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David Folkenflik / NPR:
NPR receives two of its largest ever gifts: $80M for innovation in use of digital tech and $33M to build and buy tools to be shared with US public media orgs — NPR has received two of the largest gifts in the public media network's existence, totalling $113 million.
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David Folkenflik / NPR:
Former NPR President and CEO Kevin Klose, who also had been Moscow bureau chief for The Washington Post, died Wednesday at 85 from Alzheimer's complications — Former NPR President and CEO Kevin Klose, a buoyant and transformative leader who helped to propel the public broadcaster …
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A US jury finds Live Nation and Ticketmaster illegally maintained monopoly power in the ticketing market, in a case brought by state AGs after the DOJ settled — Live Nation has vehemently denied acting as a monopoly. — ADD NBC NEWS TO GOOGLE — A jury in a high-stakes antitrust trial …
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Dylan Byers / Puck:
Sources: Vox Media CEO Jim Bankoff is likely to strike multiple deals in coming weeks to sell off assets, including the Podcast Network, The Verge, and NYMag — News, notes, and all the scuttlebutt pertaining to Jim Bankoff's admirable, atom-splitting attempt to sell off Vox Media in parts …
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Corbin Bolies / The Wrap:
Memo: Condé Nast is shuttering Self magazine, folding its content into other brands, and winding down Glamour's publishing arms in Mexico, Spain, and Germany — The company will also stop publishing Wired's Italian edition and several of Glamour's international editions
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Alice Brooker / Press Gazette:
BBC Science Focus editor Daniel Bennett says Apple News helped the title nearly double its editorial staff from six to 11 and reach 3M monthly page views — BBC Science Focus has made “embarrassing amounts” of money and almost doubled its team since finding success on all-you-can-read subscriptions app Apple News.
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Sandor Zsiros / Euronews:
Hungary's Prime Minister-elect Peter Magyar says he plans to suspend state broadcaster MTVA and “create independent, objective, and impartial conditions” — Magyar has threatened to suspend the state broadcaster following a heated on-air clash, accusing it of spreading …
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Stevie Bonifield / The Verge:
YouTube now lets users set a zero-minute Shorts time limit, effectively removing them from its iOS and Android app; the lowest previous option was 15 minutes — All YouTube users are getting an option to set their Shorts time limit to zero minutes.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
At a US Senate hearing on Paramount-WBD, Mark Ruffalo said the merger threatens the free press and democracy; Sen. Chuck Schumer called the merger a “nightmare” — Mark Ruffalo warned of “devastating” effects on film, TV and the news media if Paramount Skydance completes its takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery.
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Chris Welch / Bloomberg:
Roku says it is in 100M+ homes globally and its devices are used by “more than half of all US broadband households”; Roku had $4.15B in 2025 platform revenue — Roku Inc. said more than 100 million households are using its streaming platform, marking another milestone …
Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
Channel 4 Chief Content Officer Ian Katz plans to step down in October after nearly nine years, making him Channel 4's longest-serving programming head — Exit of former Newsnight editor as chief content officer comes after appointment of new CEO Priya Dogra
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Pew Research Center:
A survey of US teens: ~90% say entertainment is a reason they use TikTok, Instagram, or Snapchat, 57% Snapchat message daily, and 37% say TikTok impacts sleep — Teens largely turn to TikTok, Instagram and Snapchat for fun and connection. But experiences around messaging, screen time and cyberbullying vary.
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