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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
In the final 60 Minutes segment, Scott Pelley said Paramount “began to supervise our content in new ways” before executive producer Bill Owens' departure — All seemed normal in the first 98% of Sunday's broadcast of “60 Minutes” on CBS. But the remaining 2% may have shocked viewers.
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Bloomberg:
Sources: leaders at both Paramount and Skydance came to believe the FCC would not bless their merger until CBS had settled its fight with Trump over 60 Minutes — Shari Redstone wanted to know what 60 Minutes was going to say next about President Donald Trump.
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Pew Research Center:
A survey of adults across 35 countries finds a majority in over half of the nations say made-up news and information is “a very big problem” in their country — Made-up news and information seen as pervasive across the globe — Table of Contents Table of Contents
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Financial Times:
Sources: French media group Banijay is in early talks with ITV regarding an offer to acquire the UK broadcasting network or its production arm ITV Studios — Media group in early talks to buy UK broadcaster or its studio production arm — French media giant Banijay Group is working …
Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
Sources: RedBird Capital is confident of tabling a deal to take control of the Telegraph Media Group as soon as May, after a RedBird IMI consortium deal failed — Guardian understands plan from US private equity firm to form a consortium or self-fund could come as soon as next month
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Jessica Testa / New York Times:
Spotify says it has paid $100M+ to podcast publishers and creators since January 2025 via a new creator program based on Premium subscribers' video engagement — The audio platform has branched out to video and has paid more than $100 million to podcast publishers this year as the war for creator talent heats up.
Max Tani / Semafor:
The Daily Wire is opening a Washington, DC office led by Deputy Managing Editor Tim Rice and promoting Brent Scher to serve as editor-in-chief — THE SCOOP — The conservative digital media powerhouse The Daily Wire is making a push to have a bigger presence in Donald Trump's Washington …
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Ethan Millman / The Hollywood Reporter:
Billboard appoints Mike Van as its first ever CEO, overseeing editorial and business divisions, promoting Van from his previous post as president of the brand — Van has been promoted to CEO of the publication after serving as Billboard's president since 2022.
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Charlotte Klein / New York Magazine:
A look at Semafor, which has differentiated itself as an outlet geared toward the powerful with events that convene big names, and now has 50 editorial staffers — The Smiths' newsletter-and-events business is both a modern media mash-up and a throwback to a pre-Trump era.
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Ethan Shanfeld / Variety:
Nathan Fielder's The Rehearsal depicts Paramount+ as Nazis after the streamer pulled a Nathan For You episode in 2023 citing “sensitivities” around antisemitism — In a 2015 episode of the reality comedy series “Nathan for You,” Nathan Fielder starts an outdoor apparel line called Summit Ice.
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Max Tani / Semafor:
Blaze Media licenses Nicole Shanahan's show, as part of a shift to a model in which Blaze acts as an ad seller and promoter for podcasters and journalists — A deep-pocketed figure in the Make America Healthy Again movement is hoping to grow her podcast, and use a new platform as a means to further her political ideas.
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Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Tortoise relaunches The Observer in print with a 20p cover price increase to £4.20; EIC James Harding says it will be liberal, progressive, and internationalist — Observer editor-in-chief and major shareholder James Harding set out his stall in the first issue under its new Tortoise ownership on Sunday.
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