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1:40 PM ET, May 13, 2026

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Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post:
Source: Bari Weiss let Netanyahu choose Major Garrett to interview him over veteran reporter Lesley Stahl for 60 Minutes; Garrett also interviewed Pete Hegseth  —  Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed to a newsy interview with “60 Minutes” with Major Garrett that aired …
Max Tani / Semafor:
Sources: CBS News anchor Tony Dokoupil is broadcasting from Taipei this week after failing to obtain a Chinese visa in time for the Trump-Xi summit in Beijing  —  The Scoop  —  CBS News anchor Tony Dokoupil will broadcast from Taipei this week after failing to obtain a visa to China in time …
Adam Jacobson / Radio & Television Business Report:
Salem Media agrees to be acquired by The Christian Community Foundation, doing business as WaterStone, in a deal that will take Salem Media private  —  Salem Media Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by The Christian Community Foundation, Inc., doing business as WaterStone …
Kendra Barnett / Adweek:
WBD unveils agentic AI ad tools at its upfront presentation, including a Kerv.ai integration for scene-level contextual targeting and shoppable ads  —  At its upfront presentation to advertisers, the entertainment behemoth showcased plans to enhance targeting and interactivity across media environments with AI
Blake Brittain / Reuters:
A group of award-winning journalists, podcasters, and audiobook narrators sue Google for allegedly misusing recordings of their voices to train AI models  —  Google (GOOGL.O) has been sued by a group of award-winning journalists, podcasters and audiobook narrators in Illinois federal court …
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Grazia Editor-in-Chief Hattie Brett is stepping down in September after an eight-year tenure during which the outlet launched brand extensions like Grazia CASA  —  Grazia editor-in-chief Hattie Brett will leave the publication in September after eight years at the helm.
Rohan Goswami / Semafor:
Paramount sent a letter to California AG Rob Bonta last week saying “Paramount and WBD have every intention” to keep filling theaters in the state and worldwide  —  THE SCOOP  —  Paramount is racing to reassure Hollywood that its takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery …
Etan Vlessing / The Hollywood Reporter:
MS Now overhauls its programming schedule ahead of the 2026 US midterms, with the new weekend programming debuting June 13 and the weekday lineup on June 15  —  Alicia Menendez will host her own show weekdays and Peter Alexander will anchor the 11 a.m. hour as the Versant-owned cable channel debuts a new weekday lineup on June 15.
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Amazon Music starts rolling out video podcasts, initially in the US for customers across all subscription tiers on iOS and Android  —  Exclusive: Amazon Music begins rolling out video podcasts from today.  Video podcasts will initially be available for customers in the US on iOS and Android, across all subscription tiers.
 
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Internal email: in a “periodic reminder”, NYT tells freelancers they must not submit any material for publication that contains content generated by AI tools
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In a meeting, the BBC announces a pay freeze for executive committee members, the organization's 12 highest-paid bosses, including the director general
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Ofcom is investigating GB News over a Trump interview from November for “due impartiality and material misleadingness”, after initially declining to investigate
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Film critic Rex Reed, who was known for his distinctive prose and wrote for six decades for major publications, including The New York Observer, dies at 87
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BuzzFeed's shares jump 90.44% following the deal with Allen Family Digital; BuzzFeed plans to set up BuzzFeed Studios and Tasty as a new independent entity
 

 
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Bloomberg:
The departure of John Jumper, a key member of Google's AI coding development team, further strains Google's efforts to compete with Anthropic and OpenAI

Maria Curi / Axios:
Trump says he saw Anthropic last week as a national security threat, but signals relations have since improved because Dario Amodei was “nice” and “smart” at G7

Erin Woo / The Information:
Docs: OpenAI burned through $3.7B in Q1, on revenue of $5.7B, and ended the quarter with $73B+ in cash and marketable securities vs. $40B at the end of December
 
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