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9:25 PM ET, July 1, 2024

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New York Times:
Sources: Barry Diller is exploring a bid to take control of Paramount; his digital media conglomerate, IAC, has signed NDAs with National Amusements  —  Mr. Diller, a digital media pioneer, lost a bidding war for Paramount Pictures decades ago.  Now, he's making a run at its parent company.
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Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Sources: Paramount Global is in discussions with other companies about merging Paramount+ with their streamers; WBD is interested in merging Max and Paramount+  —  Paramount Global is holding talks with other entertainment companies about merging its Paramount+ streaming service with an existing platform.
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Imagine Entertainment, led by Ron Howard and Brian Grazer, is seeking a buyer after receiving some inbound interest from a potential suitor  —  Production company behind ‘Apollo 13’ is working with bankers to explore a sale  —  Imagine Entertainment, the Hollywood production company known …
CBS News:
SCOTUS orders lower courts to take another look at Texas' and Florida's social media laws, says neither lower court conducted proper analysis of 1A challenges  —  Washington — The Supreme Court on Monday ordered lower courts to take another look at a pair of laws from Florida and Texas …
Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Terence Samuel, the EIC of USA Today, is leaving “effective today”, after a year in the role; Caren Bohan, the executive editor of politics, will be interim EIC  —  Terence Samuel, a veteran journalist, had been in the role for a year.  —  Terence Samuel, the editor in chief of USA Today …
Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
Preliminary findings: the EU says Meta's pay or consent ad model breaches the DMA; Meta faces a fine of up to 10% of its global annual turnover if found guilty  —  Meta Platforms (META.O) was charged by EU antitrust regulators on Monday for failing to comply with landmark tech rules …
Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:
Tubi launches in the UK with more than 20,000 movies and TV episodes, featuring content from distributors including Disney, Lionsgate, NBCU, and Sony Pictures  —  The ad-supported streamer now has more than 80 million monthly active users.  —  Tubi, the free advertising-supported streaming service owned …
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Meta changes its “Made with AI” label to “AI info”, to indicate images were not necessarily created with AI but that AI editing tools may have been used  —  After Meta started tagging photos with a “Made with AI” label in May, photographers complained …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
YouTube rolled out a policy change that will let people request the takedown of AI-generated or other synthetic content that simulates their face or voice  —  Meta is not the only company grappling with the rise in AI-generated content and how it affects its platform.
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
B2B information and data provider Wilmington sells its UK healthcare business, which includes Health Service Journal, to PE firm Inspirit Franklin for £26M  —  HSJ has been owned by Wilmington since 2017.  —  Health Service Journal will move under private equity ownership following a sale by owner Wilmington.
Reuters:
Google says it will require advertisers to disclose election ads that use digitally altered content that depicts real or realistic-looking people or events  —  Google (GOOGL.O) said on Monday it would make it mandatory for advertisers to disclose election ads that use digitally altered content …
 
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