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6:25 AM ET, September 17, 2025

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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 …
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Bloomberg:
Trump extends the deadline for ByteDance to divest TikTok's US operations until December 16, the fourth such extension; a deal is expected to be finalized soon  —  President Donald Trump again extended the deadline for TikTok's Chinese parent ByteDance Ltd. to divest the platform's US operations …
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 …
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Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
YouTube unveils new generative AI tools for Shorts, including a custom version of Veo 3 called Veo 3 Fast, which includes sound, and an Edit with AI feature
Zach Vallese / CNBC:
YouTube says it has paid out $100B+ to creators over the last four years and the number of YouTube channels making over $100K from TV screens has jumped 45% YoY
Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch:
YouTube unveils new livestreaming features, including letting creators transition between public and members-only streams, and ads that run next to the stream
David Folkenflik / NPR:
Sources: NPR aims to trim $5M over the fiscal year starting Oct. 1 to balance its $300M annual budget but doesn't anticipate layoffs or major programming shifts  —  NPR executives are scanning the horizon for storm clouds even as they are planning a stand-pat budget for the upcoming fiscal year …
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Matthew Keys / TheDesk.net:
Sources: 18 employees at Nexstar-owned The Hill were either laid off or accepted buyout offers this week; six were editorial staffers represented by the CWA  —  Nexstar Media Group has issued pink slips and offered buyouts to more than a dozen journalists at its political affairs publication The Hill, The Desk can confirm.
Discussion: @matthewkeys.net
Sian Cain / The Guardian:
An interview with Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook, hosts of The Rest Is History podcast, which gets 15M downloads a month and has roughly 80K paid subscribers  —  Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook on storytelling, their strangest interactions with fans and bonding over The Lord of the Rings
Hunter Schwarz / Fast Company:
LimeWire, which began as a music sharing service and pivoted to serving as an NFT marketplace, bought Fyre Festival's IP and social media accounts for $245,300  —  A match made in hell?  —  Here's a mash-up you didn't see coming: It turns out that LimeWire was the mystery buyer …
Hank Green / The Verge:
Q&A with Amy Lanzi, CEO of marketing and ad agency Digitas, on digital marketing, AI's impact on advertising, the creator economy, and more  —  Hello, and welcome to Decoder!  This is Hank Green, the cofounder of Complexly, where we make SciShow, Crash Course, and a bunch of other educational YouTube channels.
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Lukas I. Alpert / MarketWatch:
Robert Redford's Sundance Film Festival transformed how Hollywood does business, creating a pipeline for independent films to be shown around the world  —  He built the festival from a small showcase of artsy and message-conscious movies into the largest film festival in the U.S. and a major pipeline …
Justin Baragona / The Independent:
Some CBS News staffers say Paramount's David Ellison has lost the trust of the newsroom; some call him a liar because he said he wouldn't “politicize” Paramount  —  EXCLUSIVE: Multiple CBS News staffers said new owner David Ellison has broken his promise not to “politicize” …
 
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Max Goldbart / Deadline:
The UK's Channel 4 purchases a majority stake in a production company, Firecrest Films, for the first time; it will now be able to own British IP
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
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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
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
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”
 

 
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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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