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12:30 PM ET, October 21, 2025

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CNBC:
WBD says it is open to a sale after receiving “unsolicited interest” from multiple parties; sources say the parties include Netflix and Comcast; WBD jumps 11%+  —  Warner Bros. Discovery said Tuesday it's expanding its strategic review of the business and is open to a sale …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
HBO Max raises prices across all plans: Basic With Ads increases by $1/month to $10.99, Standard by $1.50/month to $18.49, and Premium by $2/month to $22.99  —  It's going to cost you more to watch HBO Max, after the streaming platform raised its prices just a year after its last hikes.
Ethan Shanfeld / Variety:
Channel 4 reveals that the anchor who narrates and appears throughout a special titled “Will AI Take My Job?” was AI-generated, a first for British television  —  A news special on Britain's Channel 4 titled “Will AI Take My Job?” investigated how automation is reshaping the workplace and pitting humans against machines.
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Sports-centric media company Meadowlark Media names COO Bimal Kapadia as its new CEO, succeeding co-founder John Skipper, who announced his exit in May  —  Kapadia succeeds John Skipper, who exited the company earlier this year.  —  Meadowlark Media has found its next CEO …
Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch:
YouTube launches its likeness detection tech, letting eligible creators in its Partner Program request the removal of AI-generated content with their likeness  —  YouTube revealed on Tuesday that its likeness detection technology has officially rolled out to eligible creators in the YouTube Partner Program, following a pilot phase.
Discussion: The Wrap
Rose Henderson / Bloomberg:
OnlyFans CEO Keily Blair says the platform has paid out $25B to creators since its founding in 2016; OnlyFans takes a 20% fee on subscriptions and content sales  —  OnlyFans Chief Executive Officer Keily Blair said that the company has paid out $25 billion to creators since it was founded in 2016.
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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%  —  Customer cancellations for Disney's Disney+ and Hulu streaming services jumped in September, after the company briefly suspended the ABC late-night show “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”.
Sara Fischer / Axios:
The NYT announces the addition of a TikTok-like Watch tab to its app, featuring a mix of short-form, scrollable, vertical news videos, available October 22  —  The New York Times on Tuesday said it will add a stand-alone destination within its main app that includes a curated mix of short-form …
Discussion: Adweek
Bill Bradley / Adweek:
IAB moves its annual NewFronts up to March from late April/early May and adds a creator upfront called CreatorFronts, scheduled for September 15  —  The NewFronts are moving to earlier in the year  —  The NewFronts are ditching the old playbook.  —  Today, the Interactive Advertising Bureau …
Discussion: Axios
Dave Brooks / Billboard:
In a letter to two US lawmakers, Ticketmaster says it will ban users from operating multiple accounts and shut down its TradeDesk platform after an FTC lawsuit  —  Dan Wall, the ticketing giant's top corporate and regulatory affairs lawyer, skewers the FTC lawsuit in a feisty letter to two U.S. senators.
 
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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

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