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2:15 PM ET, June 16, 2026

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Rohan Goswami / Semafor:
Sources: Netflix is interested in buying Lionsgate and bid on Roku, but the deal would have faced tougher antitrust scrutiny than Fox's  —  The Scene  —  It failed in a bid for Warner Bros. Discovery.  Then, it bowed out of its pursuit of Roku, according to people involved in the sale process.
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Consultancy Madison & Wall estimates a combined Fox and Roku would capture 14% of all US TV ad revenue and 16% of US streaming ad revenue  —  Lachlan Murdoch has for years downplayed the appeal of streaming when it came to a company like his Fox Corp., which remains one of the biggest suppliers …
James Faris / Business Insider:
Buying Roku would make Fox the third-largest TV distributor in the US, behind YouTube and Disney, but ahead of Netflix, according to Nielsen's March data
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
Joseph De Avila / Wall Street Journal:
Fox says it is acquiring Roku in its largest deal yet, valued at ~$25B, giving it access to 100M+ streaming households globally; FOX closes down 15.22%
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
Nieman Lab:
RISJ's 2026 Digital News Report: social media and video networks are now more popular as a source of news than TV and owned and operated news websites and apps  —  Facebook for news is on the rebound, impartial news isn't dead, and other findings from RISJ's 2026 Digital News Report
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Meta says Threads now has 500M MAUs, adds a “Your Algo” tool that lets users privately control what they see in their feed, and launches Communities out of beta  —  Nearly three years after launching as a competitor to Twitter (now X), Threads has reaches 500 million monthly active users, the company announced Tuesday.
Kerry Flynn / Axios:
Substack hires former Roku exec Dan Robbins as its first head of brand sponsorships, and launches Creator Kits for publishers interested in brand collaborations  —  Substack has hired former Roku and PayPal executive Dan Robbins as its first head of brand sponsorships, he exclusively tells Axios.
Jake Kanter / Deadline:
Sources: Bari Weiss has met with journalists she considers free thinkers in London, as she considers CBS News and The Free Press' operations outside the US  —  Weiss has spent time in London in recent months, where she has met with other presenters as she considers CBS News and The Free Press' operations outside of the U.S.
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Letter: Hightouch, an ad tech startup recently valued at $2.75B, offers to buy LiveRamp's identity business from Publicis for $800M to $1.2B in cash and stock  —  Hightouch, an ad tech startup recently valued at $2.75 billion, has offered to buy LiveRamp's identity business from ad holding group Publicis …
Michel Rose / Reuters:
France's media regulator orders CNews to comply with pluralism rules, putting Vincent Bolloré's conservative channel one step away from disciplinary action  —  France's media regulator on Monday ordered rolling news channel CNews to comply with rules on pluralism and diversity of opinion …
Radio Prague International:
A Czech government draft law ends license fees for public media in favor of state funding, shrinking outlets' budgets; the bill needs parliamentary approval  —  The Czech government on Monday made good on its promise to abolish license fees for public-service media and fund them directly from the state budget.
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Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Around 31 UK websites adopt “Search-Only Contracts” setting payment rates, typically £500/article, for unauthorized AI scraping, paving the way for legal claims  —  Google's new $1bn London headquarters could be receiving a visit from the bailiffs this summer after publishers opened …
Discussion: @polemicdigital.com
Kerry Flynn / Axios:
New York Post Media Group is launching its first FAST channel with 150 hours of programming from across the NY Post, California Post, Page Six, and more  —  New York Post Media Group is launching its first free ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) channel, head of video and audio Warren Cohen exclusively tells Axios.
 
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How South Korean film industry is adopting AI after its worst downturn in years; Korean Film Council: 13 out of 72 high-budget films broke even in 2023 and 2024
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Nellie Andreeva / Deadline:
In a note to partners, Disney says Disney Branded Television is rebranding itself as Disney Kids & Family to reflect the nature of the division's content
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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
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
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