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David Bauder / Associated Press:
Jimmy Kimmel returned to TV after nearly a week's suspension, said it was never his intention to make light of the murder of a young man, and thanked supporters  —  Jimmy Kimmel returned to late-night television Tuesday after a nearly weeklong suspension and nearly broke down in tears …
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James Hibberd / The Hollywood Reporter:
Jimmy Kimmel's 28-min return monologue gets 13M views in 14 hours on YouTube; his current most-watched monologue, on his son's health issues in 2017, has 14M  —  Kimmel's emotional and highly anticipated return to ABC is racking up views and should soon become the most popular ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ monologue on YouTube.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
In a post, President Trump criticized ABC for returning Jimmy Kimmel to the air and said he would “test ABC out” as “they gave me $16 Million Dollars” last time  —  U.S. president says, 'Last time I went after [ABC], they gave me $16 Million Dollars.  This one sounds even more lucrative'
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Sources: Disney executives have spent months preparing for Trump to come for Disney's broadcast licenses and are confident they would win the legal battle  —  Walt Disney Co. is preparing for President Donald Trump to retaliate against the company for putting late-night host Jimmy Kimmel back on the air Tuesday night.
Rick Porter / The Hollywood Reporter:
Nielsen: Jimmy Kimmel Live! drew 6.26M viewers on Tuesday, over 3x its Q2 average, despite not airing in 23% of US homes due to Nexstar and Sinclair blackouts
Farrah Tomazin / The Daily Beast:
The FCC's Brendan Carr says “local TV stations” “stood up” to a national programmer by preempting Kimmel and that “we need to keep empowering local TV stations”
NBC News:
Trump plans to sign a TikTok deal on Thursday; source: TikTok US would be run by a new joint venture company, with ByteDance holding less than 20% of its stock  —  This structure will comply with a bipartisan law passed in 2024 that sought to ban TikTok if the platform were not sold to U.S.-based owners this year.
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Josh Taylor / The Guardian:
Some Australian leaders debate whether the country should use a Chinese-owned version of TikTok or one run by a Trump-allied consortium that includes News Corp  —  Expert raises concerns about what US TikTok deal could mean for News Corp's ‘worrying dominance’ in Australian media
Mike Davis / Asbury Park Press:
New Jersey PBS will shut down on July 1, 2026, due to the federal rescission and state funding falling 75% to $250K  —  - It's unclear what will become of the state's seven broadcasting licenses, which WNET has managed sine 2011  —  TRENTON - New Jersey PBS will shut down next summer …
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
MSNBC and Comcast-owned Sky News strike a multiyear deal to make Sky's global coverage available to MSNBC's US audiences starting Oct. 1, as NBC and MSNBC split  —  MSNBC may no longer be able to use NBC News' newsgathering from around the globe, so it's turning to another Comcast-backed journalism outlet.
Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg:
Meta says Instagram has hit 3B monthly users and is changing its home screen to prioritize DMs and Reels; it is testing opening directly into Reels in India  —  Instagram has reached 3 billion monthly users, cementing the network as one of the most popular consumer apps of all time and leading …
 
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Alex Sherman / CNBC:
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell says the league could begin renegotiating its media rights as soon as 2026, four years ahead of the current deal's opt-out clause
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Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Huxe, an app built by three former NotebookLM developers that offers users personalized daily briefs and topic exploration with AI podcast hosts, raised $4.6M
Lucas Manfredi / The Wrap:
Disney announces price hikes for Disney+, Hulu, ESPN Select, and certain bundles, starting October 21
 

 
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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

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

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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