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Kierra Frazier / CBS News:
After 11 years and over 1,800 episodes, Stephen Colbert hosted The Late Show's finale, which ran 17 minutes longer than usual, ending the 33-year franchise — Add CBS News on Google — Stephen Colbert said goodbye to “The Late Show” Thursday night in the franchise's finale after a 33-year run …
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John Koblin / New York Times:
Nielsen preliminary data: the final episode of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert drew 6.7M viewers, the biggest audience for the show since an episode in 2016 — The total tripled his usual audience this season. But it is only about half of what Jay Leno and David Letterman attracted for their final episodes.
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Felix Gillette / Bloomberg:
As Stephen Colbert hosts the last episode of The Late Show, analysts attribute the ratings collapse of late-night talk shows to the rise of YouTube and podcasts
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Guideline: in 2025, Colbert's Late Show accounted for 27% of overall ad spending on late-night TV shows, which reached $209M, down from $519.7M in 2017
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Gregory Svirnovskiy / Politico:
NYT publisher AG Sulzberger criticized President Trump's incursions on press freedom and chastised some news outlets for capitulating to the president — Sulzberger reprehended publications he said have settled “winnable cases” with the president, refocused their editorial pages away …
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Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
Source: Penske Media is set to acquire Vox Media's unsold brands, including Eater, The Verge, SB Nation, Popsugar, and The Dodo, in an all-or-nothing deal — Penske Media is in line to acquire the brands left over from Vox Media's breakup, including Eater, The Verge, SB Nation, Popsugar …
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Ted Johnson / Deadline:
The FCC opens up public comment on whether ABC's The View qualifies as a “bona fide news program” and is therefore exempt from equal time requirements — FCC Chairman Brendan Carr announced the public comment period on Friday, with filings due by June 22 and replies by July 6.
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BBC:
BBC World Service launches websites and social media channels in Hungarian and Romanian using AI translation and human oversight, along with original reporting — They will serve people across Hungary, Romania, Moldova and beyond with independent and impartial coverage of key global and regional developments
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Matthew Jordan / The Conversation:
A look at the history of US radio and how it grew with the idea that media should serve the public interest, as CBS Radio News goes silent on Friday night — When CBS Radio News goes silent on May 22, 2026, Americans will lose access to news programming they've tuned into from their living rooms …
Christiana Sciaudone / A Media Operator:
Q&A with Hearst's Tim O'Rourke, VP for editorial innovation and AI strategy, on how Hearst's DevHub team of about 12 people collaborates with local newsrooms — We spoke with Hearst's Tim O'Rourke, vice president, editorial innovation and AI strategy, in charge of DevHub …
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Ana-Maria Stanciuc / The Next Web:
Italian police dismantle a piracy network that streamed paid content from Netflix and others via an app called Cinemagoal with annual subscriptions of €40-€130 — Italy's Guardia di Finanza said on Friday it had dismantled an audiovisual piracy operation that streamed paid content from Sky …
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Kathleen Floyd / Washington-Baltimore News Guild:
Politico shuts down two AI-driven products following a November 2025 arbitration ruling that found they violated the union's collective bargaining agreement — Media Contacts: — Kathleen Floyd, WBNG Communications — kfloyd@wbng.org — PEN Guild — politicoeenewsguild@gmail.com
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Michael Sainato / The Guardian:
Five guilds representing workers at Hearst newspapers in New York, Connecticut, Texas, and California have filed formal complaints for unfair labor practices — Media company says it is ‘committed to good faith bargaining’ amid claims including contract violation
Benoit Berthelot / Bloomberg:
Critterz, a feature-length AI cartoon, missed its planned 2026 Cannes Film Festival debut after OpenAI discontinued its Sora video generation tool in March — Critterz, a feature-length cartoon intended to showcase how OpenAI's video-generation capabilities could revolutionize filmmaking …
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