max Tani / Semafor:
Nika Soon-Shiong, LAT owner Patrick Soon-Shiong's daughter, becomes Drop Site News' publisher, as the left-leaning outlet hits ~400K subs since its 2024 launch  —  The News  —  Nika Soon-Shiong's experience at the Los Angeles Times during the early 2020s hasn't been that different …
Discussion: @mattdpearce.com
Christopher Wiggins / Advocate:
WSJ revised a headline and added an editor's note to a story suggesting ammo in Charlie Kirk's shooting was engraved with “transgender and antifascist ideology”  —  The Wall Street Journal has quietly walked back early reporting that suggested the fatal shooting …
 
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Wendy Davis / MediaPost:
Comcast sues to invalidate a Washington state law that taxes online ad services, set to take effect in October; major ad industry groups also oppose the law
Discussion: TVNewsCheck
Joe Otterson / Variety:
Joel Kuwahara, co-founder and president of production at Fox-owned Bento Box, is leaving the animation studio, which produces Bob's Burgers, Hoops, and more
Discussion: The Wrap and Deadline
Variety:
Paramount condemns a boycott of Israeli film companies after 4,000+ people sign a Film Workers for Palestine pledge to not work with some Israeli film entities
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Mastodon plans to launch quote posts starting next week with safety features allowing users to control how they get quoted, to avoid “dunking”
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Gabe Rivera / Techmeme News:
On Techmeme's 20th birthday, its founder explains what's behind the site's consistency, debunks some supposed media trends, and outlines future directions
Bloomberg:
Sources: the US FTC is investigating whether Amazon and Google misled advertisers by not properly disclosing the terms and pricing for ads on their websites
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
The Guardian reports revenue in the year to March up 7% YoY to £276M, losses down £24M from £37M the year prior, and 1.3M “recurring supporters” online, up 13%
Discussion: The Guardian and MediaPost
 

 
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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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