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4:10 AM ET, June 4, 2025

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NPR:
Trump formally asks Congress to take back the $1.1B set aside for public broadcasters for the next two years; Congress has 45 days to approve the request  —  President Trump took yet another step Tuesday to place NPR and PBS at the center of his broader clash with major cultural institutions …
Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Sources: WaPo is working on an initiative to publish opinion articles from other US papers, writers on Substack, and eventually nonprofessional writers  —  A new program, known internally as Ripple, would open The Post to journalists at other publications and influential writers on Substack.
John Koblin / New York Times:
Sony says new episodes of Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune will be available on Hulu and Peacock the day after they broadcast on TV, starting in September  —  Starting in September, new episodes of the popular game shows will be available on both Hulu and Peacock the day after they air on broadcast TV.
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Google Discover adds AI-generated bullet points to some news articles that tease or summarize the content  —  When I was scrolling through Google Discover this week, I noticed something new: AI-generated bullet points teasing or summing up some articles in the feed.  —  The bullet-pointed articles appear somewhat randomly.
Discussion: Boston.com
Catherine Perloff / The Information:
How AppLovin, which lets advertisers use IP addresses to track users, began eroding Google's ad market share and pushed Google to loosen its privacy stance  —  In 2023, Google ad executives noticed something alarming about one aspect of their business.  Once-red hot revenue growth …
Sifted:
TechCrunch shuts down its operations in Europe; one former staffer says new owner Regent thought “international startup coverage wasn't essential”  —  The flagship media brand has quietly retreated from the region, leaving long-serving staff unemployed
Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Over 59% of WBD shareholders reject David Zaslav's pay package in a symbolic vote; Netflix and Disney shareholders did the same in 2023 and 2018, respectively  —  Majority of shareholders nixed Zaslav's $51.9 million compensation package for 2024 in symbolic ‘say-on-pay’ ballot
Madison McVan / Minnesota Reformer:
The Minnesota Star Tribune is offering employees buyouts, targeting experienced employees, as it seeks a refresh; 16% of its staff was hired in the past year  —  The Minnesota Star Tribune, the state's largest media company, is offering employees buyouts as part of its widescale change under the leadership of publisher Steve Grove.
Naman Ramachandran / Variety:
Prime Video names Nicole Clemens, ex-president of Paramount Television Studios, as VP and head of international originals for Prime Video and Amazon MGM Studios  —  Prime Video has named Nicole Clemens as VP and head of international originals for Prime Video and Amazon MGM Studios, effective July 7.
Politico:
Pornhub's parent company plans to stop serving adult content in France as soon as June 4, in protest of government measures forcing it to verify visitors' ages  —  Porn industry giant protests Paris' measures to verify the age of users.  —  This article is also available in: French
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
TikTok launches TikTok for Artists, which lets artists access data about their music and posts, and Pre-Release, a tool to promote upcoming album releases  —  TikTok announced on Tuesday that it's officially launching TikTok for Artists, a new music insights platform that is designed to help artists build their careers.
 
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Lucas Manfredi / The Wrap:
Fubo and DAZN announce a multi-year deal to distribute their linear channels, which include exclusive sports rights, on each other's platforms in the US
Andreas Wiseman / Deadline:
Ollie Madden, director of Film4 and Channel 4 drama, is leaving the broadcaster in October after an eight-year stint to join Netflix as director of UK film
Rory Carroll / The Guardian:
An Amnesty report documents over 70 attacks and threats on journalists in Northern Ireland since 2019, with no prosecutions for threats from paramilitary groups
Jesse Whittock / Deadline:
Spotify signs Dua Lipa's Service95 Book Club podcast and will make video episodes available from June 10; in the podcast, Dua Lipa interviews well-known authors
Discussion: UPROXX and Oh No They Didn't!
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Alexander Lee / Digiday:
Some LGBTQ+ creators are seeing their brand partnership revenue for June's Pride Month dwindle in 2025, as advertisers pull back on their Pride marketing spend
Killian Faith-Kelly / Press Gazette:
A look at The Daily, which runs 14 UK lifestyle titles with a model where contributors keep the first £500 and then split revenue 50/50 with founder Marc Astley
Discussion: @claireatki
Michael Savage / The Guardian:
The Belfast News Letter, among the longest-running English dailies, digitizes and puts all its editions online, including the earliest surviving one from 1738
 

 
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Bailey Lipschultz / Bloomberg:
Filing: SpaceX aims to raise $75B in its IPO, selling 555.6M shares at $135 each, which would value the company at almost $1.77T

Katherine Blunt / Wall Street Journal:
Alphabet upsized its equity raise to $84.75B, including $35B in underwritten public offerings, up from a planned $30B; a source says it contacted ~75 investors

Brendan Bordelon / Politico:
OpenAI diverges from Trump's AI EO in a new policy paper, proposing cyber risk evaluations for advanced AI systems be mandatory and led by CAISI, not the NSA
 
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