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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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Axios:
Sources: WH officials believe NYT's Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan obtained audio recordings of Situation Room meetings for their upcoming book Regime Change  —  Top White House officials believe New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan obtained audio recordings …
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 …
Erica Ryan / Reporters' Lab:
Duke Reporters' Lab reports a global drop in fact-checking projects from 464 in 2024 to 441 in 2025; US projects fell from 65 in 2024 to 61 in 2025  —  Three times as many fact-checking projects stopped as started in 2025, but the majority are weathering money woes, political attacks
Marah Eakin / Current:
Fred Rogers Productions launches a Mister Rogers' Neighborhood YouTube channel, curating content based on monthly themes and focusing on reach over monetization  —  Mister Rogers' Neighborhood is finally making its official foray into the world of YouTube.  —  With the launch …
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 …
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.
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.”
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 …
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.
 
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