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9:45 AM ET, May 20, 2026

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New York Times:
James Murdoch's Lupa Systems acquires around 50% of Vox Media, including its podcast network, New York magazine, and Vox.com, sources say for $300M+  —  James Murdoch is acquiring roughly half of Vox Media, a dramatic expansion in American media for the younger son of the media mogul Rupert Murdoch.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Properties not included in the Lupa-Vox deal, including The Verge and Eater, will operate under a new independent company led by Vox president Ryan Pauley  —  Murdoch's company has agreed to acquire New York Magazine, the Vox Media Podcast Network and Vox.com.  Terms of the deal weren't disclosed.
The Guardian:
Granta and the Commonwealth Foundation say they can't determine yet if AI was used to write a prize-winning short story after critics pointed to signs of AI use  —  Granta publisher says ‘perhaps we never will know’ true authorship of work that won Commonwealth prize
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Roku launches a creator hub with licensed creator content and programming from partners like Peacock and HBO Max, alongside new FAST channels from top creators  —  Roku will also expand its licensing of creator content, its content chief tells THR.  —  Roku is making a big bet on creator content …
Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Steven Rosenbaum acknowledges that The Future of Truth, his book about truth in the AI age, released this month to great fanfare, contains quotes made up by AI  —  Steven Rosenbaum, author of “The Future of Truth,” said he had started his own investigation after The New York Times asked about the fake quotes.
Chance Miller / 9to5Mac:
Plex says the price for the Lifetime tier of its Plex Pass plan will increase from $249.99 to $749.99 in July  —  Plex has announced a massive price increase for the Lifetime tier of its Plex Pass plan.  Starting in July, Plex says that the Lifetime Plex Pass price will increase from $249.99 to a whopping $749.99.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Disney says select Hulu subscribers can now link their Hulu profiles to Disney+, bringing their Hulu watch history, watchlist, and recommendations into Disney+  —  Disney continues to add more features hitching Hulu and Disney+ together as it takes steps toward the goal of “fully integrating” Hulu into the Disney+ service.
Jake Kanter / Deadline:
Audio from an all-hands: BBC's new DG Matt Brittin said he wants to use data to build a “sat nav around bias” and iPlayer is not doing a “good enough job”  —  In his first address to staff on his second day in office, former Google executive Matt Brittin said that he wanted …
 
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Sanuj Bhatia / Android Central:
Google adds a conversational search feature to YouTube and rolls out the new Gemini Omni model in YouTube Shorts Remix and the Create app
Angela Fu / Poynter:
Reuters' staff union files an unfair labor practices complaint with the NLRB, saying a producer's contract ended after he discussed Reuters' ICE ties internally
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An interview with Bloomberg's Odd Lots co-host Joe Weisenthal on how the business of business media has evolved, why AI won't replace podcasters, and more
Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
OpenAI adds support for Google's SynthID watermarks in AI images, and previews a public portal to let users verify if an image was generated by OpenAI's tools
Lawrence Bonk / Engadget:
Spotify launches a “Verified by Spotify” badge for podcasts to help “authenticate creator identity”, after releasing it for music in April
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Corbin Bolies / The Wrap:
Paramount says Bari Weiss has the “full support of Paramount and David Ellison”, disputing a report that it held informal talks on reducing her control
Nadia Khomami / The Guardian:
Canal+ says it will no longer work with 600+ cinema figures who signed a petition voicing concern over the influence of its right-wing owner Vincent Bolloré
Jessica Davies / Digiday:
The Economist is testing parallel versions of marketing and B2B sales content, one optimized for humans and another clearly structured, Q&A-style for AI agents
 

 
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Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg:
Meta invests $900M into Indian fintech Cred for a ~20% stake, and plans to appoint Cred founder Kunal Shah as the leader of WhatsApp, replacing Will Cathcart

Sean Hollister / The Verge:
Valve Steam Machine review: much smaller than PS5, surprisingly smooth, and navigable with any modern gamepad but very expensive and needs manual configuration

Lily Hay Newman / Wired:
OpenAI unveils an updated GPT-5.5-Cyber model, launches the Patch the Planet initiative in partnership with Trail of Bits to fix open source bugs, and more
 
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