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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 …
Discussion: United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Associated Press, New York Times, The Guardian, CNBC, CNN, TheDesk.net, @realDonaldTrump …, Reuters, The Guardian, Yahoo Finance, The Post Millennial, Cryptonews, @Nonilex@masto.ai, @ted-diamond.bsky.social, Proactive, @jswatz.bsky.social, The Washington Free Beacon, ABA Journal, RUMBLE, New Republic, Mercury News, New York Sun, Breitbart, Washington Times, KRQE-TV, @nprinskeep, @leiataillefur.bsky.social, ZeroHedge News, @rickstengel.bsky.social, The Business Times, @lucas_shaw, @joycewhitevance, Townhall, NPR, Alternet.org, @mclem.org, @nytmike, The American Bazaar, TVNewsCheck, Raw Story, @hammie777.bsky.social, Fox News, The Daily Signal, Axios, @nytimespr, IJR, Variety, @rmac.bsky.social, TMZ.com, Wall Street Journal, Forbes, @timobrien.bsky.social, @rmac.bsky.social, Blaze Media, @harryjsisson, @brunojnavarro.bsky.social, NBC News, UPI, Al Jazeera, israelhayom.com, @aricohn.com, Deadline, Watcher Guru, Washington Examiner, ABC, Benzinga, The Independent, The Hollywood Reporter, Newser, The Hill, American Greatness, Mediaite, CBS News, NDTV Profit, The Gateway Pundit, Business Insider, @sotsogm.bsky.social, @chrisgeidner.bsky.social, @adgwatches.bsky.social, @mistyksnow.bsky.social, @keptsimple.bsky.social, Financial Times, The Wrap, @otsumamiboy.bsky.social, @tylerjameshill.com, @paleofuture.bsky.social, @humblecore.bsky.social, @bselena.bsky.social, @segyges.bsky.social, @anthonyclark.bsky.social, Politico, @petersterne.com, @kenwhite.bsky.social, @petersterne.com, @petersterne.com, @andycraig.bsky.social, @luigithirty.bsky.social, @kyledcheney.bsky.social, @jlazarus.bsky.social, @sharonk.bsky.social, The i Paper, TheStreet, Minneapolis Star Tribune, The Indian Express, Saywhat Politics, r/Journalism and r/politics
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
YouTube announces AI tools for podcasters, including one that turns video podcasts into clips and another that creates video for audio-only podcasts  —  On Tuesday, YouTube introduced new tools for podcasters at its Made on YouTube live event in New York, including new ways to turn video podcasts …
Discussion: The Ankler, Engadget and 9to5Google
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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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: under the US-China framework, a US investor consortium that includes Oracle, Silver Lake, and a16z would hold an ~80% stake in TikTok's US business  —  Oracle, Silver Lake and Andreessen Horowitz are part of consortium that would control 80% stake  —  TikTok's U.S. business …
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
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.
Ross A. Lincoln / The Wrap:
Report: Rolling Stone has laid off some staff, including executive digital director Lisa Tozzi, chief TV critic Alan Sepinwall, and copy chief Steve Pearl  —  Executive digital director Lisa Tozzi, chief television critic Alan Sepinwall and copy chief Steven Pearl are among those let go
Reuters:
Disney, Universal, and WBD sue China-based 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 …
Rob Waugh / Press Gazette:
The Times and The Sun removed stories about a “royal cleaner” who claimed to have worked for the Royal Family, published based on questionable press releases  —  Stories featuring a ‘royal cleaner’ who claimed to have worked for the Royal Family for more than a decade have been withdrawn …
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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David Buttle / Press Gazette:
TollBit: human-originated page requests on approximately 400 publisher websites fell 9.4% from April to June 2025, while AI bot visits grew to one in 50 visits
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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
Ashley Belanger / Ars Technica:
Filing: the Internet Archive settles with major music publishers in their copyright infringement lawsuit over its project to preserve early music recordings
Sohee Kim / Bloomberg:
Disney and Webtoon announce a new digital platform and app with 35K+ Disney comics; Disney plans to acquire a 2% equity interest in Webtoon; WBTN closed up 64%
 

 
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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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