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Meg James / Los Angeles Times:
Paramount agrees to pay Trump $16M to settle his 60 Minutes lawsuit, stating the money will go to his future presidential library, without offering an apology  —  Paramount Global has agreed to pay President Trump $16 million to end his lawsuit over edits to a “60 Minutes” interview …
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David Folkenflik / NPR:
Paramount says its settlement does not include a statement of apology or regret and 60 Minutes will release transcripts of presidential candidates in the future  —  Paramount Global, the parent company of CBS News, said it has agreed to pay $16 million to President Trump's foundation …
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
WGA East, which represents CBS News writers, says the Paramount settlement is a “transparent attempt to curry favors” with Trump to get Skydance merger approved  —  The familiar tick-tick-tick of the famous stopwatch that has been part of “60 Minutes” for decades may give way to a new sound: a loud alarm.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
George Cheeks addresses Paramount's Trump lawsuit settlement, saying companies often settle to avoid “the high and somewhat unpredictable cost of legal defense”  —  Nine hours after Paramount Global announced a $16 million payment to President Donald Trump to settle his “60 Minutes” …
Andrew Deck / Nieman Lab:
Law360 now requires every story go through an AI-powered “bias” detection tool before publication after a LexisNexis exec accused the newsroom of liberal bias  —  The policy was announced after an executive accused the newsroom of bias in its Trump administration coverage.
Bloomberg:
Google ends its Recipe Quick View pilot, which showed full recipes directly in search results, after some bloggers feared it would reduce traffic and ad revenue  —  Google has ended tests of a feature that would have let users open a snapshot of cooking-recipe content directly in web search results …
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Comedy Central delays the Season 27 premiere of South Park from July 9 to July 23, citing complications from the pending Paramount and Skydance merger  —  Comedy Central has delayed the upcoming debut of the new season of South Park, prompting a vitriolic response from the show's creators.
Tara Conlan / The Guardian:
Over 400 media figures urge the BBC board to remove Robbie Gibb over conflict of interest regarding Gaza coverage, citing his “close ties” to Jewish Chronicle  —  Miriam Margolyes, Alexei Sayle and Mike Leigh among signatories to letter criticising Jewish Chronicle ties
 
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