Mediagazer: An interview with Mario Guevara, who faces deportation to El Salvador and says ICE detained him as direct retaliation for his coverage of the agency's raids (Lautaro Grinspan/Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

4:25 AM ET, July 22, 2025

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The White House removes the WSJ from the pool of reporters covering Trump's trip to Scotland, saying it is due to the WSJ's “fake and defamatory conduct” — But the White House, which earlier this year took over control of pool rotations from the White House Correspondents' Association …

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Bloomberg:

Sources: Oracle is in talks with Skydance for a $100M per year deal for Paramount to use Oracle's cloud software if the Skydance-Paramount merger goes through — Oracle Corp. is in discussions with Skydance Media LLC for a major software deal once the media company's acquisition of Paramount Global is complete.

Discussion: Axios, @pkafka, @richlightshed, New York Sun, naked capitalism, The Hollywood Reporter, Daring Fireball and The Movie Blog

Meg James / Los Angeles Times:

Sources: Paramount will pay $300M a year for five years to bring global streaming rights for South Park to Paramount+, including US rights for the first time — The creators of Comedy Central's “South Park” reached a breakthrough Monday in the tense negotiations over the streaming rights of the long-running satirical cartoon.

Discussion: The Wrap, Variety, TheDesk.net, @twinklebutt.bsky.social, @thefienprint.bsky.social, Reuters, @latimes.com and Media Play News

Lautaro Grinspan / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:

An interview with Mario Guevara, who faces deportation to El Salvador and says ICE detained him as direct retaliation for his coverage of the agency's raids — In an exclusive interview from an ICE detention facility, Mario Guevara talks about his month behind bars and his once positive feelings toward Donald Trump.

Discussion: The Guardian, The Hill, The Parnas Perspective, Los Angeles Times, The Atlantic, Al Jazeera and Wall Street Journal

Sean Burch / The Wrap:

WaPo opinion columnist Jonathan Capehart takes a buyout, weeks after Will Lewis called on writers who do not “feel aligned” with WaPo's “reinvention” to resign — The veteran opinion writer is leaving the paper after CEO Will Lewis said those who do not “feel aligned” …

Discussion: @sarafischer, The Independent, Media Nation, New York Post, Instapundit and Fox News

Zach Vallese / CNBC:

Google removed 20 YouTube channels, 4 Ads accounts, and 1 Blogger blog linked to RT in May, and thousands more channels tied to state propaganda campaigns in Q2 — Google announced Monday the removal of nearly 11,000 YouTube channels and other accounts tied to state-linked propaganda campaigns from China …

Discussion: Financial Express, Ukrainska Pravda, Cryptopolitan, Digit, Tubefilter, The Keyword and Fox Business

Max Tani / @maxwelltani:

Memo to staff: Fortune cut 10% of staff, citing a traffic decline and rise of audio/video, says its new strategy is to cultivate “premium franchise communities” — In an email to employees, Fortune says it has cut 10% of staff, the result of a decline in traffic, and rise of audio/video. The company says its new strategy is “to cultivate our premium franchise communities and deliver premium editorial content to them.”

Discussion: Talking Biz News, @katie_robertson, The Wrap, @azuregilman and MediaPost

Financial Times:

X says France's criminal probe over algorithmic “manipulation” and “fraudulent” data extraction is “distorting French law in order to serve a political agenda” — Authorities also accused social media company of ‘fraudulent’ data extraction

Saleah Blancaflor / Adweek:

Fox officially closes its upfront discussions; a source says Fox exceeded $2B for core sports properties, excluding the World Cup, for the first time — Fox closed its upfront talks with double-digit volume growth across its portfolio — Fox has reached the finish line of the 2025-26 upfront cycle.

Discussion: Sports Business Journal, TheDesk.net, @genetics56, The Wrap, Variety and MediaPost

Rob Waugh / Press Gazette:

Lithuania-based PR agency Wellstone PR launches Synapse, an AI tool that automatically drafts expert comment email responses to journalist queries — A PR agency is selling an AI tool that automatically answers pitches from journalists on services such as ResponseSource, HARO and Qwoted.

Discussion: Vince Nero on LinkedIn, @josiah.writes.news and Rob Waugh on LinkedIn

Michael Savage / The Guardian:

BBC Studios aims to build a lifestyle brand for all ages around its hit cartoon character Bluey, which drove a record $3.6B in global BBC retail sales in 2024 — Corporation aims to build ‘lifestyle brand’ for all ages around smash-hit cartoon character — Each episode may only last seven minutes …

Discussion: Michael Savage on LinkedIn, Evan Shapīro on LinkedIn, @jawnita.bsky.social, TVNewsCheck, @michaelsavage.bsky.social and @anthonypainter.bsky.social

Mark Sweney / The Guardian:

Ofcom says public service TV is becoming an “endangered species” after finding that streamers offered by PSBs only account for 9% of all viewing in the UK — Regulator calls for legislation to make news and UK-focused shows easier to find on online video-sharing platforms

Discussion: @michaelsavage.bsky.social, ofcom and @michaelsavage

Max Goldbart / Deadline:
Ofcom's Future of Public Service Media report urges the UK government to change laws to make UK public broadcaster content easier to find on YouTube

Discussion: Press Gazette, Broadband TV News, The Media Leader, TheDesk.net, Financial Times, Telegraph, BBC, Advanced Television, ISPreview UK, National Union of Journalists …, Kidscreen, Televisual, Ofcom, The Independent and WORLD SCREEN

Anthony Hughes / Bloomberg:

Amsterdam-listed firm Universal Music Group files confidentially for a US listing, which would fulfill the terms of a deal with Bill Ackman's Pershing Square — Universal Music Group NV has filed confidentially for a US listing, which would fulfill the terms of a deal with billionaire Bill Ackman's hedge fund Pershing Square.

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, Euronews, Benzinga, New York Times, Universal Music Group N.V., Reuters, Billboard and Reuters

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Patrick Soon-Shiong says the LA Times will go public “over the next year” and it is now “working through with an organization” to put a plan together

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Rachel Metz / Bloomberg:
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A profile of Brett Cooper, a conservative YouTuber who uses celebrity news to argue against feminism and abortion rights, as she becomes a Fox News contributor

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Max Tani / Semafor:
A pitch deck from Palantir CTO and another Palantir exec has been circulated for Founders Films, a “patriotic” content production company aiming to raise money

Discussion: @wandabarquin.bsky.social, @maxwelltani and The Wrap

Joseph Bernstein / New York Times:
A look at the video podcasting surge; a study shows ~75% of podcast consumers play video episodes and ~30% play video episodes minimized or in background mode

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Adam Minter / Bloomberg:
F1, whose US viewership on ESPN grew to 1.3M in 2025, risks losing casual viewers by moving to Apple TV+ but may attract younger, affluent fans in the long term

Discussion: Sports Business Journal, TVNewsCheck, Barrett Media, Jalopnik and Screen Rant

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A look at the Dor Brothers, a video production studio that has gained over 100M views across platforms by creating viral subversive videos using only AI tools

Ben Fritz / Wall Street Journal:
How YouTube became the most-watched video provider on TVs in the US, with creator content tailored for family and group viewing and app features enhanced for TV

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Sohee Kim / Bloomberg:
How Toho, the Japanese media company behind Godzilla, aims to increase its international presence and revenue via acquisitions, anime, video games, and more

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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Ad-Shield: 976M people globally use ad blockers that block on-site analytics, whitelisted ads, registration walls, and more, up from 590M in 2019

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Jordan Novet / CNBC:
Phil Spencer will retire after 38 years at Microsoft; Asha Sharma, the president of product in Microsoft's Core AI business, will become the CEO of gaming

Georgia Wells / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: OpenAI staff raised concerns about a Canadian mass shooting suspect months ago; OpenAI says her activity didn't meet the bar for reporting to police

Ryan Vlastelica / Bloomberg:
Anthropic launches Claude Code Security, which “scans codebases for security vulnerabilities and suggests targeted software patches”; cybersecurity stocks fall

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