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Todd Spangler / Variety:

Trump names Danielle Thumann, an adviser to FCC Chairman Brendan Carr, to serve as an FCC commissioner; if confirmed, she'd bring the Republican majority to 3-1 — President Donald Trump on Friday nominated Danielle Thumann, who currently serves as senior counsel to FCC Chairman Brendan Carr, to serve as a commissioner on the agency.

Discussion: ABA Banking Journal, Inside Radio, Fierce Network, Radio Ink, Broadband Breakfast, Deadline, TV Tech, The Verge and Newser

John Hendel / Politico:

Senate Democrats on the Commerce Committee say they will object if Republicans try to confirm Trump's pick for the FCC without a matching Democratic nominee — Democrats said they will object if Republicans seek to advance President Donald Trump's GOP pick for the Federal Communications Commission without …

Discussion: Reuters, TheDesk.net, Bloomberg, Radio World and Law.com

Dade Hayes / Deadline:

Scripps' CEO says the company is adopting a streaming news model enabled by AI, including cutting 12% of staff, and praises the FCC's lift of the ownership cap — The layoffs, mostly at the company's local TV stations, come as the company adopts a 24-hour streaming news model enabled by artificial intelligence.

Discussion: The Wrap and Cincinnati Business Journal

TVNewsCheck:

Scripps reports Q2 revenue of $490M and a net loss of $1.2B, mostly due to a $1.1B impairment charge tied to ad weakness and ratings challenges; SSP rose 12.5% — The E.W. Scripps Company (NASDAQ: SSP) reported $490 million in revenue for the second quarter of 2026 and a loss attributable …

Discussion: Scripps

Ted Johnson / Deadline:

A federal judge has dismissed an antitrust challenge to Paramount's WBD acquisition brought by a group of consumers, but allows them to file a revised complaint — U.S. District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín wrote that the plaintiffs in the case had failed to establish standing …

Discussion: @balancecrafting, Law360, Variety, Bloomberg Law, Bloomberg, Morningstar, New York Post, Media Play News, Adweek, TheDesk.net, Advanced Television, LightShed Partners, GOV.UK and Telecompaper

Discussion: Variety, Deadline, Lincoln Square, NBC News, @fallingends, @deadline, The Wrap, Greg Bonné on LinkedIn, Steady, Telegraph, UPI and The Wrap

Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:

Deidre Bosa, an anchor based in CNBC's San Francisco bureau, is leaving at the end of the month to start a show about AI, working with producer Jasmine Wu — Deidre Bosa is leaving CNBC at the end of the month to start a show on artificial intelligence. — Dave is an anchor based out of CNBC's tech-focused San Francisco bureau.

Discussion: @tbpn, @dee_bosa, @dee_bosa and @jaswu_

Ted Johnson / Deadline:

A US judge says ex-Fox News reporter Catherine Herridge doesn't have to pay the $800-a-day fine he imposed for not revealing her source as she appeals to SCOTUS — A federal judge clarified that reporter Catherine Herridge doesn't have to pay an $800-per-day contempt fine as she appeals to the Supreme Court.

Discussion: TheDesk.net, @c__herridge, New York Post and @joshgerstein.bsky.social

Agence France-Presse:

Hong Kong's security chief warns the Hong Kong Journalists Association against “misusing” its role or hurting national security, ahead of the group's elections — Beijing imposed a national security law after large and sometimes violent pro-democracy protests in 2019.

Discussion: Hong Kong Free Press HKFP and Reporters Without Borders

@xcreators:

X announces the Original Content Rewards Program and will discontinue Revenue Sharing on Sep. 7, saying existing Revenue Sharing members can apply for access — Today, we're introducing the Original Content Rewards Program, a new way to reward creators who bring original ideas, expertise …

Discussion: Engadget, @alexfinn, @scobleizer, @vxunderground, @mweinbach, @jason, @allegrajacchia, @matthewberman, @uncledoomer, @sawyermerritt, @uncledoomer and RuntimeWire, more at Techmeme »

Aftermath:

Employees say the five-person editorial staff of Restart, a games site funded by Walmart and managed by marketing agency Moonrock, has been laid off — Restart, a games outlet funded by Walmart, was hit by widespread layoffs today. According to affected staffers, the site's entire editorial team has been let go.

Discussion: The Verge, @hensten.bsky.social, @hensten.bsky.social, @brandyberthelson.bsky.social, @brandyberthelson.bsky.social, @mylesobenza.bsky.social, @mamavitelli.bsky.social, @imrankhan.bsky.social and @imrankhan.bsky.social

Susie Banikarim / Columbia Journalism Review:

Immediately after the Chattanooga Times Free Press was sold to a local freight exec, over 50 employees were laid off and 10 chose to leave, out of 128 staffers — Newspaper owner calls the people abruptly laid off “simply a math problem.” Plus: Investigative reporting forces a Tulsa jail to close …

Discussion: @sarahlongwell25, @cjr, @wolfereports.bsky.social and @dankennedy.net

Brian Steinberg / Variety:

Nielsen agrees to acquire and take digital media monitor DoubleVerify private in an all-cash deal with a ~$2.15B enterprise value, expected to close by Q1 2027 — Audience-measurement giant Nielsen said it would acquire the digital-media monitor DoubleVerify in an all-cash transaction …