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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 …
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Max Tani / Semafor:
The NYT says it is reviewing columnist Nick Kristof's work that favorably mentioned former donors to his 2022 Oregon governor bid, including Bill Gates — The Scoop — When The New York Times announced that columnist Nick Kristof would return following a scuttled 2021 bid for governor of Oregon, the paper made a promise to readers.
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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 …
Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A profile of Sarah Longwell, founder of opinion news site The Bulwark; source: its revenue was $20M+ in 2025 and is on track to increase by ~50% this year — Sarah Longwell's profitable startup, the Bulwark, approaches the news with a raw candor subscribers crave
Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Sources: BBC News will announce hundreds of job cuts next week, in the first part of a broader plan to cut ~10% of costs and ~2,000 jobs across BBC departments — Cuts likely to affect specific radio shows as part of corporation plans to reduce costs — The BBC is set to cut hundreds …
Bloomberg:
South Korean media giant JoongAng files for court rehabilitation after its broadcaster JTBC defaulted on a ~$13M loan tied mostly to sports broadcasting rights — South Korean media giant JoongAng Group has filed for court rehabilitation after its broadcaster defaulted on a loan …
Discussion:
The Asia Business Daily and Seoul Economic Daily
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
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Bill Adair on LinkedIn
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 …
Andrew Webster / The Verge:
As the 2026 FIFA World Cup begins, there is still no clear replacement for “Sports Twitter”, which was a perfect second-screen experience during live events — The current landscape of social media networks just isn't the same for big moments like this.
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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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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 …
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