Mediagazer: Pinterest and affiliate shopping platform LTK announce a pilot program in which high-performing image posts on LTK will automatically be shared to Pinterest (Mia Sato/The Verge)

Sources: FTC is discussing a consent decree on the Omnicom-Interpublic merger, prohibiting the combined company from boycotting platforms over political content — The Federal Trade Commission is considering restrictions on Omnicom and Interpublic to prevent the combined company from refusing …

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Charles Pulliam-Moore / The Verge:

Tubi announces plans to distribute 20+ films funded on Kickstarter, starting in the fall, and to invest in Kickstarter's FilmStream Collective Fund — Tubi is partnering with Kickstarter to distribute more than 20 crowdfunded films. … Today, Tubi (which is owned by Fox) …

Discussion: TVNewsCheck, Deadline, @simondowens@threads.com, Streaming Better, Variety and Cord Cutters News

Jake Kanter / Deadline:

Sources: four senior BBC journalists have lodged ageism complaints as they face layoffs under plans to merge the BBC's Home and Foreign newsdesks — Several sources told Deadline that four senior journalists have lodged separate, but coordinated, age discrimination complaints after being shown the door.

Discussion: @pressgazette.co.uk

Mia Sato / The Verge:

Pinterest and affiliate shopping platform LTK announce a pilot program in which high-performing image posts on LTK will automatically be shared to Pinterest — High-performing posts from shopping platform LTK will automatically be shared to Pinterest.

Discussion: ChannelX, PYMNTS.com and Social Media Today

Ricardo Brito / Reuters:

Brazil's Supreme Court rules that social media companies are accountable for some types of user content seen as illegal, a decision that could result in fines — Brazil's Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that social media companies must be held accountable for some types of content published …

Discussion: Washington Post, @mathver.bsky.social, Bloomberg, Tech in Asia and Hacker News

Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:

CNN is expanding its podcast business by rebranding CNN Audio to CNN Podcasts and plans to introduce new talent and formats, including more video podcasts — The news network is rebranding CNN Audio as CNN Podcasts, as it develops new formats and shifts attention to new talent.

Discussion: TVNewsCheck and @dannygroner.bsky.social

Nitasha Tiku / Washington Post:

TollBit: traffic from RAG bots, which scrape information in real time, to 266 websites, half of which are from news outlets, grew 49% from Q4 2024 to Q1 2025 — As consumers switch from Google search to ChatGPT, a new kind of bot is scraping data for AI. — People are replacing Google search …

Discussion: @nitasha.bsky.social, Toshit Panigrahi on LinkedIn, @jacklynch000.bsky.social and Olivia Joslin on LinkedIn, more at Techmeme »

Scott Nover / Washington Post:

Profiles of three employees at VOA's fact-checking unit, who fled Russia and are now among the many journalists losing their jobs under President Trump's orders — Three employees at Voice of America's fact-checking unit fled Putin's wrath and are now among the many journalists losing their jobs under Trump's orders.

Discussion: @niemanlab.org, TVNewsCheck, @scottnover, @scottnover and @scottnover

Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:

Harvey Weinstein's rape charge retrial ends in a mistrial after the jury foreperson refused to return to the jury room due to threats from other jurors — “I feel afraid inside there. I can't be inside there,” the jury foreperson said Thursday. … The 12-person jury in Weinstein's trial …

Cynthia Littleton / Variety:

A look at Apple's vision for Apple TV+ and its film business, as Tim Cook says the company's $200M+ bet on the F1 movie is about more than selling iPhones — Apple CEO and Formula 1 superstar Lewis Hamilton join forces on ‘F1 the Movie’ to take the tech giant's film business to new heights

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Mike Scarcella / Reuters:

A US judge rules that Amazon must face a proposed class action lawsuit by independent authors accusing it of monopolizing the audiobook retail market — Amazon.com (AMZN.O) must face a lawsuit by independent authors accusing the e-commerce giant of monopolizing the retail market for audiobooks …

Discussion: Bloomberg Law

Liam Scott / Columbia Journalism Review:

Small-town newspapers are shutting down due to the lack of a succession plan, not financial issues, in nearly a dozen US states, a growing problem — And it's not just about the money. — For more than a century, the McClusky Gazette has reported the news in a small town in the middle of North Dakota.

Discussion: @sdp.bsky.social, @eastdakota, @eastdakota, TVNewsCheck and @newsguy.bsky.social