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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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Jack Dunn / Variety:
FCC Chair Brendan Carr says “many legacy journalists are completely out of touch”, in response to Scott Pelley's surprise over his 60 Minutes ousting  —  FCC boss Brendan Carr went after journalist Scott Pelley for claiming in his recent New York Times profile that it “hadn't occurred” …
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”
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
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
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Sources: Spotify has approached concert promoters about licensing music festival livestreams, aiming to add more 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 …
Jeremy Fuster / The Wrap:
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie becomes the first release of 2026 to cross $1B in global grosses; Michael Jackson biopic Michael is on the verge of crossing $900M  —  The Universal/Illumination film crossed the milestone after its ninth weekend in theaters  —  After nine weekends in theaters …
Anthony D'Alessandro / Deadline:
Backrooms, which has a budget of ~$10M, becomes A24's highest grossing movie ever with $212.6M in global box office in ten days, beating Marty Supreme's $191.2M  —  The Kane Parsons feature take of his viral IP ranked third at the global box office with a second frame of $50.1M at 52 territories …
Erik Larson / Bloomberg:
Trump's lawyers tell SCOTUS that he intends to ask for the revival of his $475M defamation suit against CNN over use of the term “Big Lie” in its 2020 reporting  —  President Donald Trump told the US Supreme Court he intends to ask the justices to revive his $475 million defamation lawsuit …
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Fox Corp. signs a new deal to show a wide range of NFL games via its Mexican outlets, including transmissions of Thursday Night Football and the Super Bowl  —  Fox Corp. said it secured a new deal to show a wide range of NFL games via its Mexican outlets, including transmissions of …
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Max Tani / Semafor:
Politico shutters E&E News, the standalone energy brand it bought in December 2020, amid a reorganization that expands its energy-focused coverage  —  The Scoop  —  Politico is folding an energy spinoff brand it purchased years ago amid a reorganization which expands its energy-focused coverage.
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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Bending Spoons files for a US IPO, reporting a net income of $27.5M on revenue of $601M in Q1, vs. a net loss of $112.2M on revenue of $259M a year earlier
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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
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
 

 
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Hartley Charlton / MacRumors:
Apple overhauls Apple Intelligence, with a new architecture built on Apple Foundation Models developed with Google and adapted to run on device and on servers

Jay Peters / The Verge:
Apple unveils iOS 27, iPadOS 27, watchOS 27, and visionOS 27, highlighting performance and design improvements, including smoother system animations

Jaspreet Singh / Reuters:
Meta says it's filing a federal court contempt order against NSO for violating a permanent injunction that barred NSO from ever targeting WhatsApp and its users
 
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