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John Koblin / New York Times:
YouTube and Netflix are increasingly locked in a battle over TV in the US; Nielsen says YouTube was 12.5% of all TV viewing time in May, above Netflix's 7.5% — The two giant video companies have far different strategies, but the same goal: controlling your TV set.
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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Nielsen: Netflix's share of the most-watched shows dropped from 80%+ in 2021 to ~50% now; Amazon, Apple, HBO, Hulu, and Paramount+ have shows in 2025's Top 10 — Netflix released the most-watched series of the first half — but is losing ground to rival streaming services. — Good evening from New York City.
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New York Times:
Sources: David Ellison, the CEO of Skydance, has recently held early discussions about acquiring Bari Weiss' The Free Press — David Ellison, the founder of Skydance, and Bari Weiss, the co-founder of The Free Press, are attending the annual Allen & Co. conference in Sun Valley this week.
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Jake Kanter / Deadline:
An internal BBC review finds that documentary Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone, narrated by the child of a Hamas minister, breached an editorial rule on accuracy — Peter Johnston, the BBC's director of editorial complaints and reviews, has examined what led to the film, which premiered in February …
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Lily Ford / The Hollywood Reporter:
The BBC cuts ties with MasterChef presenter Gregg Wallace after an independent investigation upheld 45 allegations, including groping and racist comments — The TV star has been fired after more than 50 people came forward with allegations, including ones of inappropriate sexual language, groping and racist comments.
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Rebecca Rubin / Variety:
WBD's Superman opens to $122M in domestic ticket sales, a strong start for the relaunched DC Universe under new DC Studios co-heads James Gunn and Peter Safran — Superman can lift up collapsing buildings, Godzilla-sized monsters and, now, the box office. — “Superman,” the newly rebooted …
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Financial Times:
Fox Corp ad sales president Jeff Collins says advertisers, including foreign governments and US agencies are flocking to Fox News to reach “an audience of one” — Political ads drive booming sales revenues at network on back of record audience numbers
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Clyde Haberman / New York Times:
David Gergen, a frequent political commentator on CNN and PBS who helped shape the public images of four US presidents, has died at 83 from Lewy body dementia — He served under Nixon, Ford, Reagan and Clinton before becoming a top editor and a familiar TV pundit. “Centrism doesn't mean splitting the difference,” he said.
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Brent Crane / Bloomberg:
A look at PageTurner, an author services firm that the US DOJ alleges pilfered $44M from 800+ aspiring authors by promising mainstream success and Netflix deals — Author services company PageTurner used promises of mainstream success and Netflix deals to prey on more than 800 aspiring authors, according to DOJ.
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Financial Times:
Insiders describe Linda Yaccarino's tumultuous partnership with Elon Musk and say the two failed to gel as Musk's blunt style clashed with Yaccarino's polish — Inside the former social media CEO's tumultuous partnership with the world's richest man — Hannah Murphy in San Francisco …
Carlos Nogueras Ramos / The Texas Tribune:
The case of an independent publisher banned from county buildings in Jeff Davis County, Texas, raises questions about who gets to call themselves a journalist — Publisher David Flash has been documenting the happenings in Jeff Davis County since 2020. Last year, he was banned from county buildings over allegations of harassment.
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@brianstelter.bsky.social and Sky News
Lindsey Holden / Politico:
A judge grants a temporary restraining order against LAPD, ruling that they can't force journalists out of protest areas or use nonlethal weapons against them — “When journalists persisted in documenting the protests, it appears from the evidence presented that they faced an onslaught …
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