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10:30 PM ET, May 22, 2026

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Kierra Frazier / CBS News:
After 11 years and over 1,800 episodes, Stephen Colbert hosted The Late Show's finale, which ran 17 minutes longer than usual, ending the 33-year franchise  —  Add CBS News on Google  —  Stephen Colbert said goodbye to “The Late Show” Thursday night in the franchise's finale after a 33-year run …
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John Koblin / New York Times:
Nielsen preliminary data: the final episode of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert drew 6.7M viewers, the biggest audience for the show since an episode in 2016  —  The total tripled his usual audience this season.  But it is only about half of what Jay Leno and David Letterman attracted for their final episodes.
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Globe and Mail:
Canada's CRTC formalizes rules requiring streamers to contribute 15% of Canadian revenue to support domestic programming, up from a 5% baseline set in 2024
Gregory Svirnovskiy / Politico:
NYT publisher AG Sulzberger criticized President Trump's incursions on press freedom and chastised some news outlets for capitulating to the president  —  Sulzberger reprehended publications he said have settled “winnable cases” with the president, refocused their editorial pages away …
Ted Johnson / Deadline:
The FCC opens up public comment on whether ABC's The View qualifies as a “bona fide news program” and is therefore exempt from equal time requirements  —  FCC Chairman Brendan Carr announced the public comment period on Friday, with filings due by June 22 and replies by July 6.
Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
Source: Penske Media is set to acquire Vox Media's unsold brands, including Eater, The Verge, SB Nation, Popsugar, and The Dodo, in an all-or-nothing deal  —  Penske Media is in line to acquire the brands left over from Vox Media's breakup, including Eater, The Verge, SB Nation, Popsugar …
Ana-Maria Stanciuc / The Next Web:
Italian police dismantle a piracy network that streamed paid content from Netflix and others via an app called Cinemagoal with annual subscriptions of €40-€130  —  Italy's Guardia di Finanza said on Friday it had dismantled an audiovisual piracy operation that streamed paid content from Sky …
Michael Sainato / The Guardian:
Five guilds representing workers at Hearst newspapers in New York, Connecticut, Texas, and California have filed formal complaints for unfair labor practices  —  Media company says it is ‘committed to good faith bargaining’ amid claims including contract violation
Matthew Jordan / The Conversation:
A look at the history of US radio and how it grew with the idea that media should serve the public interest, as CBS Radio News goes silent on Friday night  —  When CBS Radio News goes silent on May 22, 2026, Americans will lose access to news programming they've tuned into from their living rooms …
Christiana Sciaudone / A Media Operator:
Q&A with Hearst's Tim O'Rourke, VP for editorial innovation and AI strategy, on how Hearst's DevHub team of about 12 people collaborates with local newsrooms  —  We spoke with Hearst's Tim O'Rourke, vice president, editorial innovation and AI strategy, in charge of DevHub …
 
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