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10:05 PM ET, June 4, 2025

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Peter White / Deadline:
Sources: WBD initiates a round of layoffs in its cable TV divisions, affecting well under 100 employees and largely impacting the Discovery side of the company  —  Deadline understands the company is set to lay off employees on the cable television side of its business.
Max Tani / Semafor:
UnitedHealthcare sues The Guardian for defamation over a May 21 story about nursing home cost-cutting, accusing the outlet of capitalizing on its CEO's killing  —  The Scoop  —  UnitedHealthcare is suing The Guardian for defamation over a story the publication ran related to its billing for nursing home residents.
Gene Maddaus / Variety:
Russell Simmons sues HBO and the directors of On the Record for $20M, alleging they defamed him in their documentary on sexual assault allegations against him  —  Russell Simmons is suing HBO and the filmmakers behind the “On the Record” documentary for $20 million, alleging they defamed …
Thomas Buckley / Bloomberg:
AMC Entertainment has reached an agreement with National CineMedia to run ads right before the start of a film, starting July 1  —  Starting July 1, AMC theaters will feature a “platinum spot” that's shown on screens right before the start of a film.  The theater chain, which has struggled financially …
Tom Levitt / The Guardian:
UK-based BBC Persian journalists say their families in Iran are being terrorised and punished by the Iranian regime, with a sharp escalation in 2025  —  BBC says ‘sharp and deeply troubling escalation’ this year of Iran targeting families of UK-based BBC Persian journalists
Barbara Tasch / BBC:
The BBC rejects a White House claim that it took down a Gaza story, after Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt accused the BBC of taking “the word of Hamas”  —  The BBC has rejected incorrect White House criticism of its Gaza coverage, describing a claim that it had taken down a story as “completely wrong”.
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Meta has talked with Disney, A24, and other companies about exclusive content for a premium VR device it plans to launch next year for less than $1,000  —  Tech company has talked with Disney and A24 about exclusive content for a premium VR device  —  Meta Platforms is courting Hollywood …
Meghan Bobrowsky / Wall Street Journal:
Reddit sues Anthropic, alleging it accessed Reddit 100K+ times after saying it had stopped; Reddit has reached formal licensing deals with OpenAI and Google  —  The online discussion forum says Anthropic continued to access its site over 100,000 times after saying it stopped
Steven Zeitchik / The Hollywood Reporter:
AMC signs a deal with Runway to use its AI tech to generate marketing images and pre-visualize unproduced shows, the first cable player to work with Runway  —  The ‘Mad Men’ and ‘The Walking Dead’ producer is the latest Hollywood company to sign a pact with the generative AI firm.
Attila Mong / Committee to Protect Journalists:
Since November 2024, Serbia had a sharp rise in attacks on journalists amid political unrest, including 23 physical assaults and 128 total attacks and threats  —  What journalists called a “witch hunt” atmosphere against government critics in Serbia one year ago has since escalated into a rise …
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Two FCC commissioners announce that they'll depart this week, creating three vacancies on the five-member panel amid reviews of the Paramount-Skydance merger
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