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12:40 PM ET, September 29, 2025

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Lillian Rizzo / CNBC:
Comcast names Mike Cavanagh as co-CEO alongside Brian Roberts, starting in January 2026; Roberts will remain chairman of the company  —  Comcast announced Monday it's named Mike Cavanagh as co-CEO alongside longtime leader Brian Roberts, starting in January.
Chloe Veltman / NPR:
A-list comedians are performing at the first Riyadh Comedy Festival, drawing criticism from Human Rights Watch, as Saudi Arabia expands its cultural footprint  —  Saudi Arabia is not known as a center for comedy.  But through Oct. 9, the country's capital, Riyadh, is hosting dozens of A-list comedians …
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Trump again promises a 100% tariff on movies made outside the US, says the “movie making business has been stolen” from the US  —  Letting loose with a barrage of social media postings this morning on subjects ranging from furniture production in North Carolina to the NFL and more …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Nexstar returns Jimmy Kimmel Live! to its stations and says its decisions were “independent of any external influence from government agencies or individuals”  —  Jimmy Kimmel is coming back nationwide on ABC stations across the U.S.  —  TV station group Nexstar said it will resume airing …
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Lillian Rizzo / CNBC:
Sinclair returns Jimmy Kimmel Live! to its ABC affiliate broadcast stations
Daniel Arkin / NBC News:
Sinclair asked ABC to hire an ombudsman, and says its decision to take down Jimmy Kimmel's program “was independent of any government interaction or influence”
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
The FT says it increased subscription conversion rates by ~280% by using AI to personalize its paywall messaging, resulting in a 7% increase in lifetime value  —  The Financial Times has increased subscription conversion rates by almost 300% by personalising the paywall messaging and offers people …
Discussion: Talking Biz News
Fox News:
An interview with WaPo's new Opinion Editor Adam O'Neal on its editorial pivot to “personal liberties and free markets”, why people don't trust WaPo, and more  —  Adam O'Neal speaks with Fox News Digital for his first interview as The Post's new opinion editor
Discussion: @josephwulfsohn
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Sources: studios see YouTube's influence but are wary of backing YouTubers after past flops, as top creators no longer view Hollywood validation as the end goal  —  Hollywood studios and investors say YouTube is the future.  So why aren't they investing more money in popular channels?
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Ben Thompson / Stratechery:
Why YouTube is key to Google's success in AI, with YouTube's AI enhancements making video content more monetizable than text-based content in Search
Lauren Gustus / Salt Lake Tribune:
The Salt Lake Tribune plans to launch The Southern Utah Tribune in October, serving 200K residents via a monthly print paper, a weekly newsletter, and a website  —  Newspaper will be mailed at no cost to 40,000 southwestern Utah homes and businesses.  —  This week we're announcing the launch of The Southern Utah Tribune.
David Folkenflik / NPR:
NPR asks a federal judge to block CPB from awarding $57.9M in satellite funds to a new public media consortium, highlighting tensions within US public media  —  NPR asked a federal judge to block the Corporation for Public Broadcasting from awarding a $57.9 million grant to a new consortium …
Alice Brooker / Press Gazette:
Irish News, the UK's top selling regional daily, restructures to focus on video, newsletters, and events, and reports H1 print circulation down 8% YoY to 20,857  —  The UK's top selling regional daily newspaper, the Belfast-based Irish News, has restructured its editorial team with more focus placed on video, newsletters and events.
Max Tani / Semafor:
The Dispatch expands into analysis of Washington DC and the US federal government through a non-MAGA conservative lens, months after acquiring SCOTUSblog  —  A right-leaning independent media company is hoping to pivot from a singular focus on politics and culture to deeper analysis of Washington …
Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
An interview with Inception Point AI CEO Jeanine Wright on her vow to continue mass-publishing thousands of episodes of AI podcasts per week despite backlash  —  Jeanine Wright, the co-founder of Inception Point AI, says that within 12 to 24 months, it's human-created content that will be the anomaly
Chris Wiley / New Yorker:
A profile of Joshua Citarella, who calls his influential YouTube interview show Doomscroll a “tactical media experiment” to steer young people to leftist ideas  —  Joshua Citarella sees his YouTube show “Doomscroll” as a “tactical media experiment” to funnel young internet users toward esoteric left-wing ideas.
Sam Gutelle / Tubefilter:
Streams Charts: in Q2 2025, 10% of Twitch and 16% of Kick channels averaging 50+ viewers showed persistent viewbotting, using fake viewers to boost watch time  —  As viewbots become more sophisticated and harder to detect, the fight against them is evolving as well.
 
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
An interview with Lester Holt about his first original podcast series The Last Appeal, as part of NBC News' Dateline, focusing on a Texas death sentence case
Nancy A. Youssef / The Atlantic:
The Pentagon's openness to the press was never a favor to journalists but an obligation to the country, and its new restrictions make its leaders appear weak
Scott Shafer / KQED:
Belva Davis, who in 1966 became the first Black woman hired as a TV journalist on the West Coast and went on to win eight Emmy Awards, died Wednesday at 92
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Jay Peters / The Verge:
YouTube is testing AI hosts, who will share stories and trivia about the music users are listening to, in the YouTube Music app through its new Labs program
Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
The Daily Caller's editor at large wrote a column calling for violence against progressive activists and “blood in the streets”; the EIC defended the column
 

 
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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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