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Brian Stelter / CNN:

Filing: Paramount and state AGs agree to freeze the WBD merger until an antitrust trial occurs or until June 2027; a preliminary injunction hearing is canceled — Paramount announced Friday afternoon that its takeover of CNN's parent company, Warner Bros. Discovery, will be delayed for many months …

Alyssa Ray / The Wrap:

At the rescheduled WHCA dinner, Trump praised the press corps' response to the April shooting before insulting journalists and celebrities who criticized him — “[Collins] shouldn't get the award. It was a fake,” the president rails in his White House Correspondents' Dinner speech

Discussion: Associated Press, New York Times, The Guardian, The Portland Press Herald, RADAR, Just Jared, ABC News, Salon, @cnnpr, Daily Mail, The Daily Beast, MeidasTouch, TV Insider, Variety, Al Jazeera, @bristei, Advocate, @cspan, The Hill, Townhall, @acyn, New York Post, RedState, @newsguy.bsky.social, Newser, The Independent, @janetskwatson.bsky.social, @bristei, CBC News, @nicksortor, @defiantls, Axios, @emkenobi, The Dean's Report, Straight Arrow, Raw Story, C-SPAN on YouTube, @rapidresponse47, Deadline, The Hollywood Reporter, @ashleyvotesblue.bsky.social, @rpsagainsttrump, @lutherlowe, ZeroHedge News, @billkristol, Breitbart, Wall Street Journal, @acyn, Staff Stories, NPR, GB News, Wall Street Journal, One America News Network, Los Angeles Times, FOX 11 Los Angeles, Crooks and Liars, Diane Ravitch's blog, Washington Post, The Hill, Mirror, Twin Cities, Time, CBS News, Washington Times and Fox News

Michael Birnbaum / Washington Post:

Trump says he supports subpoenaing reporters in leak probes and that reporters should be forced to reveal the source of the leaked SCOTUS ruling overturning Roe — Hours before addressing the White House press corps, the president endorsed using subpoenas against reporters in national security leak investigations.

Discussion: @wolfereports.bsky.social, emptywheel, @washingtonpost.com, New York Times, Above the Law, Truthout, CNBC, Wall Street Journal, Raw Story, NOTUS, Thought Catalog, Fox News, Al Jazeera, CBS News, The Boston Globe and The Guardian

Associated Press:

The DOJ withdraws subpoenas that would have forced three NYT reporters to testify about sources, after a federal judge criticized the DOJ for sloppy legal work — Criticized by a federal judge for sloppy legal work, the government on Thursday withdrew subpoenas that would have compelled three …

Discussion: CNN, New York Times, New York Magazine, Racket News, Raw Story, Techdirt, Ars Technica, The Post Millennial, The Status Kuo, Twin Cities, American Prospect, Poynter, @timobrien.bsky.social, emptywheel, Matea Gold on LinkedIn, @dennycarter.bsky.social, Law Dork, CNBC, Society of Professional …, UPI, @bennet.senate.gov, @aclu.org, US District Court, Southern District of New York, @dianaresists.bsky.social, ABC News, @flingjore.com, The Bulwark, PoliticusUSA, @jonesmurphy@mastodon.social, @hammancheez.bsky.social, Newser, NBC News, MS NOW, @3dogz.bsky.social, Lawyers, Guns & Money, @trumpstaxes.com, Washington Examiner, @freedomofpress@social …, Straight Arrow, Deadline, @greatplainsgrandpa …, The Independent, @nanakim.bsky.social, The Hill, @dbnewtondoors.bsky.social, @rosesbloom24.bsky.social, Axios, @rgoodlaw.bsky.social, The Wrap, @timkarr.bsky.social, @chrisgeidner.bsky.social, Law.com, @chrisgeidner.bsky.social, @innercitypress.bsky.social, New Republic, New York Magazine, CBS News and Reuters

Winston Cho / The Hollywood Reporter:

Kalshi asks Netflix to take down a trailer for Instadocs: The Prediction Games, saying it falsely suggests users placed bets in Nevada, where Kalshi is blocked — In a cease-and-desist, the company takes issue with the trailer falsely suggesting that Kalshi is violating a court order barring it from operating in Nevada.

Discussion: CNN, Netflix Tudum, TechCrunch, The Hill, CoinGape, @newsguy.bsky.social, Front Office Sports, The Wrap and Deadline

Natalie Korach / @nataliekorach:

Memo: HuffPost EIC informs staff that ~15 editorial jobs will be cut, the first layoffs under new owner Byron Allen, and executive editor Kate Palmer is leaving — Scoop: Byron Allen has begun his first round of layoffs since acquiring the BuzzFeed properties, with HuffPost staffers being notified of 15 editorial cuts Thursday [image]

Discussion: Status, @matthewkeyslive, @fitzador.bsky.social, @jvl.bsky.social and TheDesk.net

Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:

Facebook plans to test a full-screen “immersive video” player when users open the app, replacing the newsfeed, in select international markets this year — The social platform says it will test a video-first look for users when they open the app in select countries, potentially bringing it to the U.S. next year.

Discussion: Meta Newsroom, @alexweprin, Neowin, Simon Owens's Media Newsletter, What's Trending, Business Insider, Inc.com, Barrett Media, The News International, New York Times and The Verge

Todd Spangler / Variety:

WBD sues Amazon, accusing it of a “lawless employee shopping spree” to poach WBD employees who are under contract, including HBO marketing veteran Pia Barlow — In its lawsuit, WBD alleged that “Amazon has chosen to ride on the coattails of other well-established Hollywood mainstays …

Discussion: Engadget, The Verge, @artisny.bsky.social, Deadline, The Wrap and Variety

Akriti Sharma / Bloomberg:

As student protests spread across India, Narendra Modi turns to Reels, swapping his trademark cinematic videos for self-recorded messages aimed at Gen Z — As student protests spread across India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has turned to Meta Platforms Inc.'s Instagram Reels …

Corbin Bolies / Variety:

Patreon lays off 20% of its employees, or 93 people, citing a “painful” restructuring due to “profound” changes in the creator economy over the past six months — Patreon, the creator-focused monetization platform, said on Thursday it was laying off 20% of its employees …

Nicole Sperling / New York Times:

How special-edition popcorn buckets designed for major movies became lucrative; AMC Theatres estimates they will generate $100M in revenue this year — Fans of “The Odyssey,” the summer blockbuster directed by Christopher Nolan, could choose between two popcorn buckets …

Discussion: Entrepreneur, @elvialimon, KTLA, @dannygroner.bsky.social, CinemaBlend and PC Gamer

James Faris / Business Insider:

Internal docs: Paramount+ plans to launch a free tier for movies and shows in Q3, requiring users to register via email — Paramount+ is looking to level up by making more of its content free. — Paramount's flagship streamer plans to expand access to movies and shows available …

Discussion: Deadline, MobileSyrup, Streaming Better, Cord Cutters News, Decider, The Streamable, @ejgertz.bsky.social and @phillysky.bsky.social

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Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:
QVC and HSN hosts vote to unionize and join SAG-AFTRA, an organizing drive fueled by concerns around generative AI

Discussion: Philadelphia Business Journal and The Wrap

Munsif Vengattil / Reuters:
Delhi High Court rules OpenAI's use of ANI content to train ChatGPT wasn't copyright infringement as the news agency didn't show ChatGPT reproduced its reports

Discussion: Technollama, The Indian Express, Chat GPT Is Eating the World, Moneycontrol, MediaNama, Financial Express, Live Law India, Inc42, Reuters and BMI

Jeremy Fuster / The Wrap:
FilmLA: on-location shooting of shows and movies in Los Angeles fell 12% YoY in Q2, falling to 4,711 shoot days, down from 5,394 in Q2 2025

Discussion: New York Post, The Hollywood Reporter, Los Angeles Times, IndieWire, FilmLA, Deadline and Variety

Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
Sony Pictures Entertainment plans to restore the Cinerama Dome and adjacent 14-screen theater in Los Angeles, reopening in 2028 and operated by Alamo Drafthouse

Discussion: GeekWire, PR Daily, PetaPixel, Deadline, @stevekovach.bsky.social, The Real Deal, Bloomberg, Los Angeles Times, Just Jared and Sony Pictures Entertainment

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Andrew Marchand / The Athletic:
ESPN's layoffs cement its new identity, where it prioritizes self-promoting individuals like Pat McAfee, because it thinks that is the only way to break through

Discussion: TMZ.com, Awful Announcing, Greensburg Tribune-Review, Sports Business Journal, Forbes and Defector

Hanaa' Tameez / Nieman Lab:
Hearst, Dow Jones, Condé Nast and NJ.com are setting subscription renewal prices using dynamic pricing, often using AI and referred to as “personalized offers”

Discussion: @hanaatameez.bsky.social, So What, Wall Street Journal, Straight Arrow, @kennysmith.org, @dankennedy.net, @daviddaniel.bsky.social and @jasonaw.bsky.social

Financial Times:
Financial firms, their lawyers, and ethics experts say there could be legal risks in paying Trump Media for fast access to Truth Social posts via an API

Discussion: Seoul Economic Daily, The Independent, @peterschiff, Mother Jones, @johanpienaar.bsky.social, Variety, The Hill, Joe.My.God., @annmlipton@esq.social, @annmlipton@esq.social and Los Angeles Times

Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
Forbes Chief Content Officer and magazine EIC Randall Lane has left after joining in 2011; executive editor Kerry Lauerman will oversee editorial operations

Discussion: The Wrap, @eva_roytburg, @benmullin, @ajs, @truth_eater and @benmullin

From Techmeme:

New York Times:
Sources: OpenAI and Anthropic quietly lobby Washington regulators to restrict open-source AI models, even as Sam Altman publicly says he supports open source AI

Reuters:
Sources: OpenAI's models breached Hugging Face from July 11 to 13 and OpenAI realized their models were behind the hack several days later

Hooyeon Kim / Bloomberg:
Samsung announces a $200B+ contract to make chips for Broadcom through 2030, focusing on its 2nm and below process technologies for Broadcom's products

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