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3:45 PM ET, June 18, 2026

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Erik Hayden / The Hollywood Reporter:
Vox Media sells The Verge, SB Nation, Thrillist, The Dodo, and more to Penske; Vox's Ryan Pauley will join Penske as president of PMX, the new media brands unit  —  The deal formally winds down an era at Vox Media, which had sold its namesake site and podcast assets as well as New York magazine to James Murdoch.
Stephen Bush / Financial Times:
The BBC will damage or scrap some crown jewels in current affairs by canceling The World Tonight, Crossing Continents, and Money Box Live, and making other cuts  —  Government should consider direct licence fee increases or give corporation greater freedom to monetise its content  —  Good morning.
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Ellise Shafer / Variety:
Memo: the BBC says it will cut 550 jobs including in its news and content divisions by the start of FY 2027-2028 in the first phase of a plan to save $670M
Sara Guaglione / Digiday:
USA Today is using AI-assisted, pre-written soccer World Cup “shell files” for breaking news to capture traffic before Google's AI Overviews generate summaries  —  In the fight for visibility in an AI-powered search era, USA Today Co. is betting that speed can still beat the machines.
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Sara Guaglione / Digiday:
Forbes launches The Daily Brief, an AI-powered audio briefing that turns its top three stories of the day into a five-minute podcast, which is checked by humans  —  Forbes has launched an AI-powered audio experience on its homepage that turns its top three stories of the day into a five-minute podcast.
Brandy Zadrozny / MS NOW:
The Onion plans to relaunch Infowars on July 2 and will route more than $100,000 to Sandy Hook families, as legal fights over the website continue  —  The Onion's staff is tired of waiting for the courts to settle its pending takeover of Alex Jones' brand, so the new Infowars will launch next month.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty:
Stephen Capus, president and CEO of RFE/RL since 2024, announces his resignation, effective September 15, and will be succeeded by Lisa Curtis  —  RFE/RL Launches Leadership Transition  —  Stephen Capus to depart in September; Lisa Curtis steps into role  —  Share:  — Share this page on Facebook
Hugo Lowell / Wired:
New book: Bezos told Trump that WaPo had been one of his worst investments and “the people there are terrible”; Trump told associates Bezos was “kissing my ass”  —  “You would not believe the texts I got from these tech guys,” NYT reporters Maggie Haberman …
Reuters:
Bertelsmann says US and German authorities have approved the planned merger of its music division BMG with rival Concord; it expects to close the deal in Q4  —  German media group Bertelsmann (BTGGg.F) on Wednesday said U.S. competition authorities have approved the planned merger …
Adam Stern / Sports Business Journal:
Apple TV plans to remove its paywall for the F1 Austrian Grand Prix, offering practice, qualifying, and the June 28 Grand Prix for free to users with Apple IDs  —  Apple and F1 are continuing to find ways to expose races to more viewers, and the newest experiment will be opening Apple TV to everyone for the Austrian Grand Prix.
 
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