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12:15 PM ET, October 13, 2025

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Bloomberg:
Sources: WBD has rejected Paramount's ~$20 per share takeover bid for being too low; WBD shares closed at $17.10 on October 10, giving WBD a $42.3B market cap  —  Warner Bros Discovery Inc. has rebuffed Paramount Skydance Corp.'s initial takeover approach for being too low, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Wall Street Journal:
Paramount acquiring WBD would require it to take on WBD's massive ~$35B debt load; Paramount has a market cap of around $19B, while WBD's is above $40B  —  David Ellison's company could take plan to create a sprawling media conglomerate directly to shareholders  —  A battle for the future of Warner Bros. Discovery is brewing.
Derek Thompson:
How disparate forms of media and entertainment are converging on a continuous flow of episodic video, across streaming services, podcasts, and social media apps  —  A theory of culture and attention  —  A spooky convergence is happening in media.  Everything that is not already television is turning into television.
Eric Slivka / MacRumors:
Apple says that its Apple TV+ streaming service has been renamed Apple TV, “with a vibrant new identity”  —  Buried in its announcement about “F1: The Movie” making its streaming debut on December 12, Apple has also announced that Apple TV+ is being rebranded as simply Apple TV.
Steve Rose / The Guardian:
An interview with Ben Meiselas, who runs the left-leaning US media company MeidasTouch with his brothers Jordan and Brett, on Trump, right-wing media, and more  —  His channel, MeidasTouch, puts out 15 videos a day exposing Republican failings - and it is getting bigger audiences than Joe Rogan's.
Sohee Kim / Bloomberg:
A look at visual-effects studio Mofac, which is part of a wider rush in South Korea's film industry to integrate AI as it struggles with weak box office returns  —  When the pandemic shuttered studios and froze productions in 2020, many filmmakers saw their dreams collapse.
Discussion: The Korea Herald
Sarah Ellison / Washington Post:
President Trump is using mainstream media as props in his show of force, while building a group of friendly influencers and journalists to advance policy goals  —  The president has long attacked the media as “fake news,” but the White House has created a new crop of journalists to advance its policy priorities.
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
The NBA takes full control of NBA TV and the NBA App for the first time since 2008, after ending its partnership with Warner Bros. Discovery  —  The league is taking full control over its cable channel and streaming platform, 17 years after Turner Sports and Warner Bros. Discovery first began running the operation.
Discussion: The Wrap and Barrett Media
Neel Dhanesha / Nieman Lab:
A look at Re:Public, a new nonprofit outlet focusing on US public lands and aiming for 10 to 12 stories per year, founded by ex-Outside Magazine EIC Chris Keyes  —  The new publication, from former Outside Magazine EIC Chris Keyes, will focus on longform stories about the 660 million acres of public lands and waters in the U.S.
Tyler Katzenberger / Politico:
California Governor Gavin Newsom signs AB 1043, which requires device makers and app stores to verify users' ages; Google, Meta, and OpenAI supported the bill  —  “We can continue to lead in AI and technology, but we must do it responsibly — protecting our children every step of the way," …
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Tyler Katzenberger / Politico:
California Governor Gavin Newsom signs AB 56, which requires that social media companies show users under 18 warning labels for “profound” mental health risks
Elsa Keslassy / Variety:
Netflix's Ted Sarandos and filmmaker Guillermo del Toro plan to launch a stop-motion studio for training and research, located at the Gobelins school in Paris  —  “Frankenstein” director Guillermo del Toro and Netflix boss Ted Sarandos have unveiled plans for a trailblazing stop-motion studio …
New York Times:
How right-wing influencers, like Benny Johnson and Nick Sortor, are supplying the Trump administration's narrative around National Guard deployment in Portland  —  President Trump and his administration are amplifying the voices of pro-White House podcasters and streamers eager to ratify …
The New York Times Company:
The NYT says its journalists won't sign the Pentagon's revised press pass policy, arguing it threatens to punish them for First Amendment-protected reporting  —  Journalists from The New York Times will not sign the Pentagon's revised press pass policy, which threatens to punish …
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Mike Isaac / New York Times:
How TBPN's daily livestream became the preferred news show of tech insiders, as it taps into the “who's up, who's down” part of Silicon Valley culture
Alejandro Rojas / The Hollywood Reporter:
Parrot Analytics: movies made up ~50% of streaming revenue across Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+, and WBD in 2024, up from ~27% in 2022, based on engagement data
Mark Savage / BBC:
Sources: Paramount will stop airing five UK MTV channels at the end of 2025 but keep its flagship channel; some other non-US MTV channels are also set to close
Robert Channick / Chicago Tribune:
A producer for Chicago's WGN-TV was roughly detained by Border Patrol agents Friday morning; WGN said Friday evening she had been released with no charges filed
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Kristen Hare / Poynter:
Rick Edmonds, The Poynter Institute's longtime media business analyst, has died at 78 following a car accident
Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch:
Spotify users can now connect their accounts to ChatGPT so it can provide recommendations for tracks, artists, podcasts, and playlists
 

 
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Bjarke Smith-Meyer / Politico:
Nikita Bier accuses the European Commission of trying to deceptively amplify the reach of its post about the €120M fine on X; X terminates the EC's ad account

Ashish Vaswani / Essential AI:
Essential AI, whose CEO co-wrote Google's Attention Is All You Need paper, unveils Rnj-1, an 8B-parameter open model with SWE-bench performance close to GPT-4o

John Thornhill / Financial Times:
Impressions from a test ride in London in a car using Wayve's self-driving tech; Wayve has raised $1.3B since launch and is testing cars with Level 2+ autonomy
 
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