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Samantha Waldenberg / CNN:
ABC News plans to air an interview with President Biden “in its entirety as a primetime special”, at 8pm ET on July 5; a transcript will also be available — The ABC News interview with President Joe Biden will now air “in its entirety as a primetime special” …
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Hadas Gold / CNN:
White House reporters say Biden's mental fitness could have been better covered pre-debate, particularly after the release of Robert Hur's report in February — President Joe Biden's White House repeatedly and aggressively shot down reports on the president's age and any possible limitations …
BBC:
Investigation: a fake news network tied to an ex-Florida sheriff, now in Moscow, appears to be targeting US and UK voters; some Congress members shared posts — A network of Russia-based websites masquerading as local American newspapers is pumping out fake stories as part of an AI-powered operation …
The Guardian:
The Murdoch-owned Sun in the UK abruptly switches political allegiance, endorsing the Labour Party ahead of the July 4 election — After years of critical coverage, tabloid backs Labour for first election since 2005, saying: ‘It is time for a change’ — The Sun newspaper has made an abrupt volte-face …
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Lucas Manfredi / The Wrap:
Paramount shares rose ~7% after news that Skydance and National Amusements had reached a tentative deal; source: the deal could be done as soon as this weekend — A deal between the two parties could potentially be completed by as early as the weekend, an individual familiar with the matter tells TheWrap
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Sources: Skydance reached a preliminary deal to pay $1.75B for National Amusements and agreed to a 45-day period where other Paramount bidders can make offers
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Bloomberg:
Sources: Paramount Global is in exclusive talks to sell BET for $1.6B-$1.7B to buyers that include BET CEO Scott Mills and Chinh Chu, who runs CC Capital
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Casey Newton / Platformer:
Q&A with Adam Mosseri on Threads' first year, not leaning into political content, driving engagement, focusing on real time content, fediverse, and more — Programming note: With this post, we now go on a short summer break. See you back here July 15. — A year ago this week, Meta introduced Threads to the world.
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Alex Heath / The Verge:
Mark Zuckerberg says Threads has 175M+ MAUs, up from 150M in April, ahead of its one-year anniversary on July 5; source: Meta may turn on ads in Threads in 2025 — A year and a half ago, Threads was but a twinkle in Mark Zuckerberg's eye. — Now, the rival to Elon Musk's X has reached …
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The Narwhal:
Leaked recording: a TC Energy executive claims its communications team “packaged” a February 2024 WSJ editorial blasting Biden's natural gas policy — A TC Energy exec claimed credit for an article signed by the Journal's editorial board, saying 'Our communications team packaged …
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Alex Williams / New York Times:
Rob Stone, a founder of influential music magazine The Fader, which focuses on hip-hop and alternative rock, died on June 24 at age 55 — A founder of the influential music magazine The Fader, he also bridged the worlds of hip-hop and the Fortune 500 with his innovative marketing agency.
NBC News:
A profile of Mississippi Today's Pulitzer-prize winning journalist Anna Wolfe, who could go to jail for not revealing her sources in Gov. Phil Bryant's lawsuit — “The rabbit's got the gun now,” said a lawyer for former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant, who is trying to force reporter Anna Wolfe to reveal her sources.
Andrea Hsu / NPR:
A federal court in Texas temporarily blocks the US government's ban on noncompete agreements set to take effect on September 4, and plans to rule on August 30 — A federal court in Texas has partially blocked the government's ban on noncompete agreements that was set to take effect September 4.
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Rodney Ho / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Local news outlet Decaturish is sold to family-owned Appen Media, which runs weekly papers in the northern Atlanta suburbs; founder Dan Whisenhunt will remain — Whisenhunt felt he had three options: close, borrow money to grow or sell to a bigger company.
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