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2:35 PM ET, June 7, 2026

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Lulu Garcia-Navarro / New York Times:
Q&A with Scott Pelley on his last days at 60 Minutes, CBS News' Bari Weiss era, “Black Thursday massacre” firings, confronting Nick Bilton publicly, and more  —  It's hard to overstate the impact of “60 Minutes” on journalism.  It's the most-watched television-news program in America.
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Ted Johnson / Deadline:
Memo: Lesley Stahl, Bill Whitaker, and Jon Wertheim say they will stay at 60 Minutes as they don't want to see it die and are “working to build trust with Nick”  —  The three remaining fill-time correspondents on 60 Minutes — Lesley Stahl, Bill Whitaker and Jon Wertheim …
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
Page Six:
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
Jody Godoy / Reuters:
Sources: a group of US states is preparing a lawsuit against Paramount's WBD acquisition; California's AG has said his office would make a decision soon  —  A group of U.S. states including California and New York are preparing a lawsuit to block Paramount Skydance's (PSKY.O) …
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Sabrina Willmer / Bloomberg:
A judge orders Paramount Skydance to reveal some internal docs from its 2025 merger, in a lawsuit by investors who say the deal unfairly enriched Shari Redstone
Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump stormed out of his interview with NBC News' Meet the Press after getting into a verbal sparring match with Kristen Welker over election fraud claims  —  President Donald Trump stormed out of his interview with “Meet the Press” after getting into a verbal sparring match with Kristen Welker over claims of election fraud.
Madison Darbyshire / Bloomberg:
Profile of YouTuber Markiplier, whose 38.5M subscribers propelled Iron Lung, the movie he wrote, financed, and directed, to a $40M box office in its first month  —  The YouTube creator spent years building a devoted audience.  Then he used it to bypass the traditional studio system.
Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Q&A with BBC's Matt Brittin on the necessity of YouTube, growing the BBC's role in education and skills, streamers helping pay for public broadcasting, and more  —  The former Google executive on the challenges facing the public service broadcaster, his plans to cut 2,000 jobs — and what impartiality means in a polarised world
Anthony D'Alessandro / Deadline:
This weekend, Lionsgate's Michael will become the studio's highest grossing movie; the Michael Jackson biopic has earned $346.6M domestically and $508M+ abroad  —  That $897M includes non Universal territories handled by Vol  —  Divided that's $7.7M domestic, -35%, and $15.4M abroad, -29% from 83 territories.
Nicole Sperling / New York Times:
A profile of Netflix's film division chair Dan Lin, who's greenlit 88 films since 2024, shifting strategy toward budget discipline and in-house development  —  When Dan Lin, the chairman of Netflix's film division, read the script for a survival thriller set in the remote wilderness of Australia …
Max Tani / Semafor:
Kalshi and Polymarket sponsored X posts promoting viral LA mayoral election fraud conspiracy theories; Kalshi says it asked its paid influencers to remove posts  —  The Scoop  —  Kalshi on Friday asked some of its paid political influencers to remove X posts that sowed doubt about the integrity …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Reed Hastings departs Netflix's board following the June 4 annual shareholders meeting; Jay Hoag, Netflix's lead independent director, is named chairman  —  Shareholders last year had voted to oust Hoag, previously lead independent director at the streamer  —  It's a changing for the guard at the top of Netflix's board.
Jennifer Maas / Variety:
Paramount Skydance unveils Paramount Games Studio, which combines Skydance's two game studios with Paramount's IP, to be headed by Tony Driscoll  —  David Ellison has been moving pieces around the board in reshaping the new Paramount Skydance over the past year.
Matthew Keys / TheDesk.net:
Newsmax is planning to expand to Germany, Italy, Greece, and other international markets this year through partnerships and licensing deals with other companies  —  Cable news outlet Newsmax is launching localized versions of its channel in several more countries this year …
 
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Isabella Kwai / New York Times:
How LinkedIn is transforming into a “post-cringe” social network as it courts high-profile influencers, who are building audiences on corporate-friendly topics
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
The Guardian's EIC says digital reader revenue rose 17% YoY to £125M in the year to March 31 and over 40% of revenue is from outside the UK, up from 8% in 2016
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Financial Times:
Court filings: Trump's legal team has refused to hand over financial documents requested by the BBC in his $10B defamation case despite claiming financial harm
Reuters:
Filings: Xinhuanet, owned by China's official Xinhua news agency, plans to invest ~$162.38M on an “authoritative” AI agent to help promote Xi Jinping's thinking
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Thomas Pauken II, a US journalist who worked for Chinese state-run media, has pleaded guilty to working as an unregistered agent for China in the US
 

 
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Cristina Criddle / Financial Times:
OpenAI plans to overhaul ChatGPT in the coming weeks, turning it into a superapp with coding tools and AI agents to serve as a gateway to higher-margin products

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Inside the early 2025 senior exec meeting where Apple admitted its AI failures; Tim Cook became intimately involved in Apple's AI roadmap around the same time

Leo Schwartz / The Information:
White House AI advisor Sriram Krishnan says he will leave his role at the end of June; sources: Krishnan plans to start a pro-Trump AI policy institution
 
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