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Max Tani / Semafor:
Email: Rest of World tells donors it will “cease publishing as a standalone entity” in January 2027 as it seeks a new home; its site will stay available — The News — The globally-minded tech news startup Rest of World is scrambling to find a new home — or faces the prospect of shutting down.
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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Ex-60 Minutes EP Bill Owens, who left after clashing with CBS execs, will join YouTube journalism startup Newpress, which raised $12M led by Emerson Collective — Bill Owens, who left the show after clashing with CBS executives, is joining Newpress, which publishes work from creators on YouTube.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Memo: Skydance offers certain employees a voluntary buyout in a “one-time offer” and moves to a mandatory five-days-per-week in-office policy — Skydance, as it embarks on the work to integrate the businesses of Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery, is offering certain employees a voluntary buyout in a “one-time offer.”
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Ben Smith / Semafor:
Sources: after an NYT report questioned abuse recollections in Amy Griffin's memoir, the billionaire said she would target reporter Katherine Rosman's son — The Scoop — The New York Times article appeared on September 24, 2025, under the headline . — The 4,980-word investigation …
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Derrick Bryson Taylor / New York Times:
Elvis Presley's rightsholders sue Anthropic over 274 songs allegedly used to train its models, seeking $41M+; Anthropic says it disagrees and will defend itself — The $41 million lawsuit contends that the A.I. company used Presley's music to train its models without permission.
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Natalie Korach / Status:
Vanity Fair faces a legal conundrum over Matthew Cole's book excerpt alleging Jared Kushner's foreign ties; Condé Nast is traditionally wary of risky reporting — The explosive allegations read like a spy novel, featuring a hacked iPhone, international spies, and billion-dollar …
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
A look at Netflix's turbulent two weeks, as programming and engagement slumps, talent backlash, and a failed WBD bid prompted a major leadership shakeup — A programming slump and talent backlash prompted a major regime change at Netflix — Good afternoon from Los Angeles and thank …
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Craig Whitlock / Washington Post:
Bob Woodward reveals in his upcoming memoir, Secrets, the identities of many confidential sources who provided classified info throughout his 55-year career — For 55 years, Bob Woodward has unearthed some of Washington's deepest secrets. Now the legendary reporter is exposing a trove of his own.
Trishla Ostwal / Adweek:20 minutes ago
Pinterest announces the general availability of Programmatic Deals, letting buyers access its ad inventory via Amazon Ads, Google DV360, and more — Pinterest is selling its display and video inventory through programmatic platforms where its advertisers already plan and buy media …
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Marketing Dive, Pinterest, @ben_kaplan and MediaPost
Carlos Aguilar / New York Times:
Q&A with Laika CEO Travis Knight on stop-motion movie Wildwood, the studio's most technically ambitious project to date, and how AI is “theft” and “plagiarism” — “Articles of faith” are what Travis Knight calls the stop-motion animated films that the studio Laika produces one meticulous frame at a time.
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Ash Wu / New York Times:
Hollywood studios and streamers are aggressively buying unpublished short stories for seven-figure sums, providing executives with quick reads and flexible IP — Publishers generally don't race to acquire story collections these days, but studios appear eager to shell out for unpublished short works.
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Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Reuters replaces Getty as the exclusive licensing partner for the Sky News video archive; in September, Reuters replaced Getty as the agency partner for ITN — Reuters has taken over licensing of ITN and Sky News archives from Getty. — Reuters has replaced Getty as the exclusive licensing partner for the Sky News video archive.
Daniel Trotta / Reuters:
The DOJ accused a government contractor of leaking classified info to his girlfriend's Substack; excerpts suggest the writer is Capital & Empire's Aída Chávez — The US Justice Department accused a government contractor on Friday of leaking national defense information to his girlfriend …
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