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9:00 PM ET, June 4, 2026

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New York Times:
In an email to staff, Nick Bilton promises editorial independence for 60 Minutes and praises veteran staff members Lesley Stahl, Bill Whitaker, and Jon Wertheim  —  Nick Bilton said he had consulted with the program's remaining correspondents: Lesley Stahl, Jon Wertheim and Bill Whitaker.
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Sources: Nick Bilton is making $2.5M to lead 60 Minutes, or $1M more than Tanya Simon was paid for the same job before being ousted  —  It turns out Nick Bilton wasn't the only candidate that Bari Weiss considered for the top job at “60 Minutes.”  —  Multiple sources with knowledge …
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
Julian Wyllie / Current:
Montclair State University won a competitive bid process to manage four NJ PBS TV stations; the WNET Group in New York had managed the stations since 2011  —  Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0 / Via Wikimedia Commons  —  Montclair State University has won a competitive bid to manage NJ PBS on behalf …
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Google now lets big creators and publishers in the US claim and customize dedicated Search profiles to aggregate their content from multiple platforms  —  Big creators and publishers can claim dedicated Search profiles that let them highlight everything they do online.
Katie Deighton / Wall Street Journal:
Run-A-Muck, a media startup that has launched a newsletter and is developing 20+ TV, movie, and podcast projects, raised a $10M seed at an $80M valuation  —  Run-A-Muck, the media company co-founded by Pamela Drucker Mann, announced a $10 million seed round ahead of its move into short-form fiction
Tom Dotan / Newcomer:
Founders Fund launches a TV-style game show featuring A-list founders and investors, including Sam Altman and Palmer Luckey, playing a game of Mafia  —  Do people want to watch the likes of Sam Altman, Trae Stephens & Palmer Luckey compete in a party game?  We'll soon find out.  —  ∙ Paid
Tyler Falk / Current:
NPR is overhauling its dues model so that fees are based on news stations' broadcast reach rather than donor revenues and projects dues will fall 15% to 18%  —  NPR is finalizing a new model for calculating stations' membership dues that also offers options for them to save money.
Hanaa' Tameez / Nieman Lab:
Q&A with news influencer Sylvia Salazar, who launched her brand Tono Latino in 2017, on fighting disinformation in Spanish, providing cultural context, and more  —  A Colombian engineer-turned-creator is building a loyal audience through bilingual explainers about American politics for Latinos.
Scott Agness / Fieldhouse Files with Scott Agness:
Longtime NBA reporter Scott Agness says WNBA team The Indiana Fever revoked his credentials following his tweet about the injury status of star Caitlin Clark  —  After the Indiana Fever revoked my credentialed access, I want readers to understand what happened, why I stand by the reporting, and what it means for future coverage.
Amos Barshad / Columbia Journalism Review:
Some right-wing news influencers are using Meta's Ray-Ban sunglasses as a recording tool that unwilling subjects may not be aware of, leading to tension  —  For CJR's new special issue on access, I spent time with Jonathan Choe, a news influencer and Turning Point USA correspondent …
Sophie Nieto-Munoz / New Jersey Monitor:
An NJ law enforcement officer has been charged with stealing an injured photojournalist's camera at a protest at the Delaney Hall immigration detention site  —  State prosecutors are accusing a police sergeant of stealing a photojournalist's camera while the photographer was being treated …
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Adam Rose / The Guardian:
Police at an NJ immigration center's protests treated media inconsistently; the US Press Freedom Tracker counted 30 assaults by officers on reporters in a week
Connor Hart / Wall Street Journal:
Hasbro launches Sixth Wall, an AI studio working with ElevenLabs and voice actors to create and license AI-native versions of its characters and franchises  —  Hasbro launched Sixth Wall, a new artificial-intelligence studio aiming to bring the toymaker's cast of characters into the new technological era
 
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Wired:
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Financial Times:
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