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4:35 AM ET, June 19, 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.
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.
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 …
Kevin Roose:
NYT tech reporter Kevin Roose, host of Hard Fork with Casey Newton, is leaving the paper to launch a new show with Newton  —  -30-  —  I first visited The New York Times in 2010.  I was fresh out of college, jobless during a recession, and new to New York, when I got an out-of-the-blue email …
Katie Robertson / New York Times:
NOTUS says it has “amicably resolved” The Washington Star's lawsuit over NOTUS' planned rebrand as The Star and it is working toward a new name  —  The publication is abandoning a planned rebranding after resolving a trademark dispute with the new publisher of The Washington Star.
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.
Kerry Flynn / Axios:
Some TV streaming executives express unease about Fox's proposed Roku deal, wondering whether Fox would favor its own programming on a key TV distributor  —  Fox's Roku deal has sparked unease throughout the streaming industry over whether the media company could favor its own programming on a key TV gateway.
Discussion: Cord Cutters News and PCWorld
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.
Owen Long / Wired:
A look at Fishtank, a live, unedited, and violent Big Brother-like show where contestants are locked in a house and viewers can pay to interact with the cast  —  It's like Big Brother without any limits, or broadcast standards.  WIRED goes on location—and on camera—with the cult hit.
Discussion: Reality Tea
 
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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
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
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
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
DMGT renames its consumer news division to Daily Mail, promotes Vere Harmsworth to executive chairman of Daily Mail, and transfers Metro to Harmsworth Media
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Financial Times:
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