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Yasmin Khorram / Politico:
The US DOJ approves Paramount's $111B purchase of WBD without forcing divestitures or behavioral remedies; state AGs could still try to block the move — The DOJ did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Paramount did not respond to a request for comment.
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Gary Baum / The Hollywood Reporter:
A look at the first “case” brought before Objection, which aims to use AI to evaluate news stories, and a Q&A with Objection's founder; the site is now dark — The billionaire has reteamed with the legal strategist who helped him bring down Gawker to start an AI-powered appeals court for the rich and aggrieved.
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Bloomberg:
Sources: Roku is in talks to sell itself; its shares have risen about 24% this year, giving the company a market value of $19.9B — Roku Inc., the streaming video platform, is in talks to sell itself, people with knowledge of the matter said. — The San Jose, California-based company …
The News Minute:
Delhi High Court quashes the case against NewsClick on foreign funding, saying investigators failed to establish cheating, conspiracy, or any scheduled offense — Justice Neena Bansal Krishna said that the investigators failed to establish cheating, criminal breach of trust, conspiracy or any scheduled offence.
Janko Roettgers / The Verge:
Apple TV relies on a few tentpole titles to draw audiences, like HBO did in the past, while Netflix uses its catalog size and algorithms to keep viewers engaged — Unlike competitors like Netflix, Apple TV emphasizes tentpole titles over large catalogs.
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Spyglass, Forbes, ScreenRant and The Wrap
Malcolm Ferguson / New Republic:
60 Minutes correspondent Cecilia Vega was fired while working on a feature on Francesca Albanese, UN special rapporteur on the Palestinian territories — 60 Minutes correspondent Cecilia Vega was fired while she was in the midst of a feature on Francesca Albanese, U.N. special rapporteur …
Daniel Arkin / NBC News:
Gene Shalit, a longtime film critic for NBC's Today who was with the show from 1970 until his retirement in 2010, dies at 100 — He stood out from the TV pack with his bowties, bushy moustache and movie reviews studded with cheeky turns of phrase. … Gene Shalit, the longtime film critic for NBC's …
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Financial Times:
Palantir loses its legal bid to force Swiss magazine Republik to publish Palantir's responses to coverage of Switzerland's rejection of the company's services — Peter Thiel-chaired data intelligence group sued publication over reports that Switzerland rejected its approaches
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Kayla Cobb / The Wrap:
MrBeast hits 500M subscribers on YouTube, becoming the first creator to reach the milestone, after crossing 100M subscribers in 2022 — The creator is the first to ever reach this milestone — MrBeast has broken yet another record. Jimmy Donaldson, aka MrBeast, hit 500 million subscribers …
Kari McMahon / A Media Operator:
6AM City is profitable as of Q1, expects a profit margin of 10%-20%, has 19 editor-led and 400+ AI-written newsletters with plans for 1500 in the coming months — 6AM City, the local newsletter publisher, hit profitability this year by changing the economics of the business—and with the addition of hundreds of AI-powered newsletters.
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
CBS News names prominent British Sky News broadcaster Trevor Phillips as a senior global correspondent; Bari Weiss says he sees “beyond groupthink” — Trevor Phillips, a longtime British writer and anchor and former U.K. politician, has been named senior global affairs correspondent at CBS News …
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Disney study: the Toy Story franchise has driven $16B in total revenue for the company over 30 years; nearly half of the revenue was generated domestically — Disney and Pixar's “Toy Story” franchise has driven $16 billion in total revenue for the company over the past 30 years …
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