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5:40 AM ET, June 22, 2026

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Max Tani / Semafor:
The Atlantic ramps up its video podcasts, doubling its video team from ~10 to ~20, and says its podcast revenue is up 104% YoY and downloads rose ~50% YoY  —  One of America's oldest magazines is investing in video after seeing notable growth in its audience in recent months.
New York Times:
People Inc., a major food content creator, is ramping up social media video production that emphasizes human-made recipes and testing to stand out from AI slop  —  People Inc., the home of Food & Wine and Southern Living, publishes more food content than anyone else.
Andy Baio / Waxy.org:
A case of brazen copyright infringement of John Koenig's The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, part of a trend where people use AI to repackage and replace sources  —  Last week, a MetaFilter member posted a link to what appeared to be a new website for The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows …
Martin Peers / The Information:
WPP Media expects ad revenue from AI search and chatbots to reach $5.1B in 2026 and $101B in 2030, but notes lack of historical data makes forecasting difficult  —  If you've wanted to visit the South of France, this might be the week.  The annual Cannes Lion ad festival …
Discussion: Digiday
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 …
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
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.
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 …
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
Discussion: City A.M.
 
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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
Discussion: TheDesk.net
Jazz Tangcay / Variety:
How Netflix cultivated the KPop Demon Hunters fandom with brand tie-ins across gaming, fast-food, and more to keep the film a blockbuster for an entire year
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Local Journalist Index 2026: US states with a lower concentration of local journalists have higher rates of loneliness, even after considering rural populations
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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
Patrick Brzeski / The Hollywood Reporter:
At a conference, an Amazon Prime Video exec says Prime Video works with 600+ content partners, including 70+ in Japan, 50+ in Australia, and 30+ in India
Discussion: TheDesk.net
 

 
From Techmeme:

Ryan McMorrow / Financial Times:
Bain says it is using AI coding tools to recreate pieces of target companies' software, making hundreds of rough prototypes in recent years as due diligence

Kim Su-jeong / CHOSUNBIZ:
Samsung rolls out ChatGPT Enterprise and Codex to all staff in Korea and DX division staff globally; OpenAI says it's one of its largest enterprise deployments

Wall Street Journal:
Satya Nadella says the public wouldn't tolerate a few AI labs “doing all of the learning for the world”, as Microsoft moves to provide low-cost models and tools
 
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