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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 …
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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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 …
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.
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 …
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 …
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.
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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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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