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Scott Nover / Washington Post:
The DOD designates its press office a classified space and bans journalists from accessing it, saying speechwriters in the facility handle classified material — The change creates a new barrier compared with previous administrations, under which the office was an open room where reporters …
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Jeremy Barr / The Guardian:
Sources: veteran correspondent Scott Pelley criticized Bari Weiss in a heated meeting saying “she was brought in to kill” 60 Minutes “and is doing exactly that” — Pelley reportedly rebuked CBS ousting show's executive producer, executive editor and two top correspondents
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New York Times:
Barry Diller's People Inc. offers to buy control of MGM Resorts at an $18B valuation, including debt, seeking the 73.9% stake it does not already own — The mogul's People Inc. is preparing an offer to buy the portion of the casino giant that it doesn't already own, at an $18 billion valuation.
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Sulzberger says NYT has spent over $20M on legal fees over the past two and a half years on its AI lawsuits against OpenAI, Microsoft, and Perplexity — A.G. spoke today at the WAN-IFRA World News Media Congress, delivering these prepared remarks. — The era of artificial intelligence announced …
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Corbin Bolies / Variety:
NYT's A.G. Sulzberger says AI companies are making choices that “violate settled law” and could lead to “a great deal of unnecessary harm” to the news business — A.G. Sulzberger made AI the center of his keynote address to the World News Media Congress
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Jesse Whittock / Deadline:
RTL closes its acquisition of Sky Deutschland from Comcast for an upfront purchase price of €68M, down from the €150M announced in 2025 — The deal completed this morning, bringing together two of central Europe's big players as entertainment businesses seek consolidation to reach scale and compete against the tech giants.
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Jesse Whittock / Deadline:
The UK blocks YouTube political commentator Cenk Uygur and Twitch streamer Hasan Piker from entering the UK, meaning both will miss SXSW London talks this week — YouTube political commentator Cenk Uygur and his nephew, Twitch streamer Hasan Piker, have been blocked entry to the UK by the Home Office …
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Naman Ramachandran / Variety:
Zee Entertainment secures Indian broadcast and streaming rights to 39 FIFA soccer events spanning 2026 to 2034, including the FIFA World Cups in 2026 and 2030 — Zee Entertainment Enterprises has secured Indian broadcast and streaming rights to 39 FIFA soccer events spanning 2026 to 2034 …
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Max Tani / Semafor:
NYPR's new CEO Christy Tanner, a CBS News veteran, has eliminated many senior figures, surprising staff and unsettling some of its remaining leaders — The Scoop — In her first four months on the job, the new CEO of New York Public Radio has swiftly eliminated many of its seniormost figures …
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Max Goldbart / Deadline:
UK TV personality KSI, who has 18.4M YouTube subscribers, says he is exiting his collective The Sidemen, which has 140M+ YouTube subscribers collectively — KSI, one of the world's most popular YouTubers, is exiting his collective The Sidemen. — In a video titled 'I'm leaving …
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
NBC News launches Meet the Moment Live, a new live-event franchise for Meet the Press, its latest show to try to develop new revenue through live events — Soon people will have an opportunity to really meet “Meet the Press.” — Kristen Welker, the current moderator of the long-running …
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Kathryn VanArendonk / Vulture:
An interview with Jimmy Kimmel, who says late night TV is “not just dying of natural causes” but being “poisoned”, ABC told him his show is profitable, and more — “There are a lot of people offering to help me who have no ability to help me,” Jimmy Kimmel says with a laugh.
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Sherry Su / Bloomberg:
Sky ends its UAE joint venture with IMI amid criticism of Sky News Arabia's Sudan war coverage; IMI will take full ownership, and Sky will license the brand — Sky UK is ending a news joint venture with International Media Investments in the United Arab Emirates that has come under criticism for its coverage of the civil war in Sudan.
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