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12:40 PM ET, June 5, 2025

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Lila Shapiro / Vulture:
Hollywood insiders report widespread off-the-books AI experimentation in studios, often hidden to avoid backlash, despite union contracts limiting AI use  —  “We can say, ‘Do it in anime, make it PG-13.’ Three hours later, I'll have the movie."  —  One recent evening on the Eastside of Los Angeles …
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Puja Vohra, former EVP of marketing for Paramount+, is joining Fox Corporation in the newly created role of chief marketing officer and EVP of ad sales  —  Puja Vohra, a veteran TV marketer who has led marketing efforts for shows tied to Paramount+ and Showtime, is joining Fox to lend …
Discussion: Adweek, MediaPost and Fox Corporation
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.
Karishma Mehrotra / Washington Post:
Major Indian newsrooms aired misinformation during the conflict with Pakistan in May, saying Pakistani cities had been destroyed and airing unrelated visuals  —  Journalists from some of India's largest news networks spoke to The Post about why falsehoods filled the airwaves during a crucial and dangerous moment.
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
The Sun appoints Jack Elsom as political editor, replacing Harry Cole, who is relocating to the US to become editor at large, and drops its business page  —  Jack Elsom has been named as political editor of The Sun taking over from Harry Cole.  —  This follows news that Cole is moving across …
Emine Saner / The Guardian:
Some creatives and academics are rejecting generative AI at work and at home on environmental and ethical grounds, but realize they may end up using it anyway  —  Is artificial intelligence coming for everyone's jobs?  Not if this lot have anything to do with it
Rhi Storer / Press Gazette:
Some YouTube channels are using AI to turn paywalled articles into videos without the consent of publishers, often adding inaccuracies  —  Youtube channels are using AI to steal words and photographs from paywalled news content and reproduce articles wholesale without the consent of publishers.
Discussion: lawsociety.ie and Press Gazette
Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
The New European rebrands as The New World, expands its coverage, and moves to a magazine format; the title made £2.6M in 2024 revenue and had 35K subscribers  —  Title formed after 2016 UK vote is relaunching as The New World to reflect coverage of global politics and culture
 
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Nilay Patel / The Verge:
An interview with Runway CEO Cris Valenzuela on expediting the movie-making process, copyright cases, why using Runway is like using a camera, and more
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
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
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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
Tom Levitt / The Guardian:
UK-based BBC Persian journalists say their families in Iran are being terrorized and punished by the Iranian regime, with a sharp escalation in 2025
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
 

 
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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

Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg:
Sources: Meta is considering deep budget cuts to its metaverse efforts in 2026, potentially as high as 30% and most likely including layoffs as early as January

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
 
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