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2:45 PM ET, June 19, 2025

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Alistair Kitchen / New Yorker:
An Australian journalist who had reported on the Columbia University protests while studying there recounts his interrogation and deportation by CPB at LAX  —  As an Australian who wrote about the demonstrations while on campus, I gave my phone a superficial clean before flying to the U.S. I underestimated what I was up against.
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
The Telegraph withdraws a story about a rich banker hit by the cost of UK school fee rises after being deceived by a source and publishes a home page apology  —  Update: Telegraph has now published an apology to its readers.  —  The Telegraph has withdrawn a story about a rich banker hit …
Zach Vallese / CNBC:
Sources: Google is using its expansive library of YouTube videos to train Gemini and Veo 3; Google says it only uses a subset of videos for the training  —  Google is using its expansive library of YouTube videos to train its artificial intelligence models, including Gemini and the Veo 3 video and audio generator, CNBC has learned.
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Kayla Cobb / The Wrap:
Cannes Lions: YouTube CEO Neal Mohan says YouTube Shorts now averages 200B daily views, up 186% from the 70B average daily views YouTube reported in March 2024
George Gene Gustines / New York Times:
ComiXology veterans David Steinberger and Chip Mosher unveil Neon Ichiban, a digital comic book store to rival Amazon, launching next month after raising $7M+  —  Two veterans of Comixology, a site that the e-commerce colossus bought in 2014, are now starting a rival to compete with it.
Aditya Kalra / Reuters:
Sources and documents: India's CCI details alleged collusion among GroupM, Omnicom, and other major ad agencies to fix minimum ad commission rates via WhatsApp  —  Omnicom Media's India chief was frustrated.  It was October 5, 2023 and a rival was trying to poach the U.S. firm's client …
Melissa Repko / CNBC:
Fox acquires Caliente TV, a Mexican sports broadcasting platform, and appoints longtime industry exec Carlos Martinez to oversee its broadcast strategy in LatAm  —  Fox Corp. said Thursday that it has acquired Caliente TV, a Mexican sports broadcasting platform, as the media company aims …
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Dave Levinthal / Columbia Journalism Review:
Mike Huckabee, the US ambassador to Israel, still earns profits from Substack subscriptions despite ceding editorial control of the Huckabee Post to his son  —  Mike Huckabee, now the US ambassador to Israel, earns a substantial sum from Substack subscriptions—and the company takes a portion of the fees.
Aisha Counts / Bloomberg:
SoftBank-backed Spotter, which fronts cash to YouTubers for a cut of revenue, is facing significant challenges due to YouTube's shift toward Shorts, and more  —  The company, which boasted a new way for social media stars to fund their operations, fronted millions of dollars to creators …
CNN:
With Trump's media habits once again having serious foreign policy effects, Fox News takes a pro-war stance in the MAGA media feud over the Israel-Iran conflict  —  As conservative radio host Clay Travis opened his mouth Tuesday night on Fox News, he was hyper-aware of the viewer-in-chief.
The Hollywood Reporter:
How top Hollywood creatives are pushing Gov. Gavin Newsom to expand California's film and TV program from $330M to $750M, seeking to halt a production exodus  —  In Sacramento, A-listers delicately push to expedite a bulked-up tax incentive to halt a production exodus.
 
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Tubi launches Tubi for Creators, a new program that includes licensing more than 500 episodes from six YouTube creators, including Rhett & Link's Mythical
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The Daily Beast says Reddit and Facebook have made up for falling Google referral traffic; Vox CEO says OpenAI is a good partner but still undervalues content
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Elsa Keslassy / Variety:
London- and Paris-based Animaj, a kids' media company that uses proprietary generative AI production tools to automate animation pipelines, raised $85M
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Dan Milmo / The Guardian:
Deezer says AI-made music accounts for just 0.5% of streams on the music streaming platform, but up to 70% of those streams are fraudulent
Financial Times:
Netflix signs a landmark deal with France's TF1 to show linear TV for the first time; TF1 will broadcast all five of its channels, showing live sports and more
 

 
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Ashley Gold / Axios:
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signs the RAISE Act into law; the AI safety bill's text was modified earlier to more closely resemble California's SB 53

Beatrice Nolan / Fortune:
Cursor-developer Anysphere acquires code review startup Graphite and says Graphite will continue operating as an independent product

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