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A pitch deck from Palantir CTO and another Palantir exec has been circulated for Founders Films, a "patriotic" content production company aiming to raise money (Max Tani/Semafor) - 2025-07-20T22:35:00-04:00

A look at the video podcasting surge; study: ~75% of podcast consumers play video episodes and ~30% play video episodes minimized or in background mode (Joseph Bernstein/New York Times) - 2025-07-20T20:05:01-04:00

F1, whose US viewership on ESPN grew to 1.3M in 2025, risks losing casual viewers by moving to Apple TV+ but may attract younger, affluent fans in the long term (Adam Minter/Bloomberg) - 2025-07-20T16:00:04-04:00

A look at the Dor Brothers, a video production studio that has gained over 100M views across platforms by creating viral subversive videos using only AI tools (Stuart A. Thompson/New York Times) - 2025-07-20T09:00:05-04:00

How YouTube became the most-watched video provider on TVs in the US, with creator content tailored for family and group viewing and app features enhanced for TV (Ben Fritz/Wall Street Journal) - 2025-07-20T02:00:00-04:00

How Toho, the Japanese media company behind Godzilla, aims to increase its international presence and revenue via acquisitions, anime, video games, and more (Sohee Kim/Bloomberg) - 2025-07-19T20:35:01-04:00

Ad-Shield: 976M people globally use ad blockers that block on-site analytics, whitelisted ads, registration walls, and more, up from 590M in 2019 (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette) - 2025-07-19T15:35:00-04:00

Why The Houston Landing failed, including the lack of a clear identity, leadership lacking fundraising and nonprofit experience, and trouble generating revenue (Sophie Culpepper/Nieman Lab) - 2025-07-19T10:35:01-04:00

X sets its first UK Original, a docuseries about Premier League club Burnley's 2025/26 season, featuring 20 episodes of 10-12 minutes each released fortnightly (Andreas Wiseman/Deadline) - 2025-07-19T04:35:01-04:00

Dow Jones responds to Trump lawsuit, saying "we have full confidence in the rigor and accuracy of our reporting, and will vigorously defend against any lawsuit" (Wall Street Journal) - 2025-07-18T22:35:01-04:00

Filing: Skydance CEO David Ellison and FCC Chair Brendan Carr met on July 15 to discuss the Paramount merger and "Skydance's commitment to unbiased journalism" (Ted Johnson/Deadline) - 2025-07-18T19:10:01-04:00

A federal judge dismisses Trump's ~$50M 2023 lawsuit against Bob Woodward for publishing tapes from interviews for his 2020 book Rage as an audiobook (Jonathan Stempel/Reuters) - 2025-07-18T17:10:01-04:00

Trump files a $10B defamation suit against Rupert Murdoch, Dow Jones, and others after WSJ wrote an article saying Trump sent Jeffrey Epstein a "bawdy" letter (Dan Mangan/CNBC) - 2025-07-18T17:02:32-04:00

Google says it has stopped charging Canadian advertisers a 2.5% surcharge after Canada rescinded the DST following President Trump's threats (Pippa Norman/Globe and Mail) - 2025-07-18T16:20:00-04:00

The WGA says The Late Show's cancellation is a "bribe" as Paramount seeks merger approval and calls for NY State AG Letitia James to launch an investigation (Peter White/Deadline) - 2025-07-18T15:25:01-04:00

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Mediagazer - 2025-07-20T22:35:35-04:00

Max Tani / Semafor:
A pitch deck from Palantir CTO and another Palantir exec has been circulated for Founders Films, a “patriotic” content production company aiming to raise money — THE SCOOP — As a conservative political backlash sweeps across US media, some are reaching for the ultimate prize: Hollywood.

Joseph Bernstein / New York Times:
A look at the video podcasting surge; study: ~75% of podcast consumers play video episodes and ~30% play video episodes minimized or in background mode — An audio-only medium spawned a giant industry that is now largely focused on video. — The following are the runtimes of some recent episodes …

Adam Minter / Bloomberg:
F1, whose US viewership on ESPN grew to 1.3M in 2025, risks losing casual viewers by moving to Apple TV+ but may attract younger, affluent fans in the long term — Formula One might lose viewers if it leaves ESPN for the tech company, but moving is more likely to deliver long-term gains.

Stuart A. Thompson / New York Times:
A look at the Dor Brothers, a video production studio that has gained over 100M views across platforms by creating viral subversive videos using only AI tools — President Trump leans forward in a limousine, takes a long puff from a cigarette and flashes a wide grin.

Ben Fritz / Wall Street Journal:
How YouTube became the most-watched video provider on TVs in the US, with creator content tailored for family and group viewing and app features enhanced for TV — A generation that grew up watching YouTubers on tablets and phones have migrated to TVs, and Hollywood is losing ground

Sohee Kim / Bloomberg:
How Toho, the Japanese media company behind Godzilla, aims to increase its international presence and revenue via acquisitions, anime, video games, and more — Tokyo's biggest filmmaker, Toho, is looking to expand its prehistoric “atomic-breathing” creature into games and attractions around the world.

Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Ad-Shield: 976M people globally use ad blockers that block on-site analytics, whitelisted ads, registration walls, and more, up from 590M in 2019 — Web traffic that cannot be measured, and therefore monetised, by publishers has grown by 49% in the past three years, according to a new report.

Sophie Culpepper / Nieman Lab:
Why The Houston Landing failed, including the lack of a clear identity, leadership lacking fundraising and nonprofit experience, and trouble generating revenue — That research came out of AJP's Local Philanthropy Partnerships program. (The Houston Endowment and Arnold Ventures are both listed by AJP as local philanthropy partners.)

Andreas Wiseman / Deadline:
X sets its first UK Original, a docuseries about Premier League club Burnley's 2025/26 season, featuring 20 episodes of 10-12 minutes each released fortnightly — The deal is a first-of-its kind for X with a Premier League club, and will feature 20 episodes (10-12 mins each) released fortnightly during the upcoming season.

Wall Street Journal:
Dow Jones responds to Trump lawsuit, saying “we have full confidence in the rigor and accuracy of our reporting, and will vigorously defend against any lawsuit” — Defamation lawsuit was filed in a Florida federal court — President Trump on Friday filed a lawsuit …

Ted Johnson / Deadline:
Filing: Skydance CEO David Ellison and FCC Chair Brendan Carr met on July 15 to discuss the Paramount merger and “Skydance's commitment to unbiased journalism” — According to a filing with the FCC, Ellison and his legal counsel, Matthew A. Brill, met Tuesday with the FCC officials …

Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A federal judge dismisses Trump's ~$50M 2023 lawsuit against Bob Woodward for publishing tapes from interviews for his 2020 book Rage as an audiobook — Donald Trump cannot pursue his nearly $50 million lawsuit against the journalist Bob Woodward for publishing tapes from interviews for his 2020 best-seller …

Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Trump files a $10B defamation suit against Rupert Murdoch, Dow Jones, and others after WSJ wrote an article saying Trump sent Jeffrey Epstein a “bawdy” letter — President Donald Trump on Friday followed through on his threat to sue media mogul Rupert Murdoch …

Google says it has stopped charging Canadian advertisers a 2.5% surcharge after Canada rescinded the DST following President Trump's threats (Pippa Norman/Globe and Mail) - 2025-07-18T16:20:00-04:00

Pippa Norman / Globe and Mail:
Google says it has stopped charging Canadian advertisers a 2.5% surcharge after Canada rescinded the DST following President Trump's threats — ////business/Google GOOG-Q has stopped charging a fee it put in place last year to cover the cost of Canada's now-cancelled digital services tax …

Peter White / Deadline:
The WGA says The Late Show's cancellation is a “bribe” as Paramount seeks merger approval and calls for NY State AG Letitia James to launch an investigation — The Writers Guild of America has slammed Paramount's decision to cancel The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

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