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7:45 PM ET, June 24, 2026

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Barbara Moens / Financial Times:
Sources: the EU is set to approve Paramount's $111B WBD takeover provided the company accepts certain remedies, the details of which are still being worked out  —  David Ellison's media group is discussing remedies with Brussels in order to clear key regulatory hurdle
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Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
Source: Paramount is prepared to sell its film distribution joint venture with Universal Pictures to address EU antitrust concerns over its WBD acquisition  —  Paramount Skydance Corp (PSKY.O) is prepared to divest its film distribution joint venture with Universal Pictures …
Discussion: New York Post
Ethan Millman / The Hollywood Reporter:
Court docs: Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino spoke with President Trump in the weeks before the company settled with the DOJ in its monopoly lawsuit  —  In court filings this week, Live Nation confirmed Michael Rapino had spoken with Trump before the settlement but said that …
Thomas Buckley / Bloomberg:
Sony Pictures Entertainment invests $100M in Cosm, a startup specializing in immersive, large-screen theaters, which has partnerships with NBCUniversal and WBD  —  Sony Pictures Entertainment is investing $100 million in Cosm, an operator of large-screen theaters that show films and sporting events.
Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
An interview with Bob Iger on stepping down as Disney's CEO, his legacy, new CEO Josh D'Amaro, Bob Chapek, Apple, Disney+, purchasing Pixar, AI, and more  —  For two decades, Hollywood's most indispensable executive has been synonymous with Disney.  Can he really tear himself away?
The Guardian:
How the DOJ used leftist zines published by anti-ICE protesters as evidence to convict them of terrorism charges tied to a 2025 protest at a Texas ICE facility  —  Advocates sound alarm after zines were used as evidence to convict protesters of terrorism charges tied to 2025 protest at Texas ICE facility
New York Times:
A profile of NFL reporter Dianna Russini, who resigned from The Athletic after photos of her with the coach of New England Patriots prompted an internal probe  —  Dianna Russini had been busted.  —  It was January, and Ms. Russini — then the star N.F.L. reporter for The Athletic …
Alex Curley / Semipublic:
Semipublic, a nonprofit offering data-driven analysis of public media funding, debuts about a year after it started “Adopt A Station” to encourage more funding  —  In honor of the official launch of our nonprofit, we're announcing the addition of six new tags to station listings based on our own research.
Discussion: @benmullin
Jake Kanter / Deadline:
Source: the BBC plans a pilot program to live stream its 24-hour rolling news channel on YouTube in some international markets, including Australia  —  Deadline understands that the BBC is planning to make the 24-hour rolling news channel available on YouTube in select countries outside of the UK.
Discussion: @davelee.me and Texas Scorecard
Hillel Aron / Courthouse News Service:
YouTube settles a lawsuit ahead of a second California trial over social media harms to minors; Meta, TikTok, and Snap remain defendants  —  The case will now pit a 15-year-old Black teen against tech giants Meta, TikTok and Snap.  —  LOS ANGELES (CN) — YouTube and its parent company Google …
 
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Anna Nicolaou / Financial Times:
Disney's direct appeal to the audience to comment on two FCC probes this week has helped generate 68,939 comments so far at the FCC, with most favoring Disney
Discussion: Fox News
Amy Ross Arguedas / Nieman Lab:
Digital News Report: 10% of people across 48 markets use AI chatbots for news weekly, up from 7% in 2025; the most common use was asking questions about a story
Discussion: PR Daily and Semafor
Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
How CAA is repositioning its marginal creator division to an urgent bet as it signs big names, poaches creator-focused agents, and attends Cannes Lions
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Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
A UK report on the plan to require social platforms to prominently show “trustworthy news” acknowledges that criteria for trustworthiness are yet to be defined
Max Tani / Semafor:
Documents: The Daily Wire, founded by conservative podcaster Ben Shapiro in 2015, seeks to raise at least $100M in a round that would value the company at $750M
Sarah Nassauer / Wall Street Journal:
Walmart acquires Paris-based Vibe.co, which lets businesses create and buy ads on CTVs, sources say for $1.4B, as it competes with Amazon for ad revenue
 

 
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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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