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5:00 PM ET, June 10, 2024

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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: ex-Warner Music head Edgar Bronfman Jr. looks to offer $2B to $2.5B for National Amusements, which is already in advanced talks to sell to Skydance  —  Bronfman, backed by Bain Capital, has expressed interest in Shari Redstone's National Amusements, which is already in advanced negotiations to sell to Skydance Media
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Yahoo Sports hires Olympic gold medalists as correspondents for the 2024 Paris Olympics and partners with USA Swimming on a content distribution deal  —  The digital brand has tapped Olympians Allyson Felix, Kerri Walsh Jennings, Shawn Johnson East, Missy Franklin and Katie Hoff to be correspondents from the games.
Charlotte Tobitt / Associated Press:
How the AP is diversifying its revenue streams, including services, ads, AI licensing, and philanthropy; 82% of its 2023 revenue came from content licensing  —  AP revenue boss says “not all” diversification efforts will work but “we have to experiment”.  —  The Associated Press has revealed …
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
The Sun, The Telegraph, The Times, and other UK publishers raise concerns after press regulator IPSO ruled against open court reporting by the Aberdeen Live  —  Publishers including The Sun, The Telegraph and The Times have raised the alarm over a ruling from the UK's biggest press regulator that …
Discussion: Telegraph
Steven Scheer / Reuters:
Israel extends a ban on Al Jazeera's operations in the country for another 45 days, citing a security threat, after a court upheld an initial 35-day ban  —  A ban on Al Jazeera's operations in Israel was extended for another 45 days by Israel's telecoms regulator on Sunday after the cabinet agreed …
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X remains a popular destination for people highly engaged in politics, with DC insiders reluctantly buying blue checks and candidates paying for cheap ads  —  While former President Donald Trump was actively being convicted by a jury of his peers in New York City last week …
Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch:
Apple TV+ adds InSight, a feature similar to Amazon X-Ray that will allow viewers to learn actor names and song titles as they appear on the screen  —  At Apple's WWDC 2024, the company revealed a handy new feature for Apple TV+ called InSight.  The feature will allow viewers to learn actor names …
Zaheer Kachwala / Reuters:
Filing: Paramount controlling shareholder Shari Redstone received 32.2M board election votes, the lowest among six candidates, and 905K votes against, the most  —  Paramount Global (PARA.O) controlling shareholder Shari Redstone received the fewest votes among other directors in the company's board election, a filing on Friday showed.
Discussion: The Wrap and Quartz
Punchbowl News:
Punchbowl News announces a tech policy vertical as part of its Premium Policy membership, which will launch in early 2025  —  Punchbowl News is taking on tech coverage.  Let us tell you why.  —  How Washington tackles the perils and promises of technology is one of the biggest questions of the day.
Julia Jacobs / New York Times:
The Reality TV industry has long shielded itself from litigation with NDAs, but popular shows are being challenged in court as the legal landscape changes  —  Popular shows including “Love Is Blind,” the “Real Housewives” universe and “Vanderpump Rules” are being challenged in court amid a changing legal landscape.
Discussion: Deadline
Jack Shafer / Politico:
The recent crisis at The Washington Post suggests that CEO Will Lewis has no idea how the media operates, and his fast-growing credibility problem may undo him  —  The crisis at the newspaper suggests the publisher has no idea about how the media operates.  —  The oldest axiom in journalism …
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New York Times:
WaPo CEO Will Lewis and top editor Matt Murray send memos trying to reassure staff, and former CEO Patty Stonesifer visits the newsroom, after a week of tumult
 
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Priyanka.G / Reuters:
Rogers Communications strikes multi-year deals with NBCUniversal and WBD to bring their content to Canada, including NBCUniversal's Bravo channel in September
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Sarah Boseley / The Guardian:
Michael Mosley, a household name in the UK for his diet guru TV shows, columns, and podcasts, who joined the BBC in 1985, died at 67 on the Greek island of Symi
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
A look at the appeal of British editors to US media owners, perhaps hoping to import the British tradition of hard-nosed, scrappy journalism on a budget
Grant Peck / Associated Press:
Vietnamese authorities arrest Truong Huy San, aka Huy Duc, accusing the prominent journalist of violating a national security law for recent Facebook posts
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Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer:
The New York Times confirms its internal source code and data leaked on 4chan after being stolen using an exposed GitHub token in January 2024
Forbes:
AI search engine Perplexity is republishing parts of stories by Forbes and others, with nearly identical words and inadequate attribution, on its Pages feature
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Donald Trump announces that Sriram Krishnan, until recently a general partner at a16z, will serve as senior policy advisor for AI at the White House OSTP

Financial Times:
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January
 
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