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8:25 AM ET, June 27, 2025

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Fred A. Bernstein / Washington Post:
Bill Moyers, former press secretary to President Lyndon B. Johnson and an influential broadcast journalist for 40+ years, dies at age 91 from prostate cancer  —  He was White House press secretary under Lyndon B. Johnson and Newsday publisher before becoming an acclaimed television journalist, mostly for PBS.
Aaron Royce / Daily Front Row:
Anna Wintour told staffers she is stepping down as American Vogue's EIC but will remain Condé Nast's chief content officer and Vogue's global editorial director  —  Surprise!  Anna Wintour is stepping down from her role at American Vogue.  Wintour—who's led American Vogue as editor …
Jake Kanter / Deadline:
Nearly 80 BBC journalists, including presenter Martine Croxall, call on the NUJ to schedule a vote on a strike over colleagues facing compulsory layoffs  —  In a letter seen by Deadline, nearly 80 BBC journalists have written to Laura Davison, general secretary of the National Union of Journalists …
Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
TouchPoints survey: the time people in Great Britain aged 15 or older spend using their phones has overtaken the time spent watching TV for the first time  —  Daily average for watching all types of screen is now almost 7.5 hours, annual survey for IPA finds
Financial Times:
RTL Group agrees to acquire Sky Deutschland from Comcast for €150M in cash upfront, and up to €377M in cash or shares over five years, to compete with Netflix  —  Deal would make broadcaster Germany's third-largest streamer, leapfrogging Disney  —  RTL has agreed to buy Sky's …
Hanaa' Tameez / Nieman Lab:
The Economist is redesigning its app to show shorter stories during the week and longer reads on weekends; the publication says 85% of new subs are digital-only  —  In an attempt to retain subscribers, The Economist is also trying to help readers find stories more easily and quickly.
Matt Swider / The Shortcut:
Elon Musk says X will charge for ads “based on vertical size”, with an ad taking up the whole screen costing more than one that takes up a quarter of the screen  —  The social media platform formerly known as Twitter is trying to disincentivize ‘giant ads that impair the user experience’
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Charter and Disney expand their 2023 carriage agreement, bringing Hulu's ad tier to Spectrum TV customers and restoring eight previously removed cable channels  —  Spectrum TV Select customers will soon get access to Hulu included in their subscription, as Freeform, FXX and other channels that were cut two years ago return.
Michael Savage / The Guardian:
UK ministers take the unusual step of ordering secrecy over the names of four media companies that responded to a consultation on foreign newspaper ownership  —  Revealed: Crossbench peers scrutinising proposed law change say they were told not to share companies involved
Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
The BBC launches a subscription of $49.99 per year, or $8.99 per month, for US users to get unlimited access to its news, features, and a BBC News livestream  —  Move is significant step forward in driving overseas revenue for the UK's public service broadcaster
 
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Sources: Instagram and TikTok are working on versions of their apps customized to run on TV screens, following YouTube's success in attracting a TV audience
Matthew Keys / TheDesk.net:
DirecTV strikes a distribution agreement with Paramount Global, and unveils a $20/month MyKids plan with content from Paramount, Disney, WBD, and more
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
As AI kills search traffic, Google launches Offerwall, a Google Ad Manager tool to help publishers generate revenue beyond ads, including via micropayments
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
YouTube launches an AI Overviews-like carousel for searches related to shopping, places, and things to do in a specific place, for Premium users in the US
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Sources: Apple execs discussed starting their own theatrical distribution unit; Warner Bros. is distributing the F1 movie and getting a share of the box office
Sophie Culpepper / Nieman Lab:
Report finds extensive overlap between colleges and public media outlets: 59% of public media orgs provide regular opportunities for college students
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Creative Commons debuts CC Signals, a framework that lets dataset holders detail how machines can or cannot reuse their content, such as for training AI models
Blake Brittain / Reuters:
A group of authors sue Microsoft in a NY federal court, claiming the company used nearly 200,000 pirated books without permission to train its Megatron AI model
 

 
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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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