Mediagazer: Musiversal, which enables booking musicians for remote recording sessions for $249 per month, raised a $6M Series A led by Iberis as it plans a US expansion (Kerry Flynn/Axios)

Leaked files: WaPo publisher Will Lewis supported Boris Johnson as a secret political adviser when he was UK PM in 2022; Lewis was AP's vice-chair at the time — Extensive meetings in 2022 between Lewis, then vice-chair of AP, and Johnson were not disclosed in transparency records

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Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:

Reddit launches free tools for publishers within Reddit Pro to track article performance and get suggestions on which communities to share their stories in — Reddit on Wednesday launched a set of free tools for publishers to track their article performance and receive suggestions …

Discussion: Reddit Upvoted, The Verge and WinBuzzer

Terrence O'Brien / The Verge:

Spotify plans to roll out lossless audio at 24-bit/44.1 kHz FLAC to Premium users over the next two months in 50 markets, without needing a pricier subscription — Subscribers will be able to enjoy 24-bit / 44.1 kHz FLAC as part of their Premium plan. … It's been a long time coming but Spotify is finally getting lossless audio.

Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:

Free London business paper City AM says it returned to print profitability, with gross profit margin of 50% last quarter and EBIT up 52% from January to August — Free London business newspaper City AM has claimed a healthy return to print profitability over the last year.

Financial Times:

Sources: Rupert Murdoch forced the $3.3B succession deal through sheer will, placing enormous pressure on his adult children during negotiations over months — How the media mogul put chosen son Lachlan in charge of his empire — and cut out his ‘departing members’

Emma Roth / The Verge:

Reddit, Yahoo, Medium, Quora, People, O'Reilly, wikiHow, Ziff Davis, and others adopt the Really Simple Licensing (RSL) standard that sets terms for AI scraping — Reddit, Yahoo, Quora, and wikiHow are just some of the major brands on board with the RSL Standard.

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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:

Fox News cancels MediaBuzz with Howard Kurtz, the last media criticism show on TV after CNN's Reliable Sources was canceled; Kurtz will remain with the network — ‘MediaBuzz’ anchor Howard Kurtz will become a political media analyst, while Griff Jenkins joins ‘Fox & Friends’ weekend …

Discussion: Axios, The Wrap, Los Angeles Times and NCS | NewscastStudio

Kerry Flynn / Axios:

Musiversal, which enables booking musicians for remote recording sessions for $249 per month, raised a $6M Series A led by Iberis as it plans a US expansion — Musiversal has raised a $6 million Series A as it plans a U.S. expansion, executives exclusively tell Axios.

Discussion: @kerrymflynn

Committee to Protect Journalists:

Nepalese “Gen Z” protestors set fire to the offices of daily newspaper Annapurna Post and of Kantipur Media Group, housing its print, TV, and radio divisions — New Delhi, September 10, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Nepali authorities to ensure the safety …

Discussion: The Indian Express, KDFX-TV, The US Sun, Travel And Tour World, Al Jazeera, New York Times, Bloomberg, NDTV Profit, The Gateway Pundit and The Economic Times

Alice Brooker / Press Gazette:

Sources: UK-based The Observer cuts casual staff, changes its production days, and significantly reduces pagination, following its sale to Tortoise in April — The Observer has cut casual staff and changed its production days following the sale of the paper to Tortoise in April 2025.

Rick Edmonds / Poynter:

Ten years in, Stat has 520 group licenses, 7.5M monthly paid views, and a staff of around 100; summer subscriptions rose 45% YoY, thanks to a Trump bump — STAT proves a sharp concept and patient money can beat the odds in a brutal news economy — STAT, a health care, medicine and biotech news site …

Dell Cameron / Wired:

Q&A with EFF Executive Director Cindy Cohn, who will leave the role later this year after leading the nonprofit since 2015, on privacy, encryption, AI, and more — After 25 years at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Cindy Cohn is stepping down as executive director.

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