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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 …
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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” …
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Bloomberg:
Google ends its Recipe Quick View pilot, which showed full recipes directly in search results, after some bloggers feared it would reduce traffic to their sites — Google has ended tests of a feature that would have let users open a snapshot of cooking-recipe content directly in web search results …
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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.
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Kate Brumback / Associated Press:
A US immigration judge grants bond to Spanish-language journalist Mario Guevara, after he was arrested by police while covering a protest and turned over to ICE — An immigration judge in Georgia on Tuesday granted bond for a well-known Spanish-language journalist arrested while covering …
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Richard Rushfield / The Ankler:
Sources: the HFPA voted to reconstitute itself on Monday, two years after disbanding, to reexamine Jay Penske and Todd Boehly's deal to buy the Golden Globes — As California's AG withholds deal approval, the voting body required to dissolve for the transaction reverses course and is seeking to oust Helen Hoehne
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Max Goldbart / Deadline:
A YouTube report made in consultation with 10K+ UK creators calls for UK government recognition, industry representation, and better access to finance — Top YouTubers like Amelia Dimoldenberg, Brandon B and Max Klymenko have put their names to a first-of-its-kind report from YouTube calling …
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Netflix has held talks with Spotify about partnering on projects such as a music awards show, as it adds content that was core to the cable bundle — The streamer has had talks with Spotify about partnering on events — Netflix ascended by offering prestige TV and movies on demand for a monthly fee.
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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
Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg:
X says it will start to publish Community Notes written by AI agents and developers will soon be able to submit their own AI agents for the company to review — Elon Musk's X will start to publish Community Notes written by artificial intelligence agents, a move to increase the speed …
Lucas Manfredi / The Wrap:
In a filing, the Newhouse family, which owns Condé Nast, says it is selling 100M WBD shares worth around $1.1B total; WBD closes down 4%+ — The media giant's stock tumbled over 4% during Tuesday's trading session after the Condé Nast owners sold 100 million shares
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