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5:45 PM ET, May 25, 2026

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Michael Schneider / Variety:
CBS issued takedown notices to YouTube users over Stephen Colbert's return to public access series Only in Monroe, but says it will stand down after outcry  —  Yes, it's true, Paramount/CBS had been issuing takedown notices to YouTube users who were uploading bootleg copies …
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Lucas Manfredi / The Wrap:
CBS says Colbert's Only in Monroe episode was financed and produced by CBS Studios but it has decided to stop issuing takedown notices “until additional review”  —  And why the network has suspended its effort to police unauthorized versions of the public access show online
Reuters:
Report: the EU plans to fine Google a high triple-digit million euro amount as part of a 2025 probe over concerns it favors its own services in search results  —  The European Union is planning to fine Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) Google a high triple-digit million euro amount as part of an antitrust investigation …
Lakshmi Varanasi / Business Insider:
X says it is cracking down on large accounts that have been gaming its revenue-sharing program by “programmatically reuploading content from smaller accounts”  —  X is introducing new strategies to rein in its copycat economy.  —  Elon Musk's social media platform is now cracking …
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Love Island brought Peacock ~2M new subscribers in 2025, a rare bright spot after ~$1B in recent losses; Comcast says Peacock has 46M subscribers  —  Reality-dating show ‘Love Island USA’ got off to an unremarkable start, then scorched in season seven.  Can it heat up another summer for Peacock?
Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
eMarketer: live sports TV ad spend in the US will top $20B in 2027 and hit ~$25B by 2030, growing 27% from 2026 to 2030, 4x the rate of the overall TV ad market  —  Live sports advertising is set to become a more than $20 billion business in 2027, growing far faster than the broader television market …
Adi Robertson / The Verge:
The FTC settles with Cox, MindSift, and 1010 Digital Works for $930K over claims they falsely said they could use phone mics to spy on users for ad targeting  —  More specifically, it was fined for allegedly lying by claiming that it could. … An exceptionally weird controversy has come …
Alice Brooker / Press Gazette:
French political title Contexte, which generates 100% of its revenue from subscriptions, reports a €268K net profit for 2025, its first profit without subsidies  —  Title offers in-depth political coverage entirely funded by subscriptions.  —  After a year of slowing down investment …
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Marcelo Cajueiro / Variety:
Sofa, a Brazilian TV network, plans to launch 16 free ad-supported channels on YouTube, in Spanish and Portuguese in Brazil, Latin America, the US, and Portugal  —  The package includes channels with films and series dubbed into Spanish and Portuguese and selected through curation; channels will have TV ads inserted via DAI technology
Max Tani / Semafor:
Senate Democrats announced plans last week for new legislation to restore the independence of Stars and Stripes, including mandating a civilian publisher  —  THE SCOOP  —  Democrats are trying a new strategy to push back against new restrictions the Pentagon has placed on its longstanding in-house media outlet.
Etan Vlessing / The Hollywood Reporter:
The MPA and the Streaming Innovation Alliance blast Canada's CRTC for adopting rules forcing streamers to contribute 15% of Canadian revenue to Canadian content  —  The CRTC on Thursday ordered American digital platforms to contribute 15 percent of their Canadian revenues …
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Corbin Bolies / The Wrap:
GLAAD and more than 40 advocacy groups submit a public comment calling the FCC's proposed LGBTQ TV warning label “unnecessary, unhelpful and discriminatory”
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Variety:
Prediction markets are spoiling reality TV shows, as Kalshi had the winner of Survivor 50 at 97% odds by the finale; Kalshi is looking at ways to avoid spoilers
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
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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
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
 

 
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Demis Hassabis / @demishassabis:
Demis Hassabis proposes a US-based Standards Body for “Frontier-class” AI, modeled after FINRA; labs would share models for review up to 30 days before release

Lauren Feiner / The Verge:
New York Governor Kathy Hochul signs a moratorium blocking new environmental permits for data centers over 50MW for up to one year, the first state to do so

Amy Thomson / Bloomberg:
IBM reports preliminary Q2 revenue up 1% YoY to $17.2B, below $17.9B est., as CEO Arvind Krishna says customers are shifting spending to chips; IBM falls 20%+
 
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