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David Folkenflik / NPR:
NPR EIC and acting Chief Content Officer Edith Chapin is stepping down later this year and says her choice wasn't driven by Congress' rescission of funding — NPR's editor in chief and acting chief content officer Edith Chapin told colleagues Tuesday morning that she has decided to step down.
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Oliver Darcy / Status:
Several LAT staffers say Jon Stewart's unchallenging interview of Patrick Soon-Shiong on The Daily Show left many inside the LAT newsroom perplexed and furious — On Monday night, Jon Stewart delivered a blistering monologue targeting the corporate media executives that have caved to Donald Trump …
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Lesley Goldberg / The Ankler:
Sources: CBS decided to end The Late Show on June 27, before the 60 Minutes settlement, but Colbert's agent only informed him after he taped the July 16 episode — SCOOP: James Dixon waited two weeks to tell his star and more new details about who knew what and when, and what comes next
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Memo: WaPo pivots WP Ventures, its “third newsroom”, to a more commercial venture, placing it under CSO Suzi Watford and separating it from the core news brand — The Washington Post on Tuesday announced sweeping changes to its “third newsroom,” called WP Ventures …
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Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
President Trump says he anticipates receiving $20M in ads and PSAs from Skydance, bringing the cost of the 60 Minutes settlement to $36M — President posts on social media that he will receive more than the already agreed to $16 million payment — President Trump said that he anticipates …
Nick Spicer / NPR:
Agence France-Presse calls on the Israeli government to allow its freelance journalists to leave the Gaza Strip because of a worsening hunger crisis there — French news agency Agence France-Presse is calling on the Israeli government to allow its freelance journalists to leave the Gaza Strip …
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Ethan Millman / The Hollywood Reporter:
UMG partners with IP asset management company Liquidax Capital to “accelerate the development of UMG's music-related AI patents”, already filing 15 — UMG said it's filed for 15 patents through the partnership already, including one related to AI threat protection.
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Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg:
The EU opens a full-scale investigation into UMG's $775M acquisition of Downtown Music over concerns the deal could negatively impact competition in the market
The EU opens a full-scale investigation into UMG's $775M acquisition of Downtown Music over concerns the deal could negatively impact competition in the market
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Jessica Testa / New York Times:
Joe Budden Network CEO Ian Schwartzman says the podcast network is on pace to generate $20M+ in 2025, after Joe Budden accidentally showed his Patreon earnings — Joe Budden, a former rapper who now oversees a robust podcast network, gave a rare look into the finances of the industry.
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Mike Scarcella / Reuters:
A full US Court of Appeals keeps in place a June 6 decision that let Trump bar the AP from the Oval Office; a Supreme Court appeal is possible — A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday declined to lift restrictions imposed by President Donald Trump's administration on White House access …
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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
SEC filing: Alden-owned MediaNews makes a ~$88M bid for DallasNews Corporation, after the Dallas Morning News parent signed a $75M merger agreement with Hearst — The investment firm's MediaNews Group, the country's second-largest newspaper publisher, put in a bid for the publication nearly two weeks after Hearst agreed to buy it.
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Jesse Whittock / Deadline:
Sky New Zealand buys WBD's local channels business for a token sum of ~$1, giving it ~35% of NZ's linear TV ad market share and 24% of the digital TV equivalent — The surprise deal will see Sky becoming New Zealand's dominant TV media player by acquiring 100% of the shares in Discovery NZ …
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Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
The UK passes legislation to let foreign states own up to 15% in British newspapers, clearing the way for The Telegraph's sale to a RedBird Capital-led group — Consortium led by RedBird Capital in line to buy group for £500m, in deal that would result in UAE retaining 15% stake
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Pew Research Center:
A survey of 900 US Google users: of ~69K searches, 18% gave AI Overviews; of those, users clicked a link 8% of the time, compared to 15% with no AI summary — Last year, Google introduced “AI Overviews,” a feature that displays an artificial intelligence-generated result summary at the top of many Google search pages.
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