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Sources: Paramount seeks a business-side counterpart to Bari Weiss, implying she would oversee editorial across CBS News and CNN if Paramount's WBD deal closes — Paramount has held preliminary conversations with several candidates for a business-side counterpart to CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss …

New York Times:

Lesley Stahl says David Ellison called her and promised to respect editorial independence at 60 Minutes, a sign he is taking steps to calm turmoil at the show — David Ellison told Lesley Stahl, one of three remaining correspondents for the news program, that he would respect the show's editorial decisions after a tumultuous stretch.

Discussion: The Wrap, New York Post, Variety, Deadline, The Hollywood Reporter, @dannygroner.bsky.social, @annmlipton.bsky.social, Newsbusters, @owillis.bsky.social, @hammbear2024.bsky.social, @jeremymbarr, Suggest, Fox News, Puck, RealClearPolitics and RADAR

Max Tani / Semafor:

Bari Weiss and her CBS News team find themselves under siege from both sides as Trump appears uninterested in a modest rightward shift, amid a rolling civil war — If CBS News' new owners are trying to pull the network away from what they see as liberal politics and reflexive hostility to Donald Trump …

Discussion: Variety, @joshkraushaar, Mediaweek, Inc.com, Letters from an American, The Gateway Pundit and Unfogged

Scott Nover / Washington Post:

Email: the WH press corps won't be allowed on White House grounds Sunday due to the UFC fight; only press poolers will be allowed unless UFC gives credentials — The White House is ceding control of who gets into the fight event on the South Lawn, in a break with tradition. — Summary

Discussion: Awful Announcing, New Republic, Axios, @scottnover.bsky.social, @annahbackstrom and Sports Video Group

Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:

Digital Content Next, which represents major US publishers, sends Common Crawl a cease-and-desist demanding it stop scraping and remove copyrighted content — Digital news publishers in the US have raised “significant legal concerns” over the scraping of their content by Common Crawl Foundation.

Peter Chapman / Bloomberg:

The UK CMA launches a probe into Paramount's $110B acquisition of WBD, and sets an initial ruling deadline on August 7; the EU has already set a July 7 deadline — Britain's merger watchdog has opened a probe into Paramount Skydance Corp.'s $110 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.

Discussion: Deadline, Media Play News, The Wrap, GOV.UK and The Movie Blog

Discussion: Reuters, The Guardian, Telegraph, Benzinga, CNN, Screen, BMI, The Independent, ScreenRant and Cord Cutters News

Jeremy Fuster / The Wrap:

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie becomes the first release of 2026 to cross $1B in global grosses; Michael Jackson biopic Michael is on the verge of crossing $900M — The Universal/Illumination film crossed the milestone after its ninth weekend in theaters — After nine weekends in theaters …

Discussion: ScreenRant, Deadline, PocketGamer.biz, Washington Times, /Film, Media Play News, Business Insider, The Movie Blog, Video Games Chronicle, The Hollywood Reporter, GamesBeat, Just Jared, Gizmodo, Comic Book, IGN, GoNintendo, Polygon.com and Variety

Discussion: IndieWire, The Indian Express, The Hollywood Reporter, Gizmodo, Variety, @everyonebpup, @cinephiliabeyond.org, ScreenRant and r/boxoffice

Sara Guaglione / Digiday:

Reuters and Time started blocking all AI bots by default and created whitelists of approved bots, following the default disallow strategy of People and others — Reuters and Time are taking a new approach to bot blocking. Both publishers have recently started blocking all AI bots by default …

Discussion: Phil Andraos on LinkedIn

Max Tani / Semafor:

Progressive site Zeteo plans to expand to the UK with a standalone site that will begin publishing this week, ahead of a hard launch in September — The Scoop — A popular independent lefty American media company is expanding to the United Kingdom. — On Tuesday, Zeteo …

Discussion: @maxwelltani, @semafor.com, Zeteo and Press Gazette

Brian Steinberg / Variety:

Fox Corp. signs a new deal to show a wide range of NFL games via its Mexican outlets, including transmissions of Thursday Night Football and the Super Bowl — Fox Corp. said it secured a new deal to show a wide range of NFL games via its Mexican outlets, including transmissions of …

Discussion: @bristei.bsky.social, Daryl Bowden on LinkedIn, Sports Business Journal, Pete Distad on LinkedIn, Sports Video Group, Media Play News, TheDesk.net and Barrett Media

Lucas Manfredi / The Wrap:

NY passes legislation requiring news orgs to provide disclosures on content substantially or wholly produced by AI; the bill awaits the governor's signature — Backed by the Writers Guild of America, the NY FAIR News Act now heads to Gov. Kathy Hochul's desk for signature

Discussion: @wgaeast.bsky.social, @1gregtodd.bsky.social, The A.V. Club, Pluribus News and NewsGuild of New York

Calum Jaspan / Sydney Morning Herald:

Australia's ABC MD Hugh Marks says Justin Stevens' exit was “inevitable” after disputes over newsroom direction, and Stevens was unaware he was being replaced — ABC boss Hugh Marks says news chief Justin Stevens wasn't aware the public broadcaster was in the process of replacing …

Discussion: The Saturday Paper, ABC, The Guardian and Sky News Australia

Washington Post:

A reconstruction of Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil's final hours shows that she bled to death, sources say after the IDF denied access to rescuers — A Post reconstruction of Amal Khalil's final hours in Lebanon found that Israel's military denied rescuers access to her during a key period when she was still alive.

Discussion: Irene Khan on LinkedIn, Reporters Without Borders, Arab News, Mohamad El Chamaa on LinkedIn and @scottnover