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Dylan Byers / @dylanbyers:
CBS News terminates Scott Pelley's contract; Nick Bilton says Pelley's “antipathy to the future” of 60 Minutes “has come through loud and clear” — #BREAK: CBS NEWS has terminated Scott Pelley's contract. [image]
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Leaked recording: in a meeting, Scott Pelley told Nick Bilton he had “slender” qualifications for his new job; Bilton said Pelley would not “intimidate” him — In an explosive staff meeting, Mr. Pelley, a correspondent for the long-running Sunday news show …
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Jeremy Barr / The Guardian:
Sources: in a heated meeting with 60 Minutes staff and new executive producer Nick Bilton, correspondent Scott Pelley said Bari Weiss is “murdering” the show
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Josh Dickey / The Wrap:
Nine media advocacy groups claim the Paramount-WBD merger is an “existential threat to the free press”, suggesting CNN would face firings like 60 Minutes has — The coalition of nine journalism advocacy groups calls the “60 Minutes” firings “a grotesque effort ... to appease a sitting president”
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Meg James / Los Angeles Times:
A Q&A with Paramount's CLO Makan Delrahim, an ex-DOJ antitrust regulator, who says concerns about the WBD deal are “fear-mongering” and “antisemitic” — - 8 min Click here to listen to this article — Paramount Chief Executive David Ellison has been circling the globe …
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Ted Johnson / Deadline:
The WHCA reschedules its annual dinner to July 24 with “significantly enhanced safety measures”; Trump says he'll attend the event at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel — WHCA President Weijia Jiang wrote in an email to members, “Rescheduling was not automatic.
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Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
AI image startup Black Forest Labs says Martin Scorsese became a partner and adviser last year and used its tech to storyboard during preproduction for a film — Hollywood just hit the tipping point in its acceptance of artificial intelligence. — Martin Scorsese, the living embodiment …
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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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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
SiriusXM partners with Tubi on a non-exclusive distribution and advertising deal for a selection of its podcasts, including Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend — The audio giant has struck a distribution and advertising deal to put podcasts on the free streamer.
Sapna Maheshwari / New York Times:
Condé Nast shifts Glamour's business model to prioritize affiliate-link commerce over journalism, a stark example of how women's magazines have declined — Job cuts at Glamour and a greater focus on posts with shopping tips offer one of the clearest examples of the waning reign of women's magazines.
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Pirate Wires:
A Q&A with Semafor's Ben Smith on the limits of “going direct”, technology's impact on media, the shift to bundling, the appeal of in-person events, and more — ben smith on semafor's success, “new” “new media” (??), and how journalism will withstand the test of ai
Katie Robertson / New York Times:
A US federal judge orders NOTUS to temporarily suspend its planned rebrand as The Star, after The Washington Star's owner sued NOTUS for trademark infringement — NOTUS, a political news website, must temporarily suspend its plans to rebrand, a judge ruled in a trademark dispute brought by The Washington Star.
Dan Murphy / ESPN:
Letter: Congress summons NFL commissioner Roger Goodell to testify June 10 about the league's broadcast deals and whether it should retain antitrust exemptions — NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has been summoned by Congress to testify about the league's broadcast contracts and whether …
Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A profile of Barry Diller, now 84, a studio executive-turned-digital-brand- builder-turned-publishing-magnate, who has made a career of unexpected wagers — The legendary executive has pivoted from TV to film, then digital businesses and magazine publishing. Now he is going all-in on casinos.
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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
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