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12:40 PM ET, June 3, 2026

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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
CBS News terminates 60 Minutes veteran Scott Pelley's contract; Nick Bilton says Pelley's “antipathy to the future of the show has come through loud and clear”  —  CBS News has terminated “60 Minutes” veteran Scott Pelley after the journalist and executives felt they could not find …
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Source: CBS News fired Scott Pelley “for cause” hours after he met Tuesday with Bari Weiss, Nick Bilton, Tom Cibrowski, and CBS HR over his 60 Minutes criticism  —  People in entertainment TV shows Media  —  CBS News fired veteran “60 Minutes” correspondent Scott Pelley on Tuesday …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
On a staff call, Bari Weiss defends firing Scott Pelley, saying the foundation of “trust and mutual respect” was broken after Pelley's outburst on Monday  —  Bari Weiss, editor in chief of CBS News, on a staff call addressed the termination Scott Pelley, a longtime presence …
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Scott Pelley says Paramount “is casting this legend aside”, weakening 60 Minutes “to curry favor with” Trump, and CBS “instructed me to inject falsehoods”  —  Scott Pelley said he no longer recognizes “60 Minutes” in the months following the takeover …
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
Imran Rahman-Jones / BBC:
The UK CMA says publishers in the country will be allowed to opt out of Google AI search results, giving the company nine months to implement the changes  —  Online publishers can choose not to appear in the AI Overviews of Google search results n the UK, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has announced.
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Igor Bonifacic / Engadget:
Google says it is testing a new toggle inside its Search Console with some UK domain owners, letting them decide whether their sites appear in AI search results
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.
Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
AI image startup Black Forest Labs says Martin Scorsese became a partner and adviser in 2025 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 …
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.
Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch:
Plex adds new social features, including Discussions, a community forum with a hybrid AI and human moderation system, and a Match Score to suggest content  —  Plex has come a long way from being just a personal media server.  Over the past few years, it has transformed into a streaming hub …
Matt Slater / The Athletic:
An interview with Gary Lineker on his BBC exit, calling it a “marriage” that “petered out”, Goalhanger's World Cup coverage with Netflix, The Overlap, and more  —  There is a giant chessboard on the ceiling above the coffee bar, black vines and forked lightning painted on the walls …
Christopher Vondracek / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
The Minnesota Star Tribune, which has ~495 staffers, plans to cut its workforce by 15%, or 65 jobs, via buyouts and layoffs, one month after winning a Pulitzer  —  The decision to cut 65 jobs underscores the news industry's ongoing challenges.  —  The Minnesota Star Tribune
 
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Amrith Ramkumar / Wall Street Journal:
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