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7:40 PM ET, May 19, 2026

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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.
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
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.
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  —  Seriously, who is asking for all these tools? … What you need to know  — Ask YouTube now supports conversational searches instead of relying only on simple keywords.
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  —  The union says the contractor was investigated after participating in internal chats about Thomson Reuters' DHS contracts
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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  —  Bloomberg's Odd Lots podcast has been at the forefront of a new kind of business media for more than a decade.  Co-host Joe Weisenthal joins Liz and Semafor e...
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Dylan Byers / Puck:
Sources: Paramount held informal talks about Bari Weiss ceding day-to-day control of Evening News, CBS Mornings, and 60 Minutes to a more experienced executive
 
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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
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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Ken Bensinger / New York Times:
How social media influencers have become a magnet for political campaigns and groups in the US that want to push their priorities without disclosures
Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Q&A with Jonah Peretti on why he sold BuzzFeed, the structure of the deal with Byron Allen, his new role as president of BuzzFeed AI, HuffPost, and more
Maggie Harrison Dupré / Futurism:
Sports Illustrated deleted the profile and articles of writer Parker Loverich, after Sportico editor Dan Bernstein accused Sports Illustrated of plagiarism
 

 
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Katherine Bindley / Wall Street Journal:
How some high-income families use AI-powered private schools and tutors, such as Alpha School, to teach their children life skills and tailor their curriculum

Simon Sharwood / The Register:
AWS says Mechanical Turk will no longer accept new customers and that it is placing the crowdsourcing service in maintenance, signaling its future retirement

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