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Meg James / Los Angeles Times:
Paramount faces a backlash for settling with Trump; Democrat FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez says it “marks a dangerous precedent for the First Amendment”  —  - Journalists and others said the payoff will embolden attacks by Trump and his allies on news outlets.
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
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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
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”
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
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
Deadline:
Dr. Phil's Merit Street Media JV, launched in April 2024, files for Chapter 11 and sues business partner Trinity Broadcasting Network for breach of contract  —  The TV personality's high-rated daytime Dr. Phil show ended a 21-year run after the 2022-23 season although it lived on in syndication.
Naman Ramachandran / Variety:
The UK government rejects a proposed 5% levy on streaming services and a 25% tax rebate on ad costs for indie films, among other committee recommendations  —  The U.K. government has firmly rejected calls for a 5% levy on streaming platforms and mandatory IP retention rules …
Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
In an email, The Bulwark says it has tripled its Substack subscribers in the past year and now has 100K paid and 830K total subscribers  —  In an email, @BulwarkOnline says it has tripled its subscribers in the past year, and now has 100K paid, 830K total subscribers on Substack. The media outlet also says it also now has 1.3 million subscribers on YouTube.
Jennifer Maas / Variety:
Dentsu: the video game industry attracts less than 5% of global ad spend despite 3.4B gamers worldwide; 60+ game-based productions were in development in 2024  —  With more than 3.5 billion gamers worldwide, the video game industry is a ripe area for companies to spend their ad and marketing dollars on a large, captive audience.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Similarweb: since Google launched AI Overviews, the number of news searches that result in no click-throughs has grown from 56% in May 2024 to 69% in May 2025  —  Referrals from ChatGPT to news publishers are growing, but not enough to counter the decline in clicks resulting …
Kerry Flynn / Axios:
G/O Media sells gaming news site Kotaku to Keleops, the European company that acquired Gizmodo in 2024, leaving G/O Media with just one property, The Root  —  - Kleis declined to share the purchase price of the all-cash deal. … - “I like to trust people, and I know that people in this industry …
Kendra Barnett / Adweek:
Google pulls 352 apps from the Play Store that were part of an ad fraud scheme behind 1.5B daily bid requests and whose estimated impact is in the seven-figures  —  The IconAds scheme used a variety of seemingly harmless apps to artificially drive up impressions
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Jorge A. Aguilar / How-To Geek:
Amazon is shutting down its Freevee app in August, but its content will remain on Prime Video, whether or not users have a Prime subscription  —  Amazon's free streaming service with ads, Freevee, finally has a (rough) shutdown date.  The platform will officially stop working in August 2025.
 
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