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4:40 PM ET, June 11, 2025

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Wall Street Journal:
Sources detail how X used threats of lawsuits and pressure tactics to motivate companies like Amazon, Ralph Lauren, and Verizon to resume buying ads on the site  —  Elon Musk and CEO Linda Yaccarino launched a campaign to strong-arm advertisers back onto the platform
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Emanuel Maiberg / 404 Media:
The Wikimedia Foundation pauses an experiment that showed Wikipedia users AI-generated summaries at the top of some articles, following an editor backlash  —  The Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit organization which hosts and develops Wikipedia, has paused an experiment …
Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
The Washington Post names Adam O'Neal, Washington correspondent for The Economist, as its new opinion editor  —  Adam O'Neal, Washington correspondent for The Economist, has been hired as opinion editor at The Washington Post.  —  He has been at The Economist since September 2023.
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
The Daily Star drops its page three with pictures of scantily dressed women as part of a print and online redesign, with a new strapline “News with a wink”  —  The Daily Star has ditched page three models amid a wider redesign across print and online.
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Filing: Disney and NBCUniversal sue Midjourney in California, accusing it of direct and secondary copyright infringement; they say talks with Midjourney failed  —  Disney and NBCUniversal have teamed up to sue Midjourney, a generative AI company, accusing it of copyright infringement …
David Bauder / Associated Press:
Reporters Without Borders: there have been at least 31 attacks on journalists while covering the Los Angeles protests, including 27 attacks by law enforcement  —  More than two dozen journalists have been injured or roughed up while covering protests against immigration raids in Los Angeles …
Prashant Rao / Semafor:
The CPJ has directed a law firm to set up a legal entity in the UK, in part as a precautionary measure against potential Trump EOs targeting American nonprofits  —  The Scoop  —  The Committee to Protect Journalists, the US-based press freedom charity, has directed a British law firm to set …
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Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
Sources and docs: Amazon Prime Video ad load has increased to 4-6 minutes per hour, up from 2-3.5 minutes when ads were first introduced in January 2024  —  More ads could mean lower CPMs, but performance could slip.  —  When Amazon introduced ads on Prime Video in January 2024 …
Rick Porter / The Hollywood Reporter:
ABC News says it has “made the decision to not renew” Terry Moran's contract after suspending him for calling Stephen Miller a “world-class hater”  —  The long-time correspondent won't return to the network after his suspension.  —  ABC News correspondent Terry Moran has been let go from the network.
Philip Buckingham / New York Times:
DAZN, which paid $1B to show FIFA's Club World Cup, expects 2025 to be a “transformational” year, despite low usership in the US, UK, Africa, and South America  —  Six months before the planned start of the Club World Cup came word that FIFA had finally found the grease to make its new wheels turn.
 
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Natalie Lung / Bloomberg:
DoorDash acquires adtech company Symbiosys for $175M, as part of a major update to its ad business that now generates $1B+ annually
Ted Johnson / Deadline:
The House Rules Committee advances a bill that would claw back $1.1B in funding for public broadcasting, including $535M for CPB, over the next two fiscal years
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Sources: ABC News, NBC News, and CBS News won't preempt regular TV programming for Trump's June 14 military parade, leaving coverage to their streaming outlets
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Paula Felps / International News Media Association:
The Guardian expects AI licensing to account for roughly 40% of its licensing revenue for the current financial year
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Bob Iger says Disney will “probably” stop disclosing subscriber numbers like Netflix has “at some point” and says it doesn't plan to spin off its cable channels
 

 
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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

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

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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