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4:50 PM ET, September 14, 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  —  David Ellison has gotten off to a fast start as the owner of Paramount, at least when it comes to buying things.
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 …
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
Telegraph:
The Daily Mail told the UK CMA that Apple has refused to let it feature its articles on Apple News as the Mail's size would “overwhelm Apple's ecosystem”  —  Publisher urges competition watchdog to tackle tech giant's ‘arbitrary and discriminatory practices’
Discussion: AppleInsider
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 …
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 …
Katie Robertson / New York Times:
The Atlantic settled a defamation lawsuit by Ruth Shalit Barrett for $1M+, resolving a dispute over the magazine's 2020 retraction of her story on youth sports  —  The writer, Ruth Shalit Barrett, had accused the magazine of defaming her in a lengthy editor's note.
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”  —  Mastodon, an open source, decentralized alternative to X, is rolling out a somewhat controversial feature by adding quote posts, which will launch next week.
Tyler Katzenberger / Politico:
California Assembly passes a bill that requires device makers and app stores to verify user ages; Google and Meta support the bill, while the MPA opposes it  —  “This is a critical piece of infrastructure for how to create more thoughtful safeguards for kids online,” Wicks told POLITICO.
Discussion: Engadget
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  —  Please clap for Techmeme  —  Techmeme turns 20 freaking years old today.  This is our self-congratulatory post marking the occasion.
 
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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
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
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
Scott Nover / Washington Post:
A federal judge issues an order barring federal agents with DHS from using crowd-control weapons against journalists; the order applies to seven CA counties
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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
Carmen Russell-Sluchansky / WHYY:
Penn State University plans to “wind down” public media station WPSU by June 2026 after a university board declined to transfer ownership to Philadelphia's WHYY
Lachlan Cartwright / Breaker:
Puck, co-founded by Jon Kelly in 2021, has agreed to acquire Graydon Carter's Air Mail; both outlets have mutual investors, including TPG
 

 
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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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