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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
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The Guardian, The Independent, Raw Story, @dylanbyers, @blueatlgeorgia, Deadline, New York Post and Los Angeles Times
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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@pewresearch.org and Poynter
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Pew Research Center:
A survey of US adults finds 77% say press freedom is “extremely or very important”, but only 33% say the media is “completely free” to report the news in the US — Most Americans continue to be concerned about potential restrictions on press freedoms in the United States.
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Global Voices Advox, Daily Kos, @johngramlich.bsky.social, @pewresearch.org and r/Journalism
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 …
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The Guardian, Variety, TVNewsCheck, Ian Whittaker on LinkedIn, The Times, The Hollywood Reporter, City A.M., Deadline and Reuters
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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@janinegibson.ft.com
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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@brentscher
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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Billboard and @therealunclesam.bsky.social
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 — James Harding says Observer will be independent, liberal and internationalist under Tortoise.
Jack Crosbie / New York Times:
A profile of Hasan Piker, a Twitch streamer who has gained prominence by blending “bro” culture like weapons and fitness with his socialist politics — Hasan Piker pumps iron, likes weapons and wears pearls. His brand of masculinity has won him many fans online — and has been a useful vehicle for his politics.
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@evanbernick.bsky.social, @jscros, @carlbeijer.bsky.social, @mehdirhasan.bsky.social and Althouse
Alexandra Topping / The Guardian:
A look at the strange case of UK freelancer Bernard Bale, who publishes high-profile interviews in unlikely outlets; some subjects have denied the interviews — From Johnny Depp in Somerset Life to Barack Obama in Dogs Today, Bernard Bale's litany of starry interviews offers a rare insight …
Nicholas Riccardi / Associated Press:
The WHCD's stripped-down festivities reflected the somber tone in Washington, with White House journalists using the event to celebrate the First Amendment — There was no president. There was no comedian. What remained at the White House Correspondents' Association's annual dinner …
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Columbia Journalism Review, Politico, Poynter, Washington Post, @cspan, Axios, @cspan, The Guardian, Washington Post, HuffPost, @tarapalmeri, Deadline, Mediaite, The Daily Caller, @dashaburns, @kantrowitz, @cspan, @whca, @brianstelter, Digital Journal, The Hollywood Reporter, C-SPAN on YouTube, C-SPAN on YouTube, Variety, Deadline, Fox News, New York Times, CBS News, Politico, The Hill, USA Today, WWD and Megyn Kelly
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.
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Spotify, @mikeodenthal.bsky.social and @maris.bsky.social, more at Techmeme »
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