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9:30 AM ET, June 11, 2025

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Wall Street Journal:
Sources detail how X used threats of lawsuits and pressure tactics to motivate companies like Amazon, Ralph Lauren, and Verizon to resume buying ads on the site  —  Elon Musk and CEO Linda Yaccarino launched a campaign to strong-arm advertisers back onto the platform
Rick Porter / The Hollywood Reporter:
ABC News says it has “made the decision to not renew” Terry Moran's contract after suspending him for calling Stephen Miller a “world-class hater”  —  The long-time correspondent won't return to the network after his suspension.  —  ABC News correspondent Terry Moran has been let go from the network.
David Bauder / Associated Press:
Reporters Without Borders: there have been at least 31 attacks on journalists while covering the Los Angeles protests, including 27 attacks by law enforcement  —  More than two dozen journalists have been injured or roughed up while covering protests against immigration raids in Los Angeles …
Natalie Lung / Bloomberg:
DoorDash acquires adtech company Symbiosys for $175M, as part of a major update to its ad business that now generates $1B+ annually  —  DoorDash Inc. is adding to its recent buying spree by acquiring advertising tech firm Symbiosys for $175 million, bolstering an ad business that now generates more than $1 billion annually.
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Taboola rolls out DeeperDive, its generative AI search engine for its publishing partners, starting with Gannett/USA Today and The Independent  —  Ad giant Taboola is rolling out its own generative AI search engine called DeeperDive for its publishing partners to use on their websites, its CEO and founder Adam Singolda told Axios.
Discussion: @sarafischer and @andydehnart.com
Philip Buckingham / New York Times:
DAZN, which paid $1B to show FIFA's Club World Cup, expects 2025 to be a “transformational” year, despite low usership in the US, UK, Africa, and South America  —  Six months before the planned start of the Club World Cup came word that FIFA had finally found the grease to make its new wheels turn.
Discussion: Radio Times and Mirror
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Sources: ABC News, NBC News, and CBS News won't preempt regular TV programming for Trump's June 14 military parade, leaving coverage to their streaming outlets  —  Does a parade meant to celebrate the nation truly exist if it can't get on national broadcast TV?
Eli Tan / New York Times:
As the LA protests roll on, social media creators have at times outnumbered the traditional press corps at rallies, playing an outsized role in sharing media  —  Creators such as Cam Higby, who is conservative, have sometimes outnumbered traditional media outlets at the immigration protests.
Discussion: TVNewsCheck
Daniel Frankel / StreamTV Insider:
Bango: subscription providers are reducing their reliance on direct acquisition strategies like social media ads due to rising costs and diminishing returns  —  Bango subscription video on demand (SVOD) subscriber acquisition bundling  —  Marketers of subscription services including …
Paula Felps / International News Media Association:
The Guardian expects AI licensing to account for roughly 40% of its licensing revenue for the current financial year  —  The Guardian is amongst the news media companies taking an assertive approach to protecting and commercialising content in a digital landscape increasingly being shaped by artificial intelligence.
Discussion: Tech in Asia
Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Vanity Fair names Vogue creative editorial director Mark Guiducci as its global editorial director, replacing Radhika Jones and starting at the end of June  —  Mark Guiducci will be the first “global editorial director” at Vanity Fair.Amir Hamja for The New York Times  —  Vanity Fair has found its next editor.
 
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Bob Iger says Disney will “probably” stop disclosing subscriber numbers like Netflix has “at some point” and says it doesn't plan to spin off its cable channels
Jay Peters / The Verge:
The New York Times' games team is testing a Scrabble-like game called Crossplay in a separate app from the main NYT Games, soft launching in New Zealand on iOS
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
SmartLess podcast hosts create SmartLess Mobile, a phone company that will run on T-Mobile's network and target customers who can save money by taking less data
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
MLB acquires a minority stake in Jomboy Media and partners with the baseball-centered media company to collaborate on content activations, IP growth, and more
Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:
Warner Bros Discovery plans to launch HBO Max in 12 countries in July, mostly in Europe and some in Asia, bringing it to around 90 territories in total
Wall Street Journal:
Similarweb: Google's AI tools are significantly cutting organic search traffic to news publishers; traffic to BI, HuffPost, and WaPo is down ~50% in three years
John Hopewell / Variety:
Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos says the company will invest over €1B in Spain from 2025 to 2028; Netflix has an 8.7M subscriber base in the country
Lillian Rizzo / CNBC:
Internal memo: Paramount Global is cutting its US-based staff by 3.5% and may also reduce its workforce outside of the US over time
 

 
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Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg:
Sources: Meta is considering deep budget cuts to its metaverse efforts in 2026, potentially as high as 30% and most likely including layoffs as early as January

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

Will Oremus / Washington Post:
Two studies suggest AI chatbots can shift political views more effectively than TV campaign ads, especially by presenting many claims, regardless of accuracy
 
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