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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 …
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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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Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg:
Sources: Paramount Skydance is open to selling some children's TV network assets to help win EU approval of its $110B bid for WBD ahead of a July 7 deadline — Paramount Skydance Corp. is prepared — if necessary — to divest some children's TV network assets to help win European Union approval …
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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 — A Delaware Chancery Court judge ordered Paramount Skydance Corp. to hand over some internal communications tied to the 2025 merger …
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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Sources: Spotify has approached concert promoters about licensing music festival livestreams, as it pivots to video to become a one-stop shop for music fans — Spotify is looking to become a hub for live music — Good evening from New York. I just landed here so that I can help smuggle Charles Oakley …
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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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 …
