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Sources: Paramount seeks a business-side counterpart to Bari Weiss, implying she would oversee editorial across CBS News and CNN if Paramount's WBD deal closes — Paramount has held preliminary conversations with several candidates for a business-side counterpart to CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss …
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Lesley Stahl says David Ellison called her and promised to respect editorial independence at 60 Minutes, a sign he is taking steps to calm turmoil at the show — David Ellison told Lesley Stahl, one of three remaining correspondents for the news program, that he would respect the show's editorial decisions after a tumultuous stretch.
Peter Chapman / Bloomberg:
The UK CMA launches a probe into Paramount's $110B acquisition of WBD, and sets an initial ruling deadline on August 7; the EU has already set a July 7 deadline — Britain's merger watchdog has opened a probe into Paramount Skydance Corp.'s $110 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.
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Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg:
The EU is reviewing Paramount's WBD takeover under the Foreign Subsidies Regulation, probing involvement of Middle Eastern funds; a decision is due by July 14 — Paramount Skydance Corp.'s $110 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. is being reviewed under the European Union's foreign subsidy regime …
Scott Nover / Washington Post:
Email: the WH press corps won't be allowed on White House grounds Sunday due to the UFC fight; only press poolers will be allowed unless UFC gives credentials — The White House is ceding control of who gets into the fight event on the South Lawn, in a break with tradition. — Summary
Lucas Manfredi / The Wrap:
NY passes legislation requiring news orgs to provide disclosures on content substantially or wholly produced by AI; the bill awaits the governor's signature — Backed by the Writers Guild of America, the NY FAIR News Act now heads to Gov. Kathy Hochul's desk for signature
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@wgaeast.bsky.social, @1gregtodd.bsky.social, The A.V. Club, Pluribus News and NewsGuild of New York
Liam Scott / Washington Post:
DC-area weather site Capital Weather, formerly the Capital Weather Gang, relaunches as an independent operation, after a partnership with WaPo from 2008 to 2026 — In the Washington region, the local weather crew has developed a cult following. Now, it will be going by Capital Weather again as an independent organization.
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Matthew Keys / TheDesk.net:
Fox Sports hires TikTok influencers Austin Franklin and Kevin Akoto at $50K each to watch all 104 FIFA World Cup matches from inside a Times Square cube — Fox One, the streaming platform owned by Fox, has hired two social media influencers with considerable followings on TikTok to serve as its paid …
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@thedesk.net and foxcorporation
Emily Sandstrom / Interview Magazine:
CNN's Kaitlan Collins talks with NYT White House correspondent Shawn McCreesh about Kennedy Center drama, the redecorating of DC, press pool changes, and more — As a New York Times White House correspondent, Shawn McCreesh has been in the room for everything—the spectacle, the absurdity …
Sara Guaglione / Digiday:
Reuters and Time started blocking all AI bots by default and created whitelists of approved bots, following the default disallow strategy of People and others — Reuters and Time are taking a new approach to bot blocking. Both publishers have recently started blocking all AI bots by default …
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The Overspill, Search Engine Journal and Phil Andraos on LinkedIn, more at Techmeme »
Ellise Shafer / Variety:
The BBC appoints Rhodri Talfan Davies as deputy director general, following his tenure as interim chief of the broadcaster before Matt Brittin was hired — The BBC has appointed Rhodri Talfan Davies as deputy director general, following his tenure as interim chief of the broadcaster before Matt Brittin was hired.
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Deadline, Advanced Television, The Irish News and Telecompaper
Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
A study of 600M+ article visits to a major US metro newspaper site from Jan. 2020 to Dec. 2023 finds hard news stories are most likely to drive subscriptions — An analysis of billions of visits to a metro newspaper's website finds that entertainment and sports stories might generate lots of pageviews …
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