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8:20 AM ET, June 21, 2026

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CNN:
Haberman-Swan book: Trump wanted to make Fox News “beg” for a presidential interview, he almost settled for $3M with ABC instead of $16M, and more  —  President Trump wanted even Fox News to “beg” for him.  —  That's one of the many media-industry takeaways from Maggie Haberman …
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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”
Andrew Cohen / InvestmentNews:
Robinhood plans to shutter the Sherwood News site in favor of newsletters and the Robinhood app; at least three reporters were cut in company layoffs this week  —  The fintech giant shifts its media strategy despite reporting record trading volumes this month amid its 10% staff reduction.
Jessica Davies / Digiday:
Le Monde is considering ways to grant access to AI agents of paying readers while maintaining its block on crawler bots and other unlicensed non-human traffic  —  Le Monde blocks almost every bot that tries to hit its site.  Now it's starting to think about what happens when its paying readers show …
Ella Creamer / The Guardian:
Granta says it will stop publishing short story contest winners or join publishing partnerships it doesn't control after AI use allegations against a winner  —  Literary magazine will no longer engage in ‘external publishing partnerships’ after Commonwealth prize furore
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New York Times:
In 2025, Article 19 documented 69 cases of Mexican officials' use of lawsuits and other legal tools against journalists, more than triple the number in 2024  —  Élfego Riveros, a reporter in Teocelo, Mexico, whose satirical spot for a community-run radio station resulted in five reporters …
Discussion: Reuters and Awful Announcing
Variety:
Amazon MGM Studios drops Luca Guadagnino's mostly finished movie on Sam Altman; Amazon struck a major deal with OpenAI in February, including a $50B investment  —  The film, starring Andrew Garfield as the controversial OpenAI CEO, will be shopped to other studios.
Financial Times:
Sources: the UK government is expected to consult as early as this month on rules to make public service news more prominent on social media and video platforms  —  Move expected in British government green paper would set stage for fresh battle with Big Tech over online misinformation
Matthew Keys / TheDesk.net:
Both sides in the antitrust lawsuit over Nexstar's Tegna acquisition have asked a federal judge to schedule the case for a jury trial in July 2027  —  Both sides involved in an ongoing antitrust lawsuit over Nexstar Media Group's $6.2 billion acquisition of TEGNA have asked a federal judge …
Discussion: TheDesk.net
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.
 
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Reuters:
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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
 

 
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A speculative scenario titled “Europe 2031” projects economic and political instability in the EU if it fails to keep pace with the US and China in the AI race

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Wall Street Journal:
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