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8:15 PM ET, June 4, 2025

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Peter White / Deadline:
Sources: WBD initiates a round of layoffs in its cable TV divisions, affecting well under 100 employees and largely impacting the Discovery side of the company  —  Deadline understands the company is set to lay off employees on the cable television side of its business.
Barbara Tasch / BBC:
The BBC rejects a White House claim that it took down a Gaza story, after Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt accused the BBC of taking “the word of Hamas”  —  The BBC has rejected incorrect White House criticism of its Gaza coverage, describing a claim that it had taken down a story as “completely wrong”.
Gene Maddaus / Variety:
Russell Simmons sues HBO and the directors of On the Record for $20M, alleging they defamed him in their documentary on sexual assault allegations against him  —  Russell Simmons is suing HBO and the filmmakers behind the “On the Record” documentary for $20 million, alleging they defamed …
Tom Levitt / The Guardian:
UK-based BBC Persian journalists say their families in Iran are being terrorised and punished by the Iranian regime, with a sharp escalation in 2025  —  BBC says ‘sharp and deeply troubling escalation’ this year of Iran targeting families of UK-based BBC Persian journalists
Thomas Buckley / Bloomberg:
AMC Entertainment has reached an agreement with National CineMedia to run ads right before the start of a film, starting July 1  —  Starting July 1, AMC theaters will feature a “platinum spot” that's shown on screens right before the start of a film.  The theater chain, which has struggled financially …
Attila Mong / Committee to Protect Journalists:
Since November 2024, Serbia had a sharp rise in attacks on journalists amid political unrest, including 23 physical assaults and 128 total attacks and threats  —  What journalists called a “witch hunt” atmosphere against government critics in Serbia one year ago has since escalated into a rise …
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Simon Owens / The Long Story with Simon Owens:
How Vox built a huge YouTube presence, becoming an incubator that invented its own visual language, as ex-staffers like Johnny Harris grow their own channels  —  The company became a skunk works incubator that invented its own language of visual storytelling.
Steven Zeitchik / The Hollywood Reporter:
AMC signs a deal with Runway to use its AI tech to generate marketing images and pre-visualize unproduced shows, the first cable player to work with Runway  —  The ‘Mad Men’ and ‘The Walking Dead’ producer is the latest Hollywood company to sign a pact with the generative AI firm.
Meghan Bobrowsky / Wall Street Journal:
Reddit sues Anthropic, alleging it accessed Reddit 100K+ times after saying it had stopped; Reddit has reached formal licensing deals with OpenAI and Google  —  The online discussion forum says Anthropic continued to access its site over 100,000 times after saying it stopped
 
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Kelcee Griffis / Bloomberg:
Two FCC commissioners announce that they'll depart this week, creating three vacancies on the five-member panel amid reviews of the Paramount-Skydance merger
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Meta has talked with Disney, A24, and other companies about exclusive content for a premium VR device it plans to launch next year for less than $1,000
Gene Maddaus / Variety:
The Nevada Legislature rejects a proposal to create a $95M annual tax credit for the Sony- and WBD-backed Summerlin Studios project in Las Vegas
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
A look at the roles affected by cuts of 100+ at Business Insider, which has lost half its traffic over five years and shifted away from being traffic-focused
Théophane Hartmann Euractiv / Euractiv:
TikTok bans the hashtag #SkinnyTok globally, saying it is “linked to unhealthy weight loss content”, following pressure from the French government
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Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Over 59% of WBD shareholders reject David Zaslav's pay package in a symbolic vote; Netflix and Disney shareholders did the same in 2023 and 2018, respectively
NPR:
Trump formally asks Congress to take back the $1.1B set aside for public broadcasters for the next two years; Congress has 45 days to approve the request
Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Sources: WaPo is working on an initiative to publish opinion articles from other US papers, writers on Substack, and eventually nonprofessional writers
 

 
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Kif Leswing / CNBC:
Apple says general counsel Kate Adams and policy chief Lisa Jackson will retire, and Jennifer Newstead, Meta's former chief legal officer, will replace Adams

A.J. Vicens / Reuters:
US and Canadian authorities warn that Chinese hackers are using the Brickstorm malware to install backdoor access within unnamed government and IT entities

Will Oremus / Washington Post:
Two studies suggest AI chatbots can shift political views more effectively than TV campaign ads, especially by presenting many claims, regardless of accuracy
 
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