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Ted Johnson / Deadline:
Fox and Friends' Brian Kilmeade apologizes after saying homeless people with mental health issues who refuse help should get an “involuntary lethal injection” — Kilmeade, co-host of Fox & Friends, appeared on Fox & Friends Weekend on Sunday, telling viewers, “In the morning …
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Telegraph:
The Daily Mail told the UK CMA that Apple has refused to let it feature its articles on Apple News as the Mail's size would “overwhelm Apple's ecosystem” — Publisher urges competition watchdog to tackle tech giant's ‘arbitrary and discriminatory practices’
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Deadline:
A look at the networks, studios, executives, and libraries of Paramount and WBD amid merger talk, and similarities with Disney's acquisition of 21st Century Fox — As the industry and investors take stock of the entertainment colossus that could be created, however, the nagging thought occurs: Have we seen this movie before?
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Ben Fritz / Wall Street Journal:
Penske Media sues Google, says ~20% of Google search results linking to its sites now include AI Overviews, and affiliate link revenue fell 33%+ since late 2024 — Penske Media alleges artificial-intelligence-generated answers steal its content and have reduced traffic and revenue for its sites
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Lauren Goode / Wired:
Researchers say videos of Charlie Kirk's shooting fall into a policy gap on social media platforms, between allowable “graphic content” and “glorified violence” — Videos of the shooting spread across TikTok, Instagram, and X. Researchers say that in some cases …
Iris Samuels / Anchorage Daily News:
An Alaska fund has raised $3.5M+ from 80 donors in its first two months to help public radio and TV stations partially offset the ~$15M federal funding cuts — An Alaska fund has raised $3.5 million as it seeks to replace federal funding rescinded by Congress for public radio and television stations.
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New York Times:
After Trump's budget cuts, radio and TV stations are pleading with NPR and PBS to lower their fees as they mull whether to drop national programming altogether — Radio and television stations, facing enormous budget holes, are pleading with NPR and PBS to lower their fees as they examine whether …
Matthew Dowd / Lighthouse Sentinel:
Matthew Dowd, fired from MSNBC for comments he made immediately after the Charlie Kirk shooting, says he spoke before he knew Kirk was hit — Wow, what a few days. — On Tuesday evening, I was in Little Rock, Arkansas talking to a large gathering of folks about how we have to look …
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Rick Porter / The Hollywood Reporter:
Apple won 22 awards at the 77th Emmy's, its highest ever, as HBO and HBO Max rebounded with 30 awards; Netflix won 30, NBCUniversal won 16, and Disney won 13 — Netflix and Warner Bros. Discovery share the lead for most wins in 2025. — A record-setting night for The Studio helped give Apple TV …
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Max Tani / Semafor:
Nika Soon-Shiong, LAT owner Patrick Soon-Shiong's daughter, becomes Drop Site News' publisher, as the left-leaning outlet hits ~400K subs since its 2024 launch — The News — Nika Soon-Shiong's experience at the Los Angeles Times during the early 2020s hasn't been that different …
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Christopher Wiggins / Advocate:
WSJ revised a headline and added an editor's note to a story suggesting ammo in Charlie Kirk's shooting was engraved with “transgender and antifascist ideology” — The Wall Street Journal has quietly walked back early reporting that suggested the fatal shooting …
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Tyler Katzenberger / Politico:
California Assembly passes a bill that requires device makers and app stores to verify user ages; Google and Meta support the bill, while the MPA opposes it — “This is a critical piece of infrastructure for how to create more thoughtful safeguards for kids online,” Wicks told POLITICO.
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