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10:00 AM ET, October 17, 2025

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Scott Nover / Washington Post:
Doc: 15 people signed the Pentagon's press rules, including from The Federalist, The Epoch Times, OANN, and overseas media, plus freelancers and independents  —  The Federalist, the Epoch Times and One America News signed the Defense Department's press rules.
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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
David Folkenflik / NPR:
Susan Stamberg, an original NPR staffer who went on to become the first US woman to anchor a nightly national news program, has died at 87  —  Susan Stamberg, an original National Public Radio staffer who went on to become the first U.S. woman to anchor a nightly national news program, died Thursday at the age of 87.
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Apple and NBCUniversal announce an Apple TV and Peacock Premium bundle for $14.99 per month, a 30% discount over the individual subscriptions  —  In addition to getting both services at a discount of more than 30 percent, Apple TV will add select Peacock programming, while Peacock will get selected Apple TV shows.
Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Apple and Formula One announce a five-year US media rights deal for all races starting in 2026; sources: Apple is paying $140M/year, up from ESPN's ~$85M/year  —  Apple and Formula 1 announced a five-year media rights deal Friday that will bring every F1 race to Apple TV beginning in 2026.
The Guardian:
Trump files a 40-page amended $15B defamation complaint against the NYT and others, after a judge initially dismissed it on Sept. 19 due to its excessive length  —  Refiled complaint, after judge tossed initial suit last month, also targets individual reporters and book publisher
Peter Adams / Marketing Dive:
Amazon's Twitch begins testing livestream shopping ads allowing users to buy products “in real time”, starting with e.l.f. Cosmetics  —  A new integration powered by Amazon Ads' retail media data is meant to drive “more measurable business outcomes” for E.l.f. on the platform.
Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
Edison: Charlie Kirk's podcast, with his wife and others hosting, has surged in popularity, jumping 32 spots to enter the US top 20 podcasts for the first time  —  New data from Edison Research reveals that the conservative talk show continues to climb the charts  —  Welcome back to Soundbite.
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Hiten Samtani / @hitsamty:
Colossus, a quarterly, gives tech and business moguls the in-depth profile treatment of a traditional magazine without making them fear negative coverage  —  The team at Colossus is breaking something in magazine journalism in a fascinating way. Let me try to articulate. Even just a few years ago, if you wanted to read a beautifully written, exhaustively reported and actually interesting piece on someone shaping a corner of the [image]
Winston Cho / The Hollywood Reporter:
Inside the discussions between OpenAI and talent agencies about the video app Sora; some agents say studios have been too reluctant to challenge tech giants  —  OpenAI's CEO brazenly regurgitated major studios' characters to allow video app Sora 2 to spit out clips tailor-made for users.
 
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Jessica Davies / Digiday:
The Economist, the FT, and Dow Jones are licensing their archives and live content to enterprise clients for use in their private LLMs
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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
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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
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
Steven J. Horowitz / Variety:
Spotify partners with Sony Music Group, WMG, UMG, Merlin, and Believe to develop “responsible” AI products and says it will build a generative AI research lab
 

 
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Echo Wang / Reuters:
Meta acquires Limitless, which makes a pendant-style AI wearable that records and transcribes real-world conversations; Limitless has raised more than $33M

Wall Street Journal:
Sources: SpaceX is planning a secondary share sale that would value the company at $800B, surpassing OpenAI to make it the most valuable US private company

Bloomberg:
A US judge rules Google must renegotiate annually any contract that makes its search engine or AI app the default on smartphones and other devices
 
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