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David Bauder / Associated Press:
About 40 to 50 Pentagon reporters turned in access badges and exited the Pentagon rather than agree to new US government-imposed restrictions on their work — Add AP News to Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Share
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
NBC News cuts about 150 jobs, or about 2% of the NBC News Group's workforce, ahead of the spinoff of MSNBC and CNBC into Versant — The cuts come ahead of Comcast's Versant spinoff, which will see MSNBC and CNBC cleaved off from the rest of the NBC News Group.
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Natalie Korach / Status:
Vox hires Astead Herndon from the NYT to host a new video podcast and serve as editorial director starting on October 20, a significant loss for the NYT — Vox has poached Astead Herndon from The NYT to host a new video podcast and serve as editorial director, contributing to political coverage across all mediums for the outlet.
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
LAT Media Group reports a net loss before taxes of $48.1M in 2024, up from $30M in 2023, with a $21.5M loss in H1 2025; 50%+ of revenue still came from print — More than half of Los Angeles Times revenue still came from print in 2024. — The Los Angeles Times Media Group made a loss of almost $50m …
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Annie Aguiar / Poynter:
Indiana University fired the adviser for The Indiana Daily Student, whose alums have won Pulitzers, showing how easily universities can seize student papers — By firing the Indiana Daily Student's adviser, IU showed how easily universities can seize control of the press they claim to support
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Loree Seitz / The Wrap:
WBD announces a multi-year partnership with the South Korean media company CJ ENM with the primary goal of creating a K-drama pipeline for HBO Max — HBO Max subscribers will gain access to TVING's scripted and unscripted content in early 2026 — Warner Bros. Discovery has inked a partnership …
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Jesse Whittock / Deadline:
Canal+ takes a 34% stake in French cinema operator UGC, with the option to build a controlling stake in 2028, and says UGC's content library will expand its own — Canal has signed an agreement for a 34% stake in French cinema operator UGC, as the London-listed Euro giant announced plans for a secondary listing in South Africa.
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Jake Kanter / Deadline:
The BBC publishes the results from its “Our Future, Our BBC” survey, completed by 872K+ viewers, showing only 43% say it is “effective” in being independent — The BBC has an independence perception problem. — That's one of the key findings of a major audience survey undertaken …
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George Winslow / TV Tech:
Parks Associates: 45% of US internet homes watch FAST services; 89% subscribe to at least one streamer; 59% of streaming subscriptions are to basic ad tier — Nearly 9 in 10 (89%) of these homes also subscribe to at least one streaming service, with 59% choosing the cheaper ad-supported option, Parks Associates reported
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Pew Research Center:
Survey: 46% say the news makes them feel informed often or extremely often, while 42% feel angry, 38% feel sad, and 27% feel scared with same frequency — The Pew-Knight Initiative supports new research on how Americans absorb civic information, form beliefs and identities, and engage in their communities.
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Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch:
Indian startup Kuku, which offers audio content and vertical dramas, raised an $85M Series C led by Granite at a $500M valuation and has 10M+ paid subscribers — Kuku, an Indian storytelling platform backed by Google, has raised $85 million in fresh funding as it aims to scale its audio …
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David Wheeldon / YouTube Official Blog:
YouTube's creative ecosystem added over €7B to the EU's GDP in 2024 and supported 200K+ full-time equivalent jobs, according to advising firm Oxford Economics — YouTube's creative ecosystem added over €7B to the EU's GDP in 2024, while supporting over 200,000 jobs.
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Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
WSJ restructures its health, science, and education teams, with the health group moving back under the business team, after separating during the pandemic — Wall Street Journal editor in chief Emma Tucker sent out the following on Wednesday: — Dear all,
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