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Amsterdam-listed firm Universal Music Group files confidentially for a US listing, which would fulfill the terms of a deal with Bill Ackman's Pershing Square (Anthony Hughes/Bloomberg) - 2025-07-21T20:10:01-04:00

Anthony Hughes / Bloomberg:
Amsterdam-listed firm Universal Music Group files confidentially for a US listing, which would fulfill the terms of a deal with Bill Ackman's Pershing Square  —  Universal Music Group NV has filed confidentially for a US listing, which would fulfill the terms of a deal with billionaire Bill Ackman's hedge fund Pershing Square.

Sources: Oracle is in talks with Skydance for a $100M/year deal for Paramount to use Oracle's cloud software if the Skydance-Paramount merger goes through (Bloomberg) - 2025-07-21T18:15:00-04:00

Bloomberg:
Sources: Oracle is in talks with Skydance for a $100M/year deal for Paramount to use Oracle's cloud software if the Skydance-Paramount merger goes through  —  Oracle Corp. is in discussions with Skydance Media LLC for a major software deal once the media company's acquisition of Paramount Global is complete.

Google removed 20 YouTube channels, 4 Ads accounts, and 1 Blogger blog linked to RT in May, and thousands more channels tied to state propaganda campaigns in Q2 (Zach Vallese/CNBC) - 2025-07-21T17:25:01-04:00

Zach Vallese / CNBC:
Google removed 20 YouTube channels, 4 Ads accounts, and 1 Blogger blog linked to RT in May, and thousands more channels tied to state propaganda campaigns in Q2  —  Google announced Monday the removal of nearly 11,000 YouTube channels and other accounts tied to state-linked propaganda campaigns from China …

Source: Netflix is using Runway AI's video generation tools for production; Disney is testing out the tools and talked with Runway about possible uses for them (Rachel Metz/Bloomberg) - 2025-07-21T16:45:01-04:00

Rachel Metz / Bloomberg:
Source: Netflix is using Runway AI's video generation tools for production; Disney is testing out the tools and talked with Runway about possible uses for them  —  Netflix Inc. has begun using artificial intelligence video generation software from startup Runway AI, testing the waters …

Fox has officially closed its upfront discussions; a source says Fox exceeded $2B for core sports properties, excluding the World Cup, for the first time (Saleah Blancaflor/Adweek) - 2025-07-21T16:25:01-04:00

Saleah Blancaflor / Adweek:
Fox has officially closed its upfront discussions; a source says Fox exceeded $2B for core sports properties, excluding the World Cup, for the first time  —  Fox closed its upfront talks with double-digit volume growth across its portfolio  —  Fox has reached the finish line of the 2025-26 upfront cycle.

Memo to staff: Fortune cut 10% of staff, citing a traffic decline and rise of audio/video, says its new strategy is to cultivate "premium franchise communities" (Max Tani/@maxwelltani) - 2025-07-21T16:00:05-04:00

Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
Memo to staff: Fortune cut 10% of staff, citing a traffic decline and rise of audio/video, says its new strategy is to cultivate “premium franchise communities”  —  In an email to employees, Fortune says it has cut 10% of staff, the result of a decline in traffic, and rise of audio/video. The company says its new strategy is “to cultivate our premium franchise communities and deliver premium editorial content to them.”

The White House removes WSJ from the pool of reporters covering Trump's trip to Scotland, says it is due to WSJ's "fake and defamatory conduct" (Politico) - 2025-07-21T15:30:01-04:00

Politico:
The White House removes WSJ from the pool of reporters covering Trump's trip to Scotland, says it is due to WSJ's “fake and defamatory conduct”  —  But the White House, which earlier this year took over control of pool rotations from the White House Correspondents' Association …

Lithuania-based PR agency Wellstone PR launches Synapse, an AI tool that automatically drafts expert comment email responses to journalist queries (Rob Waugh/Press Gazette) - 2025-07-21T14:45:00-04:00

Rob Waugh / Press Gazette:
Lithuania-based PR agency Wellstone PR launches Synapse, an AI tool that automatically drafts expert comment email responses to journalist queries  —  A PR agency is selling an AI tool that automatically answers pitches from journalists on services such as ResponseSource, HARO and Qwoted.

Local newsletter company 6AM City acquires AI newsletter startup Good Daily, expanding 6AM subscribers from 1.4M to ~2M and footprint from 30 to 400+ US cities (Mark Stenberg/Adweek) - 2025-07-21T13:00:35-04:00

Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
Local newsletter company 6AM City acquires AI newsletter startup Good Daily, expanding 6AM subscribers from 1.4M to ~2M and footprint from 30 to 400+ US cities  —  The deal boosts 6AM City from around 1.4 million to nearly 2 million subscribers  —  Newsletter-first local media network 6AM City …

WaPo opinion columnist Jonathan Capehart takes a buyout, weeks after Will Lewis called on writers who do not "feel aligned" with WaPo's "reinvention" to resign (Sean Burch/The Wrap) - 2025-07-21T11:35:00-04:00

Sean Burch / The Wrap:
WaPo opinion columnist Jonathan Capehart takes a buyout, weeks after Will Lewis called on writers who do not “feel aligned” with WaPo's “reinvention” to resign  —  The veteran opinion writer is leaving the paper after CEO Will Lewis said those who do not “feel aligned” …

Ofcom says public service TV is becoming an "endangered species" after finding that streamers offered by PSBs only account for 9% of all viewing in the UK (Mark Sweney/The Guardian) - 2025-07-21T10:00:00-04:00

Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
Ofcom says public service TV is becoming an “endangered species” after finding that streamers offered by PSBs only account for 9% of all viewing in the UK  —  Regulator calls for legislation to make news and UK-focused shows easier to find on online video-sharing platforms

BBC Studios aims to build a lifestyle brand for all ages around its hit cartoon character Bluey, which drove a record $3.6B in global BBC retail sales in 2024 (Michael Savage/The Guardian) - 2025-07-21T08:40:00-04:00

Michael Savage / The Guardian:
BBC Studios aims to build a lifestyle brand for all ages around its hit cartoon character Bluey, which drove a record $3.6B in global BBC retail sales in 2024  —  Corporation aims to build ‘lifestyle brand’ for all ages around smash-hit cartoon character  —  Each episode may only last seven minutes …

Ofcom's Future of Public Service Media report urges the UK government to change laws to make UK public broadcaster content easier to find on YouTube (Max Goldbart/Deadline) - 2025-07-21T07:15:00-04:00

Max Goldbart / Deadline:
Ofcom's Future of Public Service Media report urges the UK government to change laws to make UK public broadcaster content easier to find on YouTube  —  The government should intervene to make UK public broadcaster (PSB) content easier to find on YouTube, the regulator has urged …

X says France's criminal probe over algorithmic "manipulation" and "fraudulent" data extraction is "distorting French law in order to serve a political agenda" (Financial Times) - 2025-07-21T05:10:01-04:00

Financial Times:
X says France's criminal probe over algorithmic “manipulation” and “fraudulent” data extraction is “distorting French law in order to serve a political agenda”  —  Authorities also accused social media company of ‘fraudulent’ data extraction

A profile of Brett Cooper, a conservative YouTuber who uses celebrity news to argue against feminism and abortion rights, as she becomes a Fox News contributor (Jessica Testa/New York Times) - 2025-07-21T04:10:00-04:00

Jessica Testa / New York Times:
A profile of Brett Cooper, a conservative YouTuber who uses celebrity news to argue against feminism and abortion rights, as she becomes a Fox News contributor  —  The YouTuber set out to reach young conservatives who felt alienated by mainstream culture.  Now she is the newest face at Fox News, though dreaming of her own Goop.

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Amsterdam-listed firm Universal Music Group files confidentially for a US listing, which would fulfill the terms of a deal with Bill Ackman's Pershing Square (Anthony Hughes/Bloomberg) - 2025-07-21T20:10:01-04:00

Sources: Oracle is in talks with Skydance for a $100M/year deal for Paramount to use Oracle's cloud software if the Skydance-Paramount merger goes through (Bloomberg) - 2025-07-21T18:15:00-04:00

Google removed 20 YouTube channels, 4 Ads accounts, and 1 Blogger blog linked to RT in May, and thousands more channels tied to state propaganda campaigns in Q2 (Zach Vallese/CNBC) - 2025-07-21T17:25:01-04:00

Source: Netflix is using Runway AI's video generation tools for production; Disney is testing out the tools and talked with Runway about possible uses for them (Rachel Metz/Bloomberg) - 2025-07-21T16:45:01-04:00

Fox has officially closed its upfront discussions; a source says Fox exceeded $2B for core sports properties, excluding the World Cup, for the first time (Saleah Blancaflor/Adweek) - 2025-07-21T16:25:01-04:00

Memo to staff: Fortune cut 10% of staff, citing a traffic decline and rise of audio/video, says its new strategy is to cultivate "premium franchise communities" (Max Tani/@maxwelltani) - 2025-07-21T16:00:05-04:00

The White House removes WSJ from the pool of reporters covering Trump's trip to Scotland, says it is due to WSJ's "fake and defamatory conduct" (Politico) - 2025-07-21T15:30:01-04:00

Lithuania-based PR agency Wellstone PR launches Synapse, an AI tool that automatically drafts expert comment email responses to journalist queries (Rob Waugh/Press Gazette) - 2025-07-21T14:45:00-04:00

Local newsletter company 6AM City acquires AI newsletter startup Good Daily, expanding 6AM subscribers from 1.4M to ~2M and footprint from 30 to 400+ US cities (Mark Stenberg/Adweek) - 2025-07-21T13:00:35-04:00

WaPo opinion columnist Jonathan Capehart takes a buyout, weeks after Will Lewis called on writers who do not "feel aligned" with WaPo's "reinvention" to resign (Sean Burch/The Wrap) - 2025-07-21T11:35:00-04:00

Ofcom says public service TV is becoming an "endangered species" after finding that streamers offered by PSBs only account for 9% of all viewing in the UK (Mark Sweney/The Guardian) - 2025-07-21T10:00:00-04:00

BBC Studios aims to build a lifestyle brand for all ages around its hit cartoon character Bluey, which drove a record $3.6B in global BBC retail sales in 2024 (Michael Savage/The Guardian) - 2025-07-21T08:40:00-04:00

Ofcom's Future of Public Service Media report urges the UK government to change laws to make UK public broadcaster content easier to find on YouTube (Max Goldbart/Deadline) - 2025-07-21T07:15:00-04:00

X says France's criminal probe over algorithmic "manipulation" and "fraudulent" data extraction is "distorting French law in order to serve a political agenda" (Financial Times) - 2025-07-21T05:10:01-04:00

A profile of Brett Cooper, a conservative YouTuber who uses celebrity news to argue against feminism and abortion rights, as she becomes a Fox News contributor (Jessica Testa/New York Times) - 2025-07-21T04:10:00-04:00

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Mediagazer - 2025-07-21T20:45:36-04:00

Amsterdam-listed firm Universal Music Group files confidentially for a US listing, which would fulfill the terms of a deal with Bill Ackman's Pershing Square (Anthony Hughes/Bloomberg) - 2025-07-21T20:10:01-04:00

Anthony Hughes / Bloomberg:
Amsterdam-listed firm Universal Music Group files confidentially for a US listing, which would fulfill the terms of a deal with Bill Ackman's Pershing Square  —  Universal Music Group NV has filed confidentially for a US listing, which would fulfill the terms of a deal with billionaire Bill Ackman's hedge fund Pershing Square.

Sources: Oracle is in talks with Skydance for a $100M/year deal for Paramount to use Oracle's cloud software if the Skydance-Paramount merger goes through (Bloomberg) - 2025-07-21T18:15:00-04:00

Bloomberg:
Sources: Oracle is in talks with Skydance for a $100M/year deal for Paramount to use Oracle's cloud software if the Skydance-Paramount merger goes through  —  Oracle Corp. is in discussions with Skydance Media LLC for a major software deal once the media company's acquisition of Paramount Global is complete.

Google removed 20 YouTube channels, 4 Ads accounts, and 1 Blogger blog linked to RT in May, and thousands more channels tied to state propaganda campaigns in Q2 (Zach Vallese/CNBC) - 2025-07-21T17:25:01-04:00

Zach Vallese / CNBC:
Google removed 20 YouTube channels, 4 Ads accounts, and 1 Blogger blog linked to RT in May, and thousands more channels tied to state propaganda campaigns in Q2  —  Google announced Monday the removal of nearly 11,000 YouTube channels and other accounts tied to state-linked propaganda campaigns from China …

Source: Netflix is using Runway AI's video generation tools for production; Disney is testing out the tools and talked with Runway about possible uses for them (Rachel Metz/Bloomberg) - 2025-07-21T16:45:01-04:00

Rachel Metz / Bloomberg:
Source: Netflix is using Runway AI's video generation tools for production; Disney is testing out the tools and talked with Runway about possible uses for them  —  Netflix Inc. has begun using artificial intelligence video generation software from startup Runway AI, testing the waters …

Fox has officially closed its upfront discussions; a source says Fox exceeded $2B for core sports properties, excluding the World Cup, for the first time (Saleah Blancaflor/Adweek) - 2025-07-21T16:25:01-04:00

Saleah Blancaflor / Adweek:
Fox has officially closed its upfront discussions; a source says Fox exceeded $2B for core sports properties, excluding the World Cup, for the first time  —  Fox closed its upfront talks with double-digit volume growth across its portfolio  —  Fox has reached the finish line of the 2025-26 upfront cycle.

Memo to staff: Fortune cut 10% of staff, citing a traffic decline and rise of audio/video, says its new strategy is to cultivate "premium franchise communities" (Max Tani/@maxwelltani) - 2025-07-21T16:00:05-04:00

Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
Memo to staff: Fortune cut 10% of staff, citing a traffic decline and rise of audio/video, says its new strategy is to cultivate “premium franchise communities”  —  In an email to employees, Fortune says it has cut 10% of staff, the result of a decline in traffic, and rise of audio/video. The company says its new strategy is “to cultivate our premium franchise communities and deliver premium editorial content to them.”

The White House removes WSJ from the pool of reporters covering Trump's trip to Scotland, says it is due to WSJ's "fake and defamatory conduct" (Politico) - 2025-07-21T15:30:01-04:00

Politico:
The White House removes WSJ from the pool of reporters covering Trump's trip to Scotland, says it is due to WSJ's “fake and defamatory conduct”  —  But the White House, which earlier this year took over control of pool rotations from the White House Correspondents' Association …

Lithuania-based PR agency Wellstone PR launches Synapse, an AI tool that automatically drafts expert comment email responses to journalist queries (Rob Waugh/Press Gazette) - 2025-07-21T14:45:00-04:00

Rob Waugh / Press Gazette:
Lithuania-based PR agency Wellstone PR launches Synapse, an AI tool that automatically drafts expert comment email responses to journalist queries  —  A PR agency is selling an AI tool that automatically answers pitches from journalists on services such as ResponseSource, HARO and Qwoted.

Local newsletter company 6AM City acquires AI newsletter startup Good Daily, expanding 6AM subscribers from 1.4M to ~2M and footprint from 30 to 400+ US cities (Mark Stenberg/Adweek) - 2025-07-21T13:00:35-04:00

Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
Local newsletter company 6AM City acquires AI newsletter startup Good Daily, expanding 6AM subscribers from 1.4M to ~2M and footprint from 30 to 400+ US cities  —  The deal boosts 6AM City from around 1.4 million to nearly 2 million subscribers  —  Newsletter-first local media network 6AM City …

WaPo opinion columnist Jonathan Capehart takes a buyout, weeks after Will Lewis called on writers who do not "feel aligned" with WaPo's "reinvention" to resign (Sean Burch/The Wrap) - 2025-07-21T11:35:00-04:00

Sean Burch / The Wrap:
WaPo opinion columnist Jonathan Capehart takes a buyout, weeks after Will Lewis called on writers who do not “feel aligned” with WaPo's “reinvention” to resign  —  The veteran opinion writer is leaving the paper after CEO Will Lewis said those who do not “feel aligned” …

Ofcom says public service TV is becoming an "endangered species" after finding that streamers offered by PSBs only account for 9% of all viewing in the UK (Mark Sweney/The Guardian) - 2025-07-21T10:00:00-04:00

Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
Ofcom says public service TV is becoming an “endangered species” after finding that streamers offered by PSBs only account for 9% of all viewing in the UK  —  Regulator calls for legislation to make news and UK-focused shows easier to find on online video-sharing platforms

BBC Studios aims to build a lifestyle brand for all ages around its hit cartoon character Bluey, which drove a record $3.6B in global BBC retail sales in 2024 (Michael Savage/The Guardian) - 2025-07-21T08:40:00-04:00

Michael Savage / The Guardian:
BBC Studios aims to build a lifestyle brand for all ages around its hit cartoon character Bluey, which drove a record $3.6B in global BBC retail sales in 2024  —  Corporation aims to build ‘lifestyle brand’ for all ages around smash-hit cartoon character  —  Each episode may only last seven minutes …

Ofcom's Future of Public Service Media report urges the UK government to change laws to make UK public broadcaster content easier to find on YouTube (Max Goldbart/Deadline) - 2025-07-21T07:15:00-04:00

Max Goldbart / Deadline:
Ofcom's Future of Public Service Media report urges the UK government to change laws to make UK public broadcaster content easier to find on YouTube  —  The government should intervene to make UK public broadcaster (PSB) content easier to find on YouTube, the regulator has urged …

X says France's criminal probe over algorithmic "manipulation" and "fraudulent" data extraction is "distorting French law in order to serve a political agenda" (Financial Times) - 2025-07-21T05:10:01-04:00

Financial Times:
X says France's criminal probe over algorithmic “manipulation” and “fraudulent” data extraction is “distorting French law in order to serve a political agenda”  —  Authorities also accused social media company of ‘fraudulent’ data extraction

A profile of Brett Cooper, a conservative YouTuber who uses celebrity news to argue against feminism and abortion rights, as she becomes a Fox News contributor (Jessica Testa/New York Times) - 2025-07-21T04:10:00-04:00

Jessica Testa / New York Times:
A profile of Brett Cooper, a conservative YouTuber who uses celebrity news to argue against feminism and abortion rights, as she becomes a Fox News contributor  —  The YouTuber set out to reach young conservatives who felt alienated by mainstream culture.  Now she is the newest face at Fox News, though dreaming of her own Goop.