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Wall Street Journal:
Sources detail how X has used threats of lawsuits and high pressure tactics to motivate companies such as Amazon and Verizon to resume advertising on the site — Elon Musk and CEO Linda Yaccarino launched a campaign to strong-arm advertisers back onto the platform
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.
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Eli Tan / New York Times:
As the LA protests roll on, social media creators have at times outnumbered the traditional press corps at rallies, playing an outsized role in sharing media — Creators such as Cam Higby, who is conservative, have sometimes outnumbered traditional media outlets at the immigration protests.
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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Radio Times and Mirror
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 — Does a parade meant to celebrate the nation truly exist if it can't get on national broadcast TV?
Daniel Frankel / StreamTV Insider:
Bango: subscription providers are reducing their reliance on direct acquisition strategies like social media ads due to rising costs and diminishing returns — Bango subscription video on demand (SVOD) subscriber acquisition bundling — Marketers of subscription services including …
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The Desk, The Streamable, WWD and Advanced Television
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 — The Guardian is amongst the news media companies taking an assertive approach to protecting and commercialising content in a digital landscape increasingly being shaped by artificial intelligence.
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Tech in Asia
Neel Dhanesha / Nieman Lab:
Pew tracker: Democrats use and trust a wider range of news sources, and Joe Rogan was the most-cited news source for Republicans that wasn't a broadcast network — Republicans and Democrats live in “nearly inverse news media environments,” a Pew Research Center report found five years ago.
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Pew Research Center, WNYW-TV, Poynter, Pew Research Center and Associated Press
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Apple adds a 3x playback option for podcasts in iOS 26, an Enhance Dialogue tool to hear speech more clearly, and a puzzle game for Apple News+ subscribers — You'll be able to listen to podcasts at 3x speed. … Apple's next major software updates are getting a huge new feature …
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9to5Mac, Cult of Mac, Apple, Appleosophy, Engadget, Podnews and MacRumors
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 — The CEO also said that Disney+ will “probably” emulate Netflix and stop reporting subscriber numbers at some point …
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ExchangeWire.com, The A.V. Club, Media Play News, @deitaone, Sports Business Journal, CNBC, Cord Cutters News, TVNewsCheck, The Wrap, Bloomberg and Deadline
Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Vanity Fair names Vogue creative editorial director Mark Guiducci as its global editorial director, replacing Radhika Jones and starting at the end of June — Mark Guiducci will be the first “global editorial director” at Vanity Fair.Amir Hamja for The New York Times — Vanity Fair has found its next editor.
Alexandra Veitch / YouTube Official Blog:
YouTube releases its 2024 US Impact Report, which says YouTube's creative ecosystem contributed $55B to US GDP in 2024 and supported 490K+ full-time jobs — Today, we released our 2024 U.S. Impact Report highlighting YouTube's contributions to the creator economy and the impact of the creators themselves.
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Moneycontrol, Blockchain.News, Social Media Today, TechCrunch and Benzinga
