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11:45 AM ET, October 16, 2025

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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
Ted Johnson / Deadline:
CNN plans to launch its All Access streaming subscription tier on October 28 for $6.99 per month or $69.99 per year in the US  —  CNN is making another go of it with a subscription service, announcing an Oct. 28 launch for its “all access” service at a price of $6.99 per month.
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.
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 …
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.
Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Sources: Apple is set to announce an exclusive US media rights deal with Formula One, paying $140M per year; F1 races average 1.4M viewers on ESPN  —  - Apple is about to announce a $140 million per year media rights deal with F1 for its U.S. rights, according to people familiar with the matter.
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 …
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.
Discussion: Reuters and The Hollywood Reporter
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
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
CBS News' Standards chief Claudia Milne announces her departure, becoming the first senior executive to leave since the arrival of Bari Weiss as EIC  —  Claudia Milne, who has overseen standards and practices at CBS News since 2021, announced her departure from the Paramount Skydance unit Thursday morning …
Angela Giuffrida / The Guardian:
The Italian federation of newspaper publishers submits a complaint to Italy's communication watchdog calling for an investigation into Google's AI Overviews  —  Newspaper federation says ‘traffic killer’ feature violates legislation and threatens to destroy media diversity
Discussion: Ars Technica and Agenzia ANSA
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 …
David Wheeldon / YouTube Official Blog:
YouTube's creative ecosystem contributed €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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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
An interview with YouTube CEO Neal Mohan on YouTube as the future of TV, paying out $100B+ to its creators, partnering with the NFL, scripted content, and more
 
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