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4:25 AM ET, May 28, 2025

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David Folkenflik / NPR:
NPR and three Colorado public radio stations sue Trump, saying his executive order to cut federal funding violated the US Constitution and the First Amendment  —  NPR and three Colorado public radio stations filed suit Tuesday morning in federal court against the Trump White House …
Bloomberg:
Filing: Tencent is buying a ~10% stake in SM Entertainment for ~$180M from BTS agency Hybe, as China is expected to lift its unofficial ban on K-pop concerts  —  Tencent Music Entertainment Group, which is controlled by Tencent, will buy the stake from BTS-agency Hybe Co Ltd. …
Edith Hancock / Wall Street Journal:
The European Commission says it is investigating Pornhub, Stripchat, XNXX, and XVideos for potential child safety DSA violations “as a matter of priority”  —  New rules compel large online platforms to do more to protect users  —  The European Commission is investigating whether …
Ben Mullin / @benmullin:
Leaked memos: WaPo announces voluntary buyouts for employees with 10+ years of service and for members of the video department, copy desk, and opinion section  —  scoop: The Washington Post is announcing voluntary buyouts today targeting video, the copy desk, the opinion section and people who've worked at the company for 10 or more years. A big “are you in or out?” moment for the staff.
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Max Tani / Semafor:
Sources: some WaPo staffers say Opinion Editor Jonathan Capehart's new book pits colleagues against each other and appears to run afoul of editorial guidelines
Ray Schultz / MediaPost:
The Washington Post Tech Guild plans to pursue its first collective bargaining agreement with the company following a vote of 171-38 to establish the union
Monique Mulima / Bloomberg:
Trump Media & Technology Group plans to sell ~$1.5B in stock and $1B in 0% convertible notes to buy bitcoin for its treasury  —  The company's shares fell 9.2% at $23.38 in early trading after rallying premarket following a Financial Times report on its plans to raise capital to spend on cryptocurrencies.
Nicholas Quah / Vulture:
A look at the “New Media Circuit” that stars must navigate to create publicity for their work as legacy media's influence ebbs and media fragmentation grows  —  Last fall, when Andrew Garfield began promoting the elegiac A24 romance We Live in Time, his publicity campaign centered …
Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Q&A with Sundar Pichai on the future of search and the web, seeing “overall query growth”, News Media Alliance calling AI Mode “theft”, and more  —  Today, I'm talking with Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai.  We recorded this conversation in person after the Google …
Joe Holley / The Texas Observer:
Ronnie Dugger, the founding editor, publisher, and owner of the Austin-based Texas Observer, where he exposed bigotry and corporate greed, has died at 95  —  Ronnie Dugger, founding editor and longtime publisher of the Texas Observer and for many years the crusading conscience …
Max Tani / Semafor:
Bloomberg renamed its DEI team as the HR Inclusion team; editor John Micklethwait says its efforts will no longer specifically focus on underrepresented groups  —  THE SCOOP  —  Bloomberg editor John Micklethwait has told his newsroom the company is changing its inclusion efforts …
Discussion: @mediaevan and Talking Biz News
Emma Goldberg / New York Times:
A profile of Sam Freedman, who taught book writing at Columbia Journalism School for 35 years, leading to 113 book contracts and 95 books out of ~675 students  —  For three decades at Columbia Journalism School, Sam Freedman has encouraged students to try long-form narratives.
 
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Kelly Burke / The Guardian:
Australia's communications regulator: commercial TV networks have significantly cut their spending on kids' scripted content, with just $1.75M spent in 2023-24
Discussion: ACMA and TV Central
Ben Fritz / Wall Street Journal:
Comscore: US and Canada box office sales totaled $326.7M for a record Memorial Day weekend, led by Disney's Lilo & Stitch remake, which grossed $183M
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Callie Holtermann / New York Times:
A look at the Ditch Weekly, a newspaper run by 20 teenagers and covering Montauk, New York, with a goal to distribute 2,000 copies a week through Labor Day
Semafor:
Inside the “anti-woke” media's identity crisis after Trump's win, amid concerns The Free Press and others are becoming platforms for “moderate Trump sycophants”
Financial Times:
JioHotstar grew its subscriber base from 50M in March 2025 to 280M+ in May, driven by IPL cricket streams, nearing Netflix's global subscriber count of 300M
 

 
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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

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

Will Oremus / Washington Post:
Two studies suggest AI chatbots can shift political views more effectively than TV campaign ads, especially by presenting many claims, regardless of accuracy
 
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