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12:30 PM ET, September 10, 2025

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The Guardian:
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
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
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.
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.
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 …
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  —  Move comes as Observer spreads production across the week.  —  The Observer has cut casual staff and changed its production days following …
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Amazon and Netflix partner to let advertisers buy Netflix ad inventory via Amazon's demand-side platform, after Amazon signed a similar deal with Disney in June  —  Amazon and Netflix are two of the major competitors in Hollywood's streaming wars, but in at least one instance, they're ready to team up.
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
A US Treasury Department document says “digital content creators”, including podcasters, social media influencers, and streamers, are eligible for tax-free tips  —  A U.S. Treasury Department document includes podcasters, social media influencers and streamers among occupations eligible for tax-free tips.
 
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
In a new ad campaign, TelevisaUnivision says Google plans to move Univision from YouTube TV's basic bundle to a Spanish-language package that costs extra
 

 
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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

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

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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