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On his two-year anniversary as CNN CEO, Mark Thompson talks about the core value proposition of CNN, cable news, CNN's alleged left-leaning bias, and more (Colby Hall/Mediaite)
https://www.mediaite.com/media/tv/exclusive-one-on-one-wit…

EXCLUSIVE: One-on-One With Mark Thompson — The Man Hired to Save CNN
Mark Thompson reflects on two years at CNN, tackling streaming, cord-cutting, ratings, and the future of news in a shifting media landscape.

Mark Sanchez arrested in Indianapolis; Bills and Eagles no longer undefeated; Aces lead WNBA Finals 2-0

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/mark-sa

Jalen Hurts Preaches Discipline After Jalen Carter Ejection Mars Eagles Win vs. Cowboys https://www.si.com/nfl/jalen-hurts-preaches-discipline-after-jalen-carter-ejection-mars-eagles-win-vs-cowboys

Photo agencies plan to boycott the rest of the Oasis reunion tour after the band's management said rights to concert images will last for only one year (Mark Sweney/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/jul/10/photo-ag…

Instagram launches Rings, an awards program recognizing 25 top creators; the judging panel includes Spike Lee, designer Marc Jacobs, and Adam Mosseri (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital…

Instagram Is Launching Its Own Oscars for Creators: “Rings” (Exclusive)
Spike Lee, Marc Jacobs and Instagram head Adam Mosseri will be among the judges of the Rings program, which will honor the platform's top creators with rings, both physical and digital.

Minute Media, owner of The Players' Tribune, acquires VideoVerse, a software platform for distributing real-time sports highlights, in its largest deal to date (Sara Fischer/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/09/09/minute-media-acquires-videoverse

Exclusive: Minute Media acquires VideoVerse in its largest deal ever
The deal marks the largest of the seven acquisitions completed in Minute Media's 14-year history.

Non-iid hypothesis testing: from classical to quantum
Giacomo De Palma, Marco Fanizza, Connor Mowry, Ryan O'Donnell
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.06147 https://

Non-iid hypothesis testing: from classical to quantum
We study hypothesis testing (aka state certification) in the non-identically distributed setting. A recent work (Garg et al. 2023) considered the classical case, in which one is given (independent) samples from $T$ unknown probability distributions $p_1, \dots, p_T$ on $[d] = \{1, 2, \dots, d\}$, and one wishes to accept/reject the hypothesis that their average $p_{\mathrm{avg}}$ equals a known hypothesis distribution $q$. Garg et al. showed that if one has just $c = 2$ samples from each $p_i$,…

@samsabin.bsky.social has the scoop on Jen Easterly's new gig. And huge shout out to Huntress.
https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-fu

Google unveils a Guided Learning mode within its Gemini chatbot to help students and commits $1B over three years to AI education and training efforts in the US (Mark Sullivan/Fast Company)
https://www.fastcompany.com/91380890/google-unveils-n…

Exclusive: Google Gemini adds AI tutoring, heating up the fight for student users
The new tool, and a $1 billion initiative to improve AI education for college-age Americans, will compete against OpenAI’s recently added ChatGPT Study mode.

Instagram launches Rings, an awards program recognizing 25 top creators; the judging panel includes Spike Lee, designer Marc Jacobs, and Adam Mosseri (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital…

Instagram Is Launching Its Own Oscars for Creators: “Rings” (Exclusive)
Spike Lee, Marc Jacobs and Instagram head Adam Mosseri will be among the judges of the Rings program, which will honor the platform's top creators with rings, both physical and digital.