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9:40 AM ET, June 13, 2026

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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.
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 …
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.
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 …
Aidan Ryan / The Boston Globe:
A look at an AI-reliant news site for 19 towns south of Boston, which uses public meeting transcripts and LLMs to produce stories and has 350 paid subscribers  —  The digital site South Shore News faced a significant test when founder Justin Evans put up a paywall in April …
Neel Dhanesha / Nieman Lab:
Q&A with Ian Coss, host of GBH's Big Dig podcast, on his multi-city live event tour in partnership with local NPR stations, the use of GBH archives, and more  —  “Ultimately bureaucracy is just people trying to accomplish something, and there's good stories in there.”
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.
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 …
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 …
 
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Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
Ted Cruz and Ron Wyden introduce the JAWBONE Act, which would let Americans sue federal officials who try to coerce broadcasters or platforms to censor speech
Jake Kanter / Deadline:
Sources: new Doctor Who episodes are likely to remain off TV until at least 2028; the BBC says it will use a competitive process to find producers for Season 16
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Lionsgate and gen-AI company Runway expand their partnership, giving Lionsgate an equity stake in Runway and launching a program to develop and produce new IP
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Anna Wlodarczak-Semczuk / Reuters:
Polish lawmakers pass legislation imposing prison sentences of up to five years for “trash streaming” of violent crimes, gambling promotion, and more
Sarah Rumpf / Mediaite:
The Washington Post faces a proposed class action lawsuit that claims the company covertly used surveillance pricing to charge loyal subscribers higher rates
 

 
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Anthropic:
Anthropic says it is disabling Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for all customers after the US government issued an export control order, citing national security concerns

Wall Street Journal:
OpenAI was subpoenaed on Friday by a coalition of state AGs for documents covering a wide range of its activities and impact on users

Wired:
Sources detail frustration inside Meta's Applied AI team, formed in March to support Superintelligence Labs, over menial projects, “soul-crushing” work, more
 
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