Check out Mini-Mediagazer for simple mobiles or Mediagazer Mobile for modern smartphones.
2:45 AM ET, June 3, 2026

Mediagazer

 Top News: 
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 …
RELATED:
Brian Stelter / CNN:
Source: CBS News fired Scott Pelley hours after he met Tuesday with Bari Weiss, Nick Bilton, Tom Cibrowski, and CBS HR over his criticism of new leadership  —  People in entertainment TV shows Media  —  CBS News fired veteran “60 Minutes” correspondent Scott Pelley on Tuesday …
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.
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 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 …
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”
RELATED:
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”
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Meta is testing a Series feature, letting select creators make episodic Reels that are placed in a dedicated hub on their profile, using both old and new Reels  —  Meta is testing a new “Series” feature for Reels that's designed to make it easier to keep up with serialized content on Instagram and Facebook, the company told TechCrunch.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
X launches a “React with Video” feature on iOS, pitching it as a Repost and Quote Post alternative that encourages creators to record a video rather than typing  —  On Tuesday, Elon Musk-owned social network X launched a new feature, “React with Video,” that aims to expand the types of commentary on the platform.
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  —  The company says opting out won't impact placement in regular searches.  —  More than three years after it began rolling …
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Versant invests in microdrama streaming app GammaTime's Series A to take a minority stake; GammaTime raised a $14M seed in October 2025  —  Versant Media wants to sweat the short stuff.  —  The media company, which owns MS NOW and CNBC and was spun off from NBCUniversal earlier this year …
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
RELATED:
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
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of Mediagazer at 2:45 AM ET, June 3, 2026.

View the current page or another snapshot:


 
 See Also: 
Mediagazer: site main
Mediagazer River: reverse chronological Mediagazer
Mediagazer Mobile: for phones
Mediagazer Leaderboard: Mediagazer's top sources
 
 Subscribe: 
Mediagazer RSS feed
Mediagazer on X
Mediagazer on Mastodon
 
 
 More News: 
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
Eli Tan / New York Times:
Meta expands Teen Accounts safety features to limit harmful content on Instagram, Facebook, and Messenger, including about nutrition, weightlifting, and anxiety
Adam Makary / Wired Middle East:
How journalists in Sudan are turning to encrypted networks, satellite imagery, and citizen reporting to document the war, as militias restrict media operations
Discussion: The Week
Alice Brooker / Press Gazette:
An interview with The Salt Lake Tribune CEO Lauren Gustus about dropping the paywall and moving to a membership model, inspiration from the Guardian, and more
 Earlier Picks: 
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
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
Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
Audiochuck, the company behind the popular Crime Junkie podcast, names SoulCycle CEO Evelyn Webster as its new CEO, replacing ex-Conde Nast exec Matt Starker
The New York Times Company:
A.G. 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
 

 
From Techmeme:

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Meta unveils Meta Adventurer and Fury glasses, each priced at $299, its first under its own brand, and a $399 Starfire model in collaboration with Kylie Jenner

Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch:
Market intelligence company Klue confirms it has suffered a breach, for which cybercrime group Icarus takes credit; Jamf, HackerOne, and others are affected

Amrith Ramkumar / Wall Street Journal:
President Trump signs two executive orders aimed at speeding the development of advanced quantum computers and mitigating the security threats they present
 
Sister Sites:

Techmeme
 Top news and commentary for technology's leaders, from all around the web
memeorandum
 What US political commentators are discussing online right now
WeSmirch
 The top celebrity news from all around the web on a single page