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The FCC requested footage and a transcript of 60 Minutes' Kamala Harris interview as it reviews the Paramount-Skydance merger; CBS News is working to comply — Government has asked for footage, transcript from the segment, which is the subject of a lawsuit against CBS by President Trump
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Sources: some CBS News journalists express alarm over reports that Paramount is trying to settle a Trump lawsuit; others say a settlement may look like a bribe — Journalists, including some at CBS News, are expressing alarm at reports that CBS parent company Paramount Global is trying …
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Memo: the Pentagon evicts the NYT, NBC News, NPR, and Politico from Pentagon offices and offers the workspace to the NY Post, OANN, Breitbart, and HuffPost — The Department of Defense ordered a handful of news media outlets to vacate their offices inside the Pentagon so that they may be replaced …
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The US NTSB says it will not email news outlets and reporters with updates about the two recent plane crashes, and will instead post updates on its X account — The agency says it will no longer notify reporters about plane crash press briefings via email.
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X adds Nestlé, Abbott Laboratories, Colgate, Lego, Pinterest, Tyson Foods, and Shell to its lawsuit filed in Texas claiming advertisers unlawfully boycotted X — Elon Musk's X is suing more big advertisers as part of a lawsuit that alleges they collectively conspired to boycott advertising …
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ProdPro: the number of Hollywood productions in 2024 increased 18% YoY, with spend up by $16.2B, rebounding from the 2023 strikes but still down 11% from 2022 — A new report from production tracking service ProdPro finds that film and television production rebounded after the 2023 work stoppages …

Simon & Schuster's flagship US imprint will no longer require authors to obtain blurbs as it “creates an incestuous and unmeritocratic literary ecosystem” — In a decision some in the book business might call “stunning” or a “tour-de-force,” Simon & Schuster publisher Sean Manning …
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The Star-Ledger, NJ's longtime paper of record, will publish its final edition on Sunday and become online-only; three affiliated papers will end print editions — The Star-Ledger, New Jersey's longtime paper of record, will publish its final edition on Sunday and become an online-only news outlet.
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Eric Reinhart, who wrote an op-ed for the LAT, says his lines highly critical of RFK Jr. were deleted and a misleading headline was added supporting RFK Jr. — A writer who penned an op-ed for the Los Angeles Times warning of the dangers of confirming Robert F. Kennedy Jr …
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Sources: Trump officials plan to pause some federal websites to delete content contrary to Trump's thinking, including about climate change, gender, and equity — The Trump administration plans to scrub some federal government websites in order to remove content contrary to the president's thinking …
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With Trump reshaping the NLRB, newsroom unions expect longer processing times for union petitions and labor violation claims, and frequent, drawn out strikes — “If you want something out of your crappy news company, you're going to have to go fight for it yourself out on the picket line.”

Sherwood, the media arm of Robinhood, lays off staff as it streamlines team structure and focuses on expanding its operations around breaking markets news — - Robinhood's media arm, Sherwood, has laid off staff. — “We made the decision to streamline team structure,” a spokesperson said.
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