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5:25 AM ET, May 29, 2026

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New York Times:
Bari Weiss appoints longtime tech journalist Nick Bilton as the executive producer of 60 Minutes, replacing Tanya Simon, a 30-year veteran of the show  —  Bari Weiss, CBS's editor in chief, named Nick Bilton, a tech journalist and filmmaker, as the show's executive producer.
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Sources: Bari Weiss ousted two senior 60 Minutes executive producers, Tanya Simon and Draggan Mihailovich, and correspondents Sharyn Alfonsi and Cecilia Vega  —  CBS News editor in chief Bari Weiss shook up the TV-news industry's most-watched and best-regarded property Thursday …
Max Tani / Semafor:
An interview with Nick Bilton on working in TV news for the first time, building 60 Minutes' digital presence, having support from David Ellison, and more  —  The News  —  “My job is going to be rethinking how we tell stories in a completely new way,” Nick Bilton, who was tapped …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
ABC submits license renewal applications for its eight local TV stations to the FCC as ordered by the agency but says FCC's order violates the First Amendment  —  Disney's ABC has submitted its license renewal applications for its eight local TV stations to the FCC as ordered by the agency — but said it is doing so “under protest.”
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George Winslow / TV Tech:
In a public note, the FCC reminds broadcasters of public interest obligations and stresses that the agency can enforce rules and possibly take away licenses  —  Public notice says the government could get ‘billions’ by auctioning broadcast spectrum and asserted its the power to yank licenses for ‘engaging in news distortion’
Katie Robertson / New York Times:
The New York Sun publisher Dovid Efune revives The Washington Star on Substack and sues NOTUS, which plans to rebrand as The Star, for trademark infringement  —  First, The Star was born.  Now, The Washington Star is reborn.  Both are hoping to win readers ceded by recent layoffs at The Washington Post.
Charlotte Klein / New York Magazine:
Insiders say the nonfiction book publishing industry lacks contractual standards for AI use, leaving it vulnerable to copyright infringement and hallucinations  —  Steven Rosenbaum started writing his book The Future of Truth: How AI Reshapes Reality in 2022, around when ChatGPT launched.
Kari McMahon / A Media Operator:
Lookout Local, which launched in 2020 and now has two sites, expects its Santa Cruz, CA, site to be profitable by year-end and plans to have five sites by 2028  —  Lookout Local launched as a local news outlet in Santa Cruz, Calif., during the pandemic.  This year, it's expected to hit profitability.
Financial Times:
UK-based Iran International, a prominent broadcaster for anti-regime voices, received £650M of debt relief from its shareholders; it employs 700 people globally  —  Finances of UK-based broadcaster Iran International, a leading platform for opposition to regime, shored up by shareholders
James Faris / Business Insider:
Internal doc: Disney plans to bring Hulu's content and features to Disney+ by year's end, and to decommission the Hulu app after users have transitioned  —  Disney's streaming tech teams are working to make the stand-alone Hulu app obsolete, though the company says “there are no current plans to sunset” it.
Loree Seitz / The Wrap:
Tegna says several key leaders are resigning, days after Patrick Paolini was named as CEO; source: departing execs include its CFO and chief strategy officer  —  “We're grateful to the departing Tegna leaders, who have chosen to resign from their roles,” a company spokesperson says
Discussion: Deadline and TheDesk.net
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
CBS says it now expects to turn a $15M profit on late night, thanks to Byron Allen's time buy of the former Late Show time slot, which was losing $40M annually  —  A network rep said that late night was “cost prohibitive” to keep programming itself.  Allen's ‘Comics Unleashed’ debuted to 1.1 million viewers.
Discussion: @jbflint, Variety, Deadline, @bristei and TheGrio
 
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Bloomberg:
Sources: TikTok is cutting music label-facing jobs to focus on its music distribution arm SoundOn and other projects that connect it more directly with artists
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
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Ted Johnson / Deadline:
Memo: CNBC hires The Information's Ken Brown as the network's new managing editor of digital and editorial strategy
Discussion: Variety and The Wrap
Andrew Deck / Nieman Lab:
Report on AI content licensing marketplaces: TollBit/Sphere.ai takes 0% from rights holders, ScalePost takes 15%, Cloudflare takes 30%, and ProRata takes 50%
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Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
YouTube launches new Premium podcast features, including an AI-powered recommendation tool, an “Auto speed” setting, and a new on-the-go listening mode
Brian Stelter / CNN:
Filing: CNN sues Perplexity in New York for allegedly unlawfully copying and distributing CNN content, after failing to agree on terms with Perplexity in 2025
Reuters:
Trump files an amended lawsuit against News Corp and others over the WSJ story claiming his signature was on an Epstein birthday card; prior suit was thrown out
 

 
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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

Wall Street Journal:
Satya Nadella says the public wouldn't tolerate a few AI labs “doing all of the learning for the world”, as Microsoft moves to provide low-cost models and tools

Sarah Basford Canales / The Guardian:
In a rare joint statement, Five Eyes leaders warn AI models capable of taking down governments and businesses are mere months away, urging leaders to “act now”
 
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