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9:05 PM ET, June 16, 2026

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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
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 …
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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
CBC News:
Canada's CBC, which began televising NHL games in 1952, will no longer show NHL games after it was unable to reach a new sublicense deal with Rogers Sportsnet  —  CBC Sports will launch new Saturday night prime time show focused on Olympic-oriented competition
Rohan Goswami / Semafor:
Sources: Netflix is interested in acquiring Lionsgate and took a look at Roku, but a Roku deal would have faced tougher antitrust scrutiny than Fox's  —  The Scoop  —  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.
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.
Nick Pinto / Hell Gate:
Reporters at Schneps Media, which owns 100+ newspapers, sites, and other media properties across NYC, including amNewYork, vote to form a union  —  Reporters at Schneps Media, which includes amNew York, Queens Courier, and the Brooklyn Paper, say they can't afford to live on their salaries.
Sara Fischer / Axios:
USA Today adds 1,000 Marvel comics and an exclusive weekly, vertically formatted Spider-Man series to USA Today Play, expanding the app beyond puzzles and games  —  USA Today is adding 1,000 Marvel digital comics and an exclusive new, vertically formatted Marvel Infinity series, “Spider-Man TODAY …
Discussion: Comic Book and @dude.computer
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
With the success of Backrooms, Reddit is increasingly a source of IP and talent for Hollywood, including an upcoming film starring Sydney Sweeney  —  The old-school forum that originated A24's ‘Backrooms’ is embracing its role as an idea incubator where “fandoms can grow organically.”
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.
 
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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
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
 

 
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Ina Fried / Axios:
OpenAI says its models, including GPT-5.6 Sol and “an even more capable pre-release model”, breached Hugging Face while OpenAI tested their cyber capabilities

Tulsee Doshi / Google:
Google launches Gemini 3.6 Flash, 3.5 Flash-Lite, and 3.5 Flash Cyber, and says it has started its “most ambitious pre-training run yet” for Gemini 4

Financial Times:
Sources: China is weighing tightening AI and chip export controls and is consulting leading domestic AI companies, in a bid to slow advanced tech acquisitions
 
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