Mediagazer: Google has quietly removed the Google Play Movies & TV app from its Daydream VR platform, instead directing users to its YouTube VR app (Janko Roettgers/Variety)

Nicholas Diakopoulos / The Conversation:

How artificial intelligence will create new types of work in journalism as human roles evolve to suit AI's capabilities and accommodate its limitations — Some estimates suggest that current levels of AI technology could automate only about 15% of a reporter's job and 9% of an editor's job.

Discussion: Nieman Lab and @charliebeckett

Douglas Busvine / Reuters:

Axel Springer announces plans to merge Business Insider and eMarketer in 2020, with Insider CEO Henry Blodget leading the merged operation — Axel Springer, the German publisher, said on Thursday it would combine the operations of its two main U.S. units, millennial-focused financial news …

Discussion: Ad Age and @chris_ciaccia

Helen Coster / Reuters:

Comcast to invest ~$1.27B over five years in Sky Studios programming, which will produce content for NBC, Universal Pictures, and other distributors — Comcast Corp will more than double its investment in European original programming and start an in-house studio at its European unit Sky …

Discussion: Bloomberg, CNN, @gerryfsmith and @richbtig

Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:

Real estate billionaire Sam Zell and other former Tribune execs reach a $200M settlement over the media company's disastrous 2007 leveraged buyout — (Reuters) - Real estate billionaire Sam Zell and other former officers and directors of Tribune Co have reached a $200 million settlement resolving allegations …

Discussion: Chicago Sun Times

Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:

iOS app Mogul News offers curated articles from FT, Bloomberg, and The Economist ad-free for £9.99/month, with a 7am briefing; Android, desktop versions to come — A new app offering content from the Financial Times, Bloomberg and the Economist for a single monthly payment has been launched.

Jon Lafayette / Multichannel News:

Viacom partners with Emerge Gaming, which will develop NickX, an esports tournament platform for Nickelodeon gaming content, to launch in July in Africa — Viacom is getting into business with Emerge Gaming, which will develop an eSports tournament platform for kids using Nickelodeon gaming content called NickX.

The Intercept:

Sources: DarkMatter, a cybersecurity firm working for the UAE, discussed targeting The Intercept in 2016, though no evidence of an attack has been found — Operatives at a controversial cybersecurity firm working for the United Arab Emirates government discussed targeting The Intercept …

Discussion: @samfbiddle, @bmakuch, @evacide, @weinbergersa, @aaschapiro, @maassp, @jennamc_laugh, @lhfang, @dnvolz and @josephfcox

Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:

Netflix is licensing its characters to outside studios to produce video games, starting with Stranger Things 3: The Game, out July 4, and The Dark Crystal — - ‘Stranger Things,’ ‘Dark Crystal’ titles coming out this year — Company still figuring out how to best capitalize on hit shows

The Guardian:

UK Home Secretary signs extradition order to the US for Julian Assange; the courts will make the final decision, though it may be months before a hearing — Home secretary opens way for court to consider whether Assange should be sent to US — The home secretary, Sajid Javid …

Discussion: Press Gazette, VICE News, CNN, Slate, The Week, UPI and Politico

Megha Rajagopalan / BuzzFeed News:

Study by Equality Labs into Facebook's content moderation in India finds it failed to delete hundreds of posts targeting minorities despite flagging — TUNIS, Tunisia — Facebook failed to delete hundreds of memes, images, and posts targeting caste, LGBT, and religious minorities in India …

Discussion: @meghara and @pranavdixit

Kevin Anderson / What's New in Publishing:

Consolidation among newspaper publishers allows newspapers to buy time by eliminating redundancies and shrinking staff, but the next recession could sink them — Years ago, just as the rumours of Microsoft buying Nokia were hotting up, I was speaking at a conference with media futurist Robert Tercek.

Discussion: @kevglobal

Janko Roettgers / Variety:

Google has quietly removed the Google Play Movies & TV app from its Daydream VR platform, instead directing users to its YouTube VR app — Senior Silicon Valley Correspondent @https://twitter.com/jank0 FOLLOW — Google has quietly removed the Google Play Movies & TV app from its Daydream VR platform.

Discussion: 9to5Google

Todd Spangler / Variety:

Pluto TV is now available on Comcast's Xfinity X1 set-top box nationwide, bringing it into ~14M homes — Pluto TV just swung into a wider orbit: The free, ad-supported linear TV and movie service is now available on Comcast's Xfinity X1 set-top platform nationwide.

Discussion: Multichannel News, Broadcasting & Cable and @producercoop