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Sara Fischer / Axios:
The Information launches its first live video product, TITV, hosted by reporter Akash Pasricha and streamed on YouTube, X, and The Information's website  —  The Information on Monday will launch its first live video product, TITV, hosted by reporter Akash Pasricha.
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Nielsen: Netflix's share of the most-watched shows dropped from 80%+ in 2021 to 52% in 2025; Amazon, Apple, HBO, Hulu, and Paramount have shows in 2025's Top 10  —  Netflix released the most-watched series of the first half — but is losing ground to rival streaming services.  —  Good evening from New York City.
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John Koblin / New York Times:
YouTube and Netflix are increasingly locked in a battle over TV in the US; Nielsen says YouTube was 12.5% of all TV viewing time in May, above Netflix's 7.5%
Jake Kanter / Deadline:
An internal BBC review finds that documentary Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone, narrated by the child of a Hamas minister, breached an editorial rule on accuracy  —  Peter Johnston, the BBC's director of editorial complaints and reviews, has examined what led to the film, which premiered in February …
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Max Goldbart / Deadline:
The BBC shelves an LA wildfires documentary by Jamie Roberts amid controversy over not disclosing that the son of a Hamas minister narrated his Gaza film  —  Deadline revealed several months back that the broadcaster faced a dilemma over whether to push on with the show while engulfed …
Brian Stelter / CNN:
Some right-wing media stars, whose conspiracy theories helped put Trump in power, are rejecting his call to stop wasting “time and energy on Jeffrey Epstein”  —  The conspiracy-soaked culture that propelled President Donald Trump to political power is now coming for him.
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
ABC News launches What You Need to Know, a daily news program on Disney+, streaming weekdays at 6am ET, with each episode available for 24 hours  —  ‘What You Need to Know’ will go live on the Disney streaming platform weekdays at 6 a.m., anchored by chief international correspondent James Longman …
Lily Ford / The Hollywood Reporter:
The BBC cuts ties with MasterChef presenter Gregg Wallace after an independent investigation upheld 45 allegations, including groping and racist comments  —  The TV star has been fired after more than 50 people came forward with allegations, including ones of inappropriate sexual language, groping and racist comments.
Max Tani / Semafor:
Kaleidoscope, a podcasting startup that focuses on adventure stories and other forms of narrative podcasting, raised a $5M Series A  —  THE SCOOP  —  A buzzy podcast startup has raised a new round of fundraising with a bet on science and technology.  —  The New York podcast company …
Rebecca Rubin / Variety:
WBD's Superman opens to $122M in domestic ticket sales, a strong start for the relaunched DC Universe under new DC Studios co-heads James Gunn and Peter Safran  —  Superman can lift up collapsing buildings, Godzilla-sized monsters and, now, the box office.  —  “Superman,” the newly rebooted …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Meta says it has taken down around 10M Facebook profiles so far this year that were impersonating or repeatedly reusing content from large content producers  —  Meta announced on Monday that it will take additional measures to crack down on accounts sharing “unoriginal” content to Facebook …
Peter White / Deadline:
Nielsen: in Q2, The Daily Show had its highest quarterly share in ten years and its best quarterly rating in four, with ratings up 15% YoY to an average of 393K  —  When Jon Stewart left The Daily Show in August 2015, his final episode and its lead up helped Comedy Central to some pretty decent numbers …
 
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