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1:25 PM ET, October 20, 2025

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New York Times:
Sources: Bari Weiss has taken a hands-on approach in her first days at CBS, helping book big guests and urging executives to find leakers in the newsroom  —  Ms. Weiss, an unusual leader for a broadcast news division, has floated ideas for live events and asked journalists why they are seen as biased.
Isabella Simonetti / Wall Street Journal:
Antenna: Disney+ customer cancellation rates doubled from 4% in August to 8% in September after Jimmy Kimmel's suspension, and Hulu's doubled from 5% to 10%  —  The rate of customer defections for Disney+ doubled to 8% from 4% in August, while those for Hulu doubled to 10% from 5% …
Michael Paulson / New York Times:
Ariel Emanuel's new company MARI acquires NYC- and London-based theater ticketing app TodayTix from PE firm Great Hill; TodayTix sells ~10M tickets per year  —  The ticketing company is already a significant player in the two big theater markets of New York and London.
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
David Rohde, a two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize who left The New Yorker in 2023 to join NBC News, moves to MSNBC as its senior national security reporter  —  Rohde, a two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize, will join MSNBC under Versant, the new company slated to be spun off from NBCUniversal …
Discussion: @bristei and Deadline
Brian Rosenzweig / The Herald-Times:
Purdue University's student newspaper The Exponent took 3,000 “solidarity” issues to Indiana University, after IU cut the Indiana Daily Student's print edition  —  BLOOMINGTON, IN — Controversy sometimes makes for strange bedfellows.  —  On Friday afternoon …
Cheyenne MacDonald / Engadget:
X is testing a new way of opening links without fully covering an X post, allowing users to see the Like, Repost, and other buttons, starting on iOS  —  It comes in response to creators' complaints about the reach of posts containing links.  —  Links have proven to be a tricky thing when it comes to social media engagement.
Richard Gingras / On the Evolution of Media:
Protecting press freedom is a responsibility journalists must shoulder themselves, as history shows courts, philanthropy, and policy won't save journalism  —  The following introductory remarks were given at the recent Newsgeist Unconference hosted by the Center for News, Technology, and Innovation.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Sources: Paramount Skydance plans to begin mass layoffs the week of October 27, cutting around 2,000 US jobs as part of its $2B cost-cutting initiative  —  Paramount Skydance employees are facing a broad across-the-board culling under David Ellison's new management regime the week of Oct. 27, Variety has confirmed.
Lulu Garcia-Navarro / New York Times:
An interview with Jimmy Wales on Wikipedia's decentralized model, right-wing attacks and political pressure, Elon Musk, protecting volunteer editors, and more  —  As one of the most popular websites in the world, Wikipedia helps define our common understanding of just about everything.
Jake Kanter / Deadline:
Ofcom strengthens its guidance on politicians presenting UK news shows to include members of the House of Lords, after losing a court battle with GB News  —  Ofcom has strengthened guidance concerning politicians presenting news shows after the UK media regulator lost a court battle with GB News earlier this year.
Ian Walker / Wall Street Journal:
The UK CMA says Getty Images and Shutterstock's $3.7B merger raises competition concerns and gives the companies until October 27 to make a plan to address them  —  The regulator says it will refer the deal for further investigation if the companies don't provide an acceptable undertaking to address concerns
 
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A profile of Wang Jian, a journalist who moved to the US in 2018 due to increasing press restrictions in Hong Kong and has built a news operation on YouTube
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India's JioStar reports gross revenue of $815M for the quarter ending September 30 and $149M profit after tax; JioHotstar averaged 400M monthly active users
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Yusra Farzan / LAist:
The LAPD files an emergency motion asking a judge to lift an injunction restricting the use of force against the press as it creates “impracticable standards”
Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch:
OpenAI says it paused Sora's ability to generate videos resembling MLK Jr. at the request of his estate, after some users created “disrespectful depictions”
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
 

 
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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

A.J. Vicens / Reuters:
US and Canadian authorities warn that Chinese hackers are using the Brickstorm malware to install backdoor access within unnamed government and IT entities

Casey Newton / Platformer:
A look back at five years of Meta's Oversight Board, whose rulings on the relatively small number of cases it hears have generally had limited impact
 
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