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Tom Bowman / NPR:
Longtime Pentagon reporter Tom Bowman explains why NPR won't be signing on to the Pentagon's press policy: “signing that document would make us stenographers” — Today, NPR will lose access to the Pentagon because we will not sign an unprecedented Defense Department document …
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Erik Wemple / New York Times:
The NYT, WSJ, WaPo, NPR, The Atlantic, Guardian, CNN, and others say they will not sign the Pentagon's new press restrictions ahead of a Tuesday deadline — The Washington Post, The New York Times, Newsmax and others said their journalists would not agree to the Defense Department's policies …
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Scott Nover / Washington Post:
Newsmax, The Washington Times, and the Washington Examiner say they will not sign the Pentagon's new press restrictions; OANN says it has signed the policy — The network generally supportive of the Trump administration joins ABC, CBS, NBC and CNN in saying it will not sign the Defense Department press policy.
Isaac Schorr / Mediaite:
Trump shows support for Pete Hegseth's Pentagon press restrictions, saying “the press is very dishonest”, after expressing skepticism about the rules last month — Want to avoid video ads? Subscribe to — President Donald Trump threw his support behind Secretary …
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Fox News, ABC News, CBS News, CNN, and NBC News issue a joint statement declining to agree to the Pentagon's new requirements: “the policy is without precedent”
Fox News, ABC News, CBS News, CNN, and NBC News issue a joint statement declining to agree to the Pentagon's new requirements: “the policy is without precedent”
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Spotify partners with Netflix to distribute a selection of video podcasts from Spotify Studios and The Ringer on Netflix starting in early 2026 in the US — Spotify is bringing its video podcasts to Netflix starting next year, the company announced on Tuesday.
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David Ingram / NBC News:
Instagram overhauls Teen Accounts to align with PG-13 movie rating standards, block them from seeing accounts that share sexualized content, and more — After outrage over teens' well-being on Instagram erupted, the company said it would adopt the film industry's approach to content and aim to give teens a PG-13 experience.
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Benoit Berthelot / Bloomberg:
Publicis reports Q3 net revenue up 5.7% YoY to €3.53B, above est., and raises its 2025 revenue growth forecast to between 5% to 5.5% on strong ad and AI demand — Publicis Groupe SA raised its forecast for growth for the second time this year, benefiting from strong customer demand for artificial intelligence-led advertising.
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Michael Schneider / Variety:
TiVo confirms that it exited the hardware business on October 1 when it stopped selling DVR devices and accessories, but says it will continue to offer support — The TiVo box, which sat at the cutting edge of television's early 2000s time-shifting viewer revolution, is no more.
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Poynter:
Poynter announces a pilot project establishing a local public editor in Indianapolis to serve as a bridge between the public and local newsrooms — Partner newsrooms will publish the editor's independent analysis of local news coverage across the market — The nonprofit Poynter Institute …
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
The New York Sun is reviving its print product for the first time since 2008, with weekly editions published in a Berliner format on Fridays — The New York Sun, which relaunched under its new owner and publisher Dovid Efune in 2022, is reviving the storied paper's print edition for the first time since 2008.
Sara Fischer / Axios:
BDG Media CEO and founder Bryan Goldberg says he expects the company to be profitable in 2025 with up to $130M in revenue, focusing on influencers and events — BDG Media, the parent company to fashion and lifestyle publications such as Bustle, Nylon and Scary Mommy, expects to be profitable …
Alice Brooker / Press Gazette:
A profile of Far Out, a UK-based digital culture magazine that grew from a student blog in 2010 to ~30 full-time staff, with 20M monthly page views on average — A UK-based digital culture magazine that started life as a blog when the founder was at university now has around 30 full-time staff.
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