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10:00 AM ET, June 6, 2025

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Minho Kim / New York Times:
A Trump administration letter to Congress outlines a plan to restructure VOA that would shrink the agency to 18 employees, down from roughly 1,400 in March  —  A proposed restructuring would leave only 18 employees at the federally funded news agency, which was founded in 1942 to combat Nazi propaganda.
Lila Shapiro / Vulture:
Hollywood insiders report widespread off-the-books AI experimentation in studios, often hidden to avoid backlash, despite union contracts limiting AI use  —  “We can say, ‘Do it in anime, make it PG-13.’ Three hours later, I'll have the movie."  —  One recent evening on the Eastside of Los Angeles …
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Shari Redstone says she was diagnosed with thyroid cancer and underwent surgery in May  —  Ms. Redstone, who is trying to close the sale of her family's Paramount media empire to Skydance, was diagnosed with thyroid cancer this spring.  —  Shari Redstone, the chair and controlling shareholder …
Pamela McClintock / The Hollywood Reporter:
Delays, reshoots, and inflation have driven up the budgets of this year's summer blockbusters, with Superman costing $400M+ when including marketing spends  —  Between delays, reshoots and rising costs, this year's summer blockbusters are racking up astronomically high price tags when factoring in marketing costs.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
On Wednesday, a judge rejected Disney's request for a temporary restraining order that sought to prevent former Disney exec Justin Connolly from joining YouTube  —  Disney says it will ‘continue to pursue our legal remedies’ … Last month, after Connolly left Disney to join YouTube …
Reuters:
OpenAI appeals a court order in The New York Times case requiring it to keep ChatGPT outputs indefinitely, saying it conflicts with its user privacy commitments  —  OpenAI is appealing an order in a copyright case brought by the New York Times that requires it to preserve ChatGPT output data indefinitely …
Caroline Haskins / Wired:
Palantir removed three journalists from a security conference after one of them asked about its work with ICE and threatened to call police on a Wired reporter  —  Palantir threatened to call police on a WIRED reporter and kicked out other journalists from a recent conference following reports …
Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
United Airlines partners with Spotify to provide passengers with free access to 450+ hours of curated playlists, audiobooks, and podcasts across 130K screens  —  Access over 450 hours of curated content for free on seat-back screens. … United Airlines is expanding its in-flight entertainment catalog …
Trishla Ostwal / Adweek:
Advertisers are shifting millions in ad budgets, particularly in CTV, from The Trade Desk's DSP to Amazon's, driven by lower fees, inventory access, and more  —  Buyers cite Amazon's pricing, inventory access and flexibility as key advantages  —  Advertisers are shifting millions of dollars in ad budgets …
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Scott Roxborough / The Hollywood Reporter:
Canal+ signs a distribution deal to carry Netflix content in 24 Francophone sub-Saharan countries; Netflix is estimated to have <5M subscribers in Africa  —  The French pay-TV player inked a first-of-its-kind deal with the streaming giant to bring Netflix content to 24 French-speaking countries across Sub-Saharan Africa.
Feras Kilani / BBC:
A BBC journalist describes being detained and held at gunpoint with five other journalists and a cameraman by the Israel Defense Forces in Syria on May 9  —  On the morning of 9 May, I was part of a BBC Arabic team which left the Syrian capital, Damascus, for the southern province of Deraa.
Karishma Mehrotra / Washington Post:
Major Indian newsrooms aired misinformation during the conflict with Pakistan in May, saying Pakistani cities had been destroyed and airing unrelated visuals  —  Journalists from some of India's largest news networks spoke to The Post about why falsehoods filled the airwaves during a crucial and dangerous moment.
 
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Kif Leswing / CNBC:
Apple says general counsel Kate Adams and policy chief Lisa Jackson will retire, and Jennifer Newstead, Meta's former chief legal officer, will replace Adams

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US and Canadian authorities warn that Chinese hackers are using the Brickstorm malware to install backdoor access within unnamed government and IT entities

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