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5:00 PM ET, September 25, 2025

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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  —  More than 6 million viewers tuned in for the late night host's first show back. … Despite not airing in about 23 percent …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
As Sinclair and Nexstar refuse to air Kimmel's show, Disney has strong leverage with its ownership of major ABC stations and upcoming affiliate deal renewals
Max Tani / Semafor:
Some Disney shareholders, including Reporters Without Borders, criticize Disney for suspending Jimmy Kimmel and ask it to turn over related documents
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
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
Ari Levy / CNBC:
Sources: Oracle, Silver Lake, and Abu Dhabi's MGX will be the main TikTok USA investors, with a ~45% stake; ByteDance will own 19.9% and ByteDance investors 35%  —  Oracle, Silver Lake & Abu Dhabi's MGX will be main investors in TikTok's U.S. business, sources told CNBC's David Faber on Thursday.
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Associated Press:
Trump signs an EO declaring that a proposed deal allowing TikTok to continue operating in the US will be a qualified sale that meets national security concerns  —  President Donald Trump has signed an executive order declaring that a proposed deal allowing TikTok to continue operating …
Jourdan Rodrigue / The Athletic:
An interview with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell on the NFL's growing relationship with YouTube, embracing creators, altcasts, a streaming Super Bowl, and more  —  SANTA CLARA, Calif. — It's not every day that the NFL commissioner grabs a YouTube star into a bear hug, but Roger Goodell …
Matthew Keys / The Desk:
IAB lowers its 2025 US ad spend forecast to 5.7% growth, down from 7.3%, citing tariffs and economic headwinds; digital channels including CTV remain resilient  —  IAB lowered its 2025 U.S. ad spend forecast based on concerns about tariffs and further economic headwinds. … Key Points:
Discussion: IAB, TV Tech, MediaPost and TVNewsCheck
Dylan Byers / Puck:
Sources: Paramount is expected to acquire The Free Press in two weeks for ~$150M in cash and stock; Bari Weiss would take a CBS News editorial leadership role  —  Bari Weiss, the Times defector turned Free Press founder, is now poised to cash a giant check from David Ellison and seize the reins at CBS News …
Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
The Baltimore Banner names Audrey Cooper as its EIC, replacing founding editor Kimi Yoshino; Cooper has been EIC of WNYC since 2020  —  The nonprofit newsroom won a Pulitzer Prize before its third birthday but is still pursuing financial sustainability.  Banner news executives said to expect …
Tabby Kinder / Financial Times:
A profile of podcaster and writer Ed Zitron: tech journalism is flawed, his brash AI critic persona is not a mask, his PR firm gives him insider insight, more  —  How a British-born hobbyist blogger became one of Big Tech's punchiest critics  —  Ed Zitron is not a journalist, not a whistleblower and certainly not a prophet.
Jim Milliot / Publishers Weekly:
Greenleaf Book Group and Amplify Publishing Group have been acquired by Civica Media, a new publishing company formed by private equity firm BlackBern Partners  —  Greenleaf Book Group and Amplify Publishing Group, two of the country's oldest and best-known hybrid publishing companies …
 
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Spotify updates its AI policy, including adopting the upcoming DDEX standard to label and identify AI music and rolling out a new music spam filter
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Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch:
An Indian court dismisses X's March lawsuit challenging the government's content takedown orders, ruling foreign platforms can't invoke free speech protections
Emma Roth / The Verge:
YouTube adds a “hide” button to let users dismiss recommendation pop-ups that appear at the end of videos, following user feedback that pop-ups were distracting
 

 
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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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