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Reddit says it is ending support for RSS feeds on November 13 because the feeds are a target for abuse by AI bots and is ending its public API access in March (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

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Sources: Ynon Kreiz, who left Mattel as CEO today, is joining David Ellison's team at the combined Warner Bros. Discovery-Paramount in a senior leadership role (Rohan Goswami/Semafor) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

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OpenAI doubles support for Lenfest's AI and local news fellowships, committing an additional $10M, after placing AI fellows in 11 local newsrooms across the US (Andrew Deck/Nieman Lab) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

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Channel 4 CEO Priya Dogra says Channel 4 doesn't "want to merge with the BBC because it will be a takeover by the BBC" but is open to sharing content on iPlayer (Paul Sandle/Reuters) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

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Mediagazer @mediagazer.com · 5h

Amazon says Fire TV now offers integrated live content from 40+ apps, like YouTube TV and DirecTV, and plans a Music app with podcasts and concerts in the fall (Mariella Moon/Engadget) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

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Mediagazer @mediagazer.com · 6h

Condé Nast CEO Roger Lynch is stepping down after 7.5 years to become the CEO and chairman of Mattel; lead independent director Mike Perlis will be interim CEO (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

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Mediagazer @mediagazer.com · 7h

New Scientist launches New Scientist Business, a B2B platform for advertising, research, events, and branded content for science and tech companies (Alice Brooker/Press Gazette) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

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The Nerve, founded by former Observer journalists, says it reached financial sustainability in its first year, with £600K in income and 5,000 paying subscribers (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

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Mediagazer @mediagazer.com · 9h

Independent Amazonian outlet Tapajós de Fato decides not to cover Brazil's October 4 elections due to safety concerns for its journalists and their families (Tiago Rogero/The Guardian) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

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Mediagazer @mediagazer.com · 12h

EngelliWeb: X blocks ~500 accounts in Turkey, including journalists', after court orders that cited national security; previous orders targeted specific posts (Inci Ozbek/Bloomberg) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

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Q&A with two Cornell Daily Sun student journalists on breaking the news of a suit alleging seven students raped a woman, followed by a fiery editorial, and more (Andrea González-Ramírez/The Cut) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

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Mediagazer @mediagazer.com · 18h

Sources: Google is paying ~100 digital publishers for how much their content contributes to AI Overviews, AI Mode, and Gemini in a pilot; payments vary widely (The Information) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

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Mediagazer @mediagazer.com · 19h

Sources: David Ellison has picked HBO content chief Casey Bloys to oversee streaming operations following Paramount's acquisition of WBD (Joe Flint/Wall Street Journal) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

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Mediagazer @mediagazer.com · 20h

Paramount streaming chief Cindy Holland is leaving the company immediately, clearing a path for a leading role for HBO's Casey Bloys after the WBD deal closes (John Koblin/New York Times) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

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Mediagazer @mediagazer.com · 20h

Sources: David Fincher won't renew his Netflix deal when it expires in 2027; he isn't leaving for a rival studio and could still make his next movie at Netflix (Lucas Shaw/Bloomberg) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

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Mediagazer @mediagazer.com · 21h

An interview with Times-Picayune/Advocate owner John Georges, whose pursuit of a Meta AI licensing contract has created conflicts of interest for the paper (The Lens) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

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Mediagazer @mediagazer.com · 22h

The Guardian debuts the Digital Journalist Scheme, providing content creation training to 40 early-career journalists and content creators on 18-month contracts (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

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Mediagazer @mediagazer.com · 29/09/2026

A US appeals court upholds a ruling for Thomson Reuters finding AI startup Ross Intelligence misused copyrighted material to train an AI-powered search engine (Blake Brittain/Reuters) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

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Mediagazer @mediagazer.com · 29/09/2026

Disney initiates a third round of layoffs under CEO Josh D'Amaro, reportedly impacting a couple hundred staff, largely in HR and tech (Deadline) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

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Mediagazer @mediagazer.com · 29/09/2026

Mediahuis-owned Euractiv relaunches as Rapporteur; founded in 1999, the Brussels-based outlet now has 50 journalists and is a Politico Europe competitor (Ben Smith/Semafor) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

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Mediagazer @mediagazer.com · 29/09/2026

Sources: the Trump administration used DHS funds to finance pro-Trump ads, including one that is almost identical to a 2024 Trump campaign ad, calling them PSAs (Wall Street Journal) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

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Mediagazer @mediagazer.com · 29/09/2026

At the unBoxed conference, Amazon moves AI from being a feature to playing a more central role in ad-buying and brings previously separate ad workflows together (Ronan Shields/Digiday) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

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Mediagazer @mediagazer.com · 29/09/2026

PA Media Group reports 2025 revenue down 0.3% YoY to £115.9M, ending eight consecutive years of revenue growth, and pre-tax profit down 56% to £3.8M (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

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Mediagazer @mediagazer.com · 29/09/2026

NYT and other publishers ask a court to disregard the DOJ's statement supporting OpenAI in their copyright suit, saying the Trump administration may be biased (Hassan Ali Kanu/Politico) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

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Mediagazer @mediagazer.com · 29/09/2026

CNN, MS NOW, and Politico ask a federal judge for a preliminary injunction to keep their White House access restored after a temporary order expires October 8 (Tierney Sneed/CNN) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

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Mediagazer @mediagazer.com · 29/09/2026

UK entrepreneur Dale Vince plans to launch a news operation to "rescue" three London outlets, pledging to invest "whatever it takes" to counter right-wing bias (Michael Savage/The Guardian) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

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Mediagazer @mediagazer.com · 29/09/2026

Condé Nast, Hearst, USA Today Co., The Seattle Times, and 300+ publishers are heading to DC to lobby for the Stealth Bot Prohibition Act to curb AI scraping (Sara Guaglione/Digiday) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

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Mediagazer @mediagazer.com · 29/09/2026

UK newsletter-based local publisher Mill Media secures £100,000 from the Postcode Lottery to fund 1,150 annual subscriptions targeted at readers aged 16 to 25 (Dominic Ponsford/Press Gazette) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

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Mediagazer @mediagazer.com · 29/09/2026

Paramount launches investor calls for about $44.4B-equivalent of bonds to fund its WBD acquisition; last week, lenders began marketing a $7.5B loan sale (Bloomberg) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

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Mediagazer @mediagazer.com · 29/09/2026

Fox News expands its podcast portfolio with The Girls, a panel roundtable series featuring an all-female cast, with rotating guest hosts from across the company (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

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Mediagazer @mediagazer.com · 29/09/2026

Nielsen: MTV's 2026 VMAs averaged 8.43M viewers across CBS and MTV, up 51%+ from 2025's 5.6M viewers and its biggest audience since 2015 when it was just on MTV (Loree Seitz/The Wrap) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

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Mediagazer @mediagazer.com · 29/09/2026

E.W. Scripps promotes veteran news executive Sean McGarvy to head of news, overseeing Scripps News and the editorial output of local Scripps-owned TV stations (Matthew Keys/TheDesk.net) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

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Mediagazer @mediagazer.com · 28/09/2026

Paramount and 12 state AGs defend their antitrust settlement after a judge held off on approving the settlement citing concerns raised by Senator Cory Booker (Gene Maddaus/Variety) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

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Mediagazer @mediagazer.com · 28/09/2026

Sources: Getty is in talks with lenders on a potential bankruptcy loan and handing them control through Chapter 11; filings: Getty had $1.3B+ debt as of June 30 (Reshmi Basu/Bloomberg) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

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Mediagazer @mediagazer.com · 28/09/2026

BBC Media Tech, responsible for services like iPlayer, announces £37M in savings, including cutting 110 staff, after delivering £42M of cuts earlier this year (Jake Kanter/Deadline) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

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Mediagazer @mediagazer.com · 28/09/2026

Fubo signs a deal with the NHL to offer locally-televised games by making RSNs covering four teams available to subscribers in each team's respective market (Matthew Keys/TheDesk.net) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

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Mediagazer @mediagazer.com · 28/09/2026

NBCUniversal plans to expand the sponsorship model it used for SNL's 50th anniversary in 2025 for the three-hour NBC 100th anniversary special on December 10 (Brian Steinberg/Variety) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

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Mediagazer @mediagazer.com · 28/09/2026

CNN partners with YouTube-focused Jubilee Media for a Texas Senate town hall with Democrat James Talarico; both will distribute clips on social media (Axios) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

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Mediagazer @mediagazer.com · 28/09/2026

AG Todd Blanche defends the White House ban on CNN, MS Now, and Politico, saying access is "a privilege" and Trump is "sick and tired" of inaccurate reporting (Edward Helmore/The Guardian) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

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Mediagazer @mediagazer.com · 28/09/2026

The BBC plans to cut ~90 jobs from BBC Local, aiming to save ~£9.1M, as part of a plan to eliminate ~250 full-time jobs in its Nations division by 2027/28 (Dominic Ponsford/Press Gazette) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

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Mediagazer @mediagazer.com · 28/09/2026

The US DHS says it will "revolutionize" its FOIA process by using AI to handle certain types of requests and recommend what information should be redacted (Nate Jones/Washington Post) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

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Mediagazer @mediagazer.com · 27/09/2026

Serbia's film and television industries are in a state of crisis, with independent production crippled by what industry groups call "state-sponsored censorship" (Christopher Vourlias/Variety) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

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Mediagazer @mediagazer.com · 27/09/2026

A look at Emergency Mode for News, a website with advice and checklists from journalists who have been through extreme weather and climate disasters (Neel Dhanesha/Nieman Lab) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

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Mediagazer @mediagazer.com · 27/09/2026

Sources and internal documents show Paramount's priorities for revamping Paramount+: a free tier, microdramas, new interactive ad formats, and more (James Faris/Business Insider) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

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Mediagazer @mediagazer.com · 27/09/2026

Filing: Larry Ellison pledged ~$9.2B more in Oracle shares as collateral for personal loans, as he tries to help Paramount seal its deal for Warner Bros. (Bloomberg) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

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Mediagazer @mediagazer.com · 26/09/2026

Meta says its rejection of ads promoting the new documentary about Elon Musk "was an error and the ads are being restored"; YouTube is also allowing the ads (Anthony Ha/TechCrunch) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

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Mediagazer @mediagazer.com · 26/09/2026

Parrot Analytics: global demand for Spanish- and Portuguese-language streaming series has risen 25% since 2024, with demand rising 100%+ in East Asia and Turkey (Christofer Hamilton/The Wrap) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

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Mediagazer @mediagazer.com · 26/09/2026

Filing: Paramount prepares to close the WBD deal by setting a date to distribute stock warrants in a new entity, but says the closing date is not yet certain (Todd Spangler/Variety) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

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Mediagazer @mediagazer.com · 26/09/2026

LION Publishers will not hold its Independent News Sustainability Summit in 2027 and is working instead on other in-person ways to connect members (Chris Krewson/LION Publishers) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

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Mediagazer @mediagazer.com · 26/09/2026

Sources: YouTube, TikTok, and Meta's Instagram and Facebook decline to run paid ads for Alex Gibney's Musk documentary, citing "political content" (Steven Zeitchik/The Hollywood Reporter) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

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