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5:05 PM ET, June 15, 2026

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Joseph De Avila / Wall Street Journal:
Fox says it is acquiring Roku in its largest deal yet, valued at ~$22B including debt, giving it access to 100M+ streaming households globally; FOX drops 15%+  —  Acquisition gives Fox access to more than 100 million streaming households  —  Fox said it is acquiring streaming company Roku …
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Lachlan Murdoch says the “expectation” of Fox, which will own two of the top free, ad-supported streamers, is to keep the Roku Channel and Tubi separate  —  The $22 billion deal to acquire Roku also gives Fox two of the top free, ad-supported streaming services.
CNBC:
Fox says it obtained a $12B loan for the ~$22B Roku deal; existing Fox shareholders are expected to own ~73% of the combined company and Roku shareholders ~27%
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: the DOJ closed an investigation of Paramount's bid for WBD before career staffers who were concerned about the acquisition had an opportunity to object  —  Career antitrust officials investigating Warner acquisition were leaning toward recommending a challenge to the merger, people familiar with the matter say
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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.
Liv McMahon / BBC:
The UK's social media ban will cover Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, X, and more, and will require platforms to stop children from livestreaming  —  The UK has announced it is going to ban social media for under-16s.  —  Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said that the ban would take effect in early 2027.
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Reuters:
Keir Starmer says the UK will ban social media for under-16s in an “Australia-plus model” to “give kids their childhood back”, set to take effect in spring 2027  —  British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Monday he would ban social media sites for under-16s …
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 …
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 …
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Ernesto Van der Sar / TorrentFreak:
A US judge rejects Meta's bid to dismiss a lawsuit from Strike 3, which owns porn production companies, that alleges Meta torrented its videos for AI training  —  To keep their piracy lawsuit alive, adult film producers Strike 3 Holdings and Counterlife Media don't have to prove Meta used their films for AI training.
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
 
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Netflix expands its iHeartMedia partnership to stream video episodes of podcasts from Martha Stewart and others; the episodes will no longer be on YouTube
Assiatou Hann / CNBC:
Electronic Arts launches EA Advertising, letting brands integrate directly into gameplay through dynamic, real-time placements, including stadium signage
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
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Delhi High Court quashes the case against NewsClick on foreign funding, saying investigators failed to establish cheating, conspiracy, or any scheduled offense
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
 

 
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Axios:
Sources say Anthropic struggles to speak the Trump administration's language; a White House official says it “screwed us” after failing to “honor” a cyber EO

Jason Schreier / Bloomberg:
Sources: several Xbox studios, including Hellblade maker Ninja Theory, are in talks with Microsoft to buy themselves back and go independent to avoid closure

Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch:
Meta launches new AI features, including an “AI Mode” for search that uses Meta AI to surface answers pulled from public posts across Facebook
 
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