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Mario Guevara, an El Salvador-born journalist who covers immigration raids, may face deportation after his arrest while covering No Kings protests in Atlanta  —  A Salvadoran journalist who built a big social media following by documenting immigration raids may be facing deportation.
Jennifer Maas / Variety:
Warner Bros. Games restructures its operations into teams based on its four key franchises: Harry Potter, Game of Thrones, Mortal Kombat, and the DC Universe  —  Per WBD, three current studio heads have been promoted to Senior Vice President as part of the restructure: Warner Bros Games …
Jason Del Rey / Fortune:
A profile of LA-based Whatnot, a livestream marketplace valued at ~$5B, which has raised $700M+ since 2019 and expects its GMV to grow 100%+ YoY to $6B+ in 2025  —  On a Wednesday night in early June, Rene Nezhoda leaned back in a Secretlab gaming chair, fiddled with a computer keyboard …
Kayla Cobb / The Wrap:
Tubi says it crossed 100M monthly users in May and accounted for 1B hours of total TV viewership time; Nielsen: Tubi accounted for 2.2% of total TV viewership  —  The free ad-supported streamer also accounted for 1 billion hours of total viewing time during May, according to Nielsen
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John Koblin / New York Times:
Nielsen: in May, Americans watched more TV on streaming than on cable and broadcast networks combined, the first time streaming was king of TV over a full month
Jaewon Kang / Bloomberg:
How Walmart plans to leverage its $2.3B Vizio acquisition to push shoppable TV experiences; Walmart's ad business had just $4.4B of sales in FY 2025  —  Walmart Inc. is working toward a future where consumers can buy items while watching their television shows, a strategy retailers have long tried to implement as a way to boost sales.
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Ted Johnson / Deadline:
The US Senate confirms Olivia Trusty to the FCC, giving Republicans a 2-1 majority after the recent departures of two members  —  The Senate confirmed Olivia Trusty to the FCC, a move that gives Donald Trump and Republicans a 2-1 majority on the commission.
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Facebook renames its Videos tab as the Reels tab and says all videos on its platform will soon be shared as reels, regardless of their length or orientation  —  Facebook announced on Tuesday that all videos on its platform will soon be shared as reels, regardless of their length or orientation.
Kerry Flynn / Axios:
Candle Media co-CEO Kevin Mayer says Candle plans to sell or IPO its individual brands rather than the overall company, marking a shift from its original plan  —  Candle Media co-CEO Kevin Mayer said the Blackstone-backed media company plans to sell or IPO its individual brands rather than the overall company.
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Emma Roth / The Verge:
Max, soon to be called HBO Max, says it is working on an AI tool that will identify “standout” scenes from its shows and movies to play as video previews  —  The AI tool will identify ‘standout’ scenes across Max's library of shows and movies.
 
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Threads launches a fediverse feed and a way to search for fediverse users, with support for Mastodon and others, for users who turned on fediverse sharing
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Netflix says Netflix House, its in-person experience offering interactive activities, will open in Philadelphia and Dallas in late 2025 and in Las Vegas in 2027
Erik Hayden / The Hollywood Reporter:
Disney and Amazon partner to let media buyers using Amazon's DSP have better tools to target consumers on ad-tier programming across Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+
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YouTube announces “open call”, a new feature to let brands broadly request sponsored content from creators who are part of the YouTube Partner Program
Kate Lyons / The Guardian:
Pacific Freedom Forum Chair Robert Iroga says Pacific countries are facing a “critical moment” for press freedom, as journalists face lawsuits and prosecution
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William Langewiesche, who wrote complex, long-form articles for The Atlantic and Vanity Fair on national security, Iraq, and aviation, died of cancer at 70
 

 
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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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