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10:30 AM ET, September 16, 2025

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Alastair Gale / Bloomberg:
President Trump says he has filed a $15B defamation and libel lawsuit against The New York Times, accusing it of serving as a “mouthpiece” for the Democrats  —  President Donald Trump said he has filed a $15 billion defamation and libel lawsuit against The New York Times …
Financial Times:
China says US spin-off of TikTok will use ByteDance's Chinese algorithm and the deal with the US includes “licensing the algorithm and other IP rights”  —  Agreement with Washington includes ‘licensing the algorithm and other intellectual property rights’, says Beijing official
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Jo Ling / CBS News:
Sources: Oracle is among a consortium of companies that would enable TikTok to continue US operations if a framework deal between the US and China is finalized  —  Technology company Oracle is among a consortium of firms that would enable TikTok to continue operations in the U.S …
CNBC:
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says the US and China have reached a “framework” deal for TikTok; Trump and Xi Jinping will meet Friday to discuss the terms  —  The U.S. and China have reached a ‘framework’ deal for social media platform TikTok, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Monday.
Oliver Darcy / Status:
Leaked letter: WaPo said it fired Karen Attiah for “gross misconduct”, including Bluesky posts “about white men in response to the killing of Charlie Kirk”  —  Last Thursday, on September 11, Karen Attiah was walking out of a martial arts class when she noticed a missed call from a Washington, D.C., number.
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Karen Attiah / The Golden Hour:
WaPo columnist Karen Attiah says she was fired last week over her social media posts “against hatred and violence” in the wake of Charlie Kirk's assassination
Reuters:
Disney, Universal, and WBD sue China's MiniMax, alleging that its image- and video-generating service Hailuo AI was built from stolen intellectual property  —  Walt Disney (DIS.N), Comcast's (CMCSA.O) Universal and Warner Bros Discovery (WBD.O) have jointly filed a copyright lawsuit …
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Joe Otterson / Variety:
Netflix says the Crawford-Álvarez match drew an average minute audience of 36.6M Live+Same Day viewers globally, and the event peaked at 24M+ concurrent streams  —  Terence Crawford's victory over Saúl “Canelo” Álvarez pulled in a sizable audience on Netflix.
Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
Shari Redstone invests in and becomes chair of Israel-based production company Sipur, founded in 2019 by CEO Emilio Schenker and Israeli investor Gideon Tadmor  —  Former Paramount Global head invests in fast-growing TV and film company behind 'We Will Dance Again, ‘Bad Boy,’ ‘Noa’; …
Dan Primack / Axios:
Alden Global increases its takeover offer for Dallas Morning News publisher DallasNews to $20 per share, topping a $16.50-per-share proposal from Hearst  —  Alden Global on Tuesday increased its takeover offer for Dallas Morning News publisher DallasNews to $20 per share, topping a $16.50-per-share proposal from Hearst.
 
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Elissa Welle / The Verge:
Google's public policy VP says that users increasingly want “contextual answers and summaries”, but Google is “not going to abandon” the “10 blue links” model
Katie Campione / Deadline:
Early Nielsen data shows that the 77th Emmys drew 7.42M viewers across CBS and Paramount+, marking a four-year viewership high and up 8% YoY
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Lily Ford / The Hollywood Reporter:
UK's Channel 4 plans to mark Trump's UK visit with an hours-long program cataloging 100+ falsehoods, punctuated by “brief text-based fact checks”, on Sept. 17
Katie Deighton / Wall Street Journal:
Popular daily tech news podcast TBPN hires Dylan Abruscato as president, says it is profitable, expects $5M ad revenue this year, and aims to hit $15M in 2026
Bloomberg:
Sources: Lynn Forester de Rothschild is exploring a sale of a ~20% stake in The Economist Group, potentially raising between £200M and £400M
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Spotify adds new features for free users globally, allowing them to search for and play any song they want; the company reported 433M ad-supported MAUs in Q2
Avery Lotz / Axios:
Vice President JD Vance hosts Monday's episode of The Charlie Kirk Show from his office in the White House complex as a tribute to Kirk
 

 
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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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