Check out Mini-Mediagazer for simple mobiles or Mediagazer Mobile for modern smartphones.
4:23 PM ET, October 30, 2025

Mediagazer

 Top News: 
Brendan Ruberry / Semafor:
A man named Bill DeBlasio, quoted in a Times story as ex-NYC mayor de Blasio, says he just played along in response to Times' email and used ChatGPT to respond  —  The Scoop  —  The man at the heart of a high-stakes mix-up that rippled through global political journalism in the final days …
RELATED:
Zachary Leeman / Mediaite:
The Times of London says its “reporter had been misled by an individual falsely claiming to be” Bill de Blasio; it took down its story after two hours
RELATED:
Liam Scott / Columbia Journalism Review:
Q&A with Isaac Chotiner, who has been called the “interview assassin”, on why he likes Q&A's, how he structures them, why he points out contradictions, and more  —  If Isaac Chotiner comes calling for an interview, is it best to just hang up?
Glenn Peoples / Billboard:
Universal Music Group reports Q3 revenue of €3.02B, up 5.3% YoY, beating €2.92B estimated, slow streaming revenue growth, and physical sales revenue up 18.4%  —  The KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack, Sabrina Carpenter and Morgan Wallen help propel UMG to solid gains — if the euro's strength against the U.S. dollar is ignored.
RELATED:
Marc Schneider / Billboard:
UMG and Stability AI announce a partnership to develop music creation tools powered by “responsibly” trained AI
Katherine Sayre / Wall Street Journal:
UMG partners with AI music generator Udio to launch a subscription service for creating music with licensed songs in 2026, in part to settle a copyright lawsuit
Janko Roettgers / The Verge:
YouTube's updated TV app gets a redesigned homescreen, organizes a growing number of channels by seasons and episodes, and more  —  YouTube's TV app is starting to look a lot more like Netflix, further blurring the lines between traditional TV and creator shows.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Roku beats expectations with Q3 net income of $24.8M, vs. a net loss of $35.8M a year ago, and revenue of $1.21B, up 14% YoY; total streaming hours rose 12% YoY  —  Roku, the top independent streaming device and content platform company, delivered third-quarter 2025 financial results …
Discussion: Reuters and Roku
Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
A look at YouTube TV's terms in negotiations with Disney and others; sources say YouTube wants one- or two-year deals, below the three-to-five-year deal norm  —  The Google-owned pay-TV service also is in a dispute with Univision  —  YouTube TV has become an 800-pound gorilla in the media business.
Neel Dhanesha / Nieman Lab:
An interview with the team behind the News Creator Corps, whose fellowship provides 20 news influencers with journalism training and a $5K stipend  —  The goal of the News Creator Corps is to “flood social platforms with accurate information.”  —  It's impossible to ignore how much social media …
Sophie Culpepper / Nieman Lab:
The Salt Lake Tribune launches The Southern Utah Tribune, a free monthly newspaper, its latest local news product after a Cache Valley newsletter and Moab paper  —  “We believe that the first thing we have to do is build something that people want.”  —  On October 9, a Thursday, The Southern Utah Tribune published its first issue.
Tyler Falk / Current:
CPB announces a $1.1M grant to establish a regional journalism collaboration led by Minnesota Public Radio, funding two editors overseeing four reporters  —  CPB is supporting the establishment of a regional journalism collaboration led by Minnesota Public Radio with a $1.1 million grant …
Discussion: TVNewsCheck
Kendra Barnett / Adweek:
Alphabet passed $100B in quarterly revenue for the first time, in Q3; Sundar Pichai says “AI Overviews drive meaningful query growth” and AI Mode has 75M DAUs  —  Google surged past Wall Street's Q3 estimates, with shares up over 6% in after-hours trading Wednesday.  —  The numbers
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of Mediagazer at 4:23 PM ET, October 30, 2025.

View the current page or another snapshot:


 
 See Also: 
Mediagazer: site main
Mediagazer River: reverse chronological Mediagazer
Mediagazer Mobile: for phones
Mediagazer Leaderboard: Mediagazer's top sources
 
 Subscribe: 
Mediagazer RSS feed
Mediagazer on X
Mediagazer on Mastodon
 
 
 More News: 
Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
OpenAI's Sora app adds new features, including “character cameos” to create AI deepfakes of pets, illustrations, and more, clip stitching, and leaderboards
Lillian Rizzo / CNBC:
Comcast reports NBCU Q3 revenue down 20% YoY to $6.6B, EBITDA up 28% to $832M, 41M Peacock subscribers, and a $217M Peacock loss, down from a $436M loss YoY
Erik Wemple / New York Times:
A profile of Shirish Dáte, a White House reporter for HuffPost, whose treatment by top Trump officials stands out, with regular insulting and disparaging texts
Dominic Patten / Deadline:
Disney and YouTube settle their legal dispute over YouTube's hiring in May of former Disney executive Justin Connolly to be global head of media and sports
 Earlier Picks: 
Pooja Rajkumari / TheStreet:
Crypto media company Blockworks is closing its newsroom, launched in 2021, and will focus on software and data, continuing its main newsletters and podcasts
Alex Heath / Sources:
Sources: YouTube reorganizes its leadership team, with three product teams reporting to CEO Neal Mohan, and announces a “voluntary exit program” for US staff
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Paramount Skydance lays off ~1,000 staff, mostly in the US; in a memo, David Ellison says the cuts “are necessary to position Paramount for long-term success”
 

 
From Techmeme:

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

Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg:
Sources: Meta is considering deep budget cuts to its metaverse efforts in 2026, potentially as high as 30% and most likely including layoffs as early as January

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
 
Sister Sites:

Techmeme
 Top news and commentary for technology's leaders, from all around the web
memeorandum
 What US political commentators are discussing online right now
WeSmirch
 The top celebrity news from all around the web on a single page