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8:40 AM ET, October 21, 2025

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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!”.
S.V. Date / HuffPost:
When a HuffPost reporter asked White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt who chose Budapest for the next Trump-Putin meeting, she replied “Your mom did”  —  The press secretary still didn't answer the question we asked her, either.  —  WASHINGTON — White House press secretary …
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.
Jaures Yip / CNBC:
OpenAI says it will work with SAG-AFTRA, CAA, UTA, and others to crack down on Sora 2 deepfakes, following concerns from actor Bryan Cranston and SAG-AFTRA  —  OpenAI announced on Monday in a joint statement that it will be working with Bryan Cranston, SAG-AFTRA, and other actor unions …
Thomas Buckley / Bloomberg:
The California Film Commission awards tax credits to 52 films, including 10 from major studios, after the state doubled its film and TV credits to $750M a year  —  The doubling of California's film and TV tax credits to $750 million a year is showing promise in bringing production back to the state.
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
Ken Bensinger / New York Times:
Andrew Thornebrooke, an Epoch Times national security reporter, resigns over its decision to sign the Pentagon's new policy and label antifa as a terrorist org  —  The reporter, Andrew Thornebrooke, also cited a recent editorial directive to refer to antifa, the far-left ideological movement, as a terrorist organization.
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.
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.
 
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Max Tani / Semafor:
MeidasTouch says it has grown to 5.5M+ YouTube subscribers without outside investment; sources say Soros Fund is in talks to invest in the anti-Trump outlet
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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
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
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
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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
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
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
Lauren Hilgers / The Guardian:
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
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
 

 
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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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