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8:30 PM ET, June 29, 2026

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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Comcast plans to spin off its media and entertainment assets, including NBCUniversal and Sky, into a new publicly traded entity, set to close by mid-2027  —  Comcast, just months after shedding most of its cable TV business into Versant Media, is now again cleaving itself into two separate companies …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Mike Cavanagh will become NBCU CEO after the spin-off; Comcast co-CEO Brian Roberts says the separation isn't designed to pursue M&A deals; CMCSA closed up 4.5%  —  Now it's unwinding the media business from the broadband and TV pipes, planning to spin off NBCU and Sky into a stand-alone entity.
Amy Thomson / Bloomberg:
Comcast says NBCUniversal will hold theme parks, Universal studios, NBC, Telemundo, Peacock, Bravo, and Sky; Comcast will hold broadband, wireless, and cable
NPR:
SCOTUS finds that Trump's 2025 firing of FTC Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter without cause was lawful, placing independence of several agencies in doubt  —  The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday overturned a 91-year-old precedent that has prevented presidents from removing members of independent agencies at will.
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Justice Gorsuch cited FCC chairman's threats against ABC as evidence of agency overreach in a SCOTUS ruling expanding presidential control over federal agencies  —  In a landmark decision Monday, the Supreme Court overruled a decision that will give the President vastly more control over federal agencies.
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
SCOTUS rejects President Trump's bid to appeal a New York federal court jury's $5M verdict that found he sexually abused and defamed E. Jean Carroll  —  The Supreme Court on Monday said it would not hear an appeal by President Donald Trump of a New York federal court jury's verdict awarding …
Murray Stassen / Music Business Worldwide:
Tidal adopts an AI policy that blocks wholly AI-generated music from earning royalties and removes AI-generated music that impersonates artists  —  TIDAL is introducing an AI policy that will automatically tag wholly AI-generated music in its app and block it from earning royalties.
Jake Kanter / Deadline:
FOIA disclosure: the BBC had five sexual harassment disciplinary cases open in March amid a crackdown on power abuses following a 2025 workplace culture review  —  Deadline can reveal that the BBC had five sexual harassment disciplinary cases open as recently as the end of March amid a crackdown …
Michael Savage / The Guardian:
Sources: BBC told Radio 4's Today staff that social and digital platforms were now the top priority for correspondents, effectively deprioritising TV and radio  —  Staff at Radio 4 show, which has 5 million listeners, told making content for likes of TikTok will take precedence for correspondents
Rob Waugh / Press Gazette:
Valnet transitions freelance writers at The Gamer to a “Pay Per Session” model; sources say The Gamer is paying a traffic-only rate of $8 per 1,000 clicks  —  Journalists at a leading popular culture publisher have reacted with “anger” and “confusion” to news their pay …
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Emily Dreyfuss / The San Francisco Standard:
An interview with Brian Stelter about the Murdoch family's moves to boost their political influence in California, including the launch of the California Post  —  There's an old rule in journalism: One occurrence is likely a fluke; two may be a coincidence.  But three?  Three's a story.
Steven Sloan / Associated Press:
An interview with Kara Swisher about her podcast, interviewing Democratic presidential candidates, why she is not a left-leaning counter to Joe Rogan, and more  —  Kara Swisher is everywhere.  She's filling in for Joy Behar on ABC's “The View.”  Appearing alongside Meryl Streep in “The Devil Wears Prada 2.”
 
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Greg Stohr / Bloomberg:
The Supreme Court rejects Alan Dershowitz's bid to revive a defamation suit accusing CNN of mischaracterizing his remarks during Trump's first impeachment trial
Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer:
The US DOJ seizes nearly 400 domains for illegally streaming 2026 FIFA World Cup matches; last week, ACE, UEFA, and more shut down 44 domains linked to PirloTV
The Intercept:
The KIDS Act, set for a US House vote as early as next week, could eliminate online anonymity, raising the risk for journalists, dissidents, and whistleblowers
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Scharon Harding / Ars Technica:
Streaming services must comply with a California law that bans playing ads louder than the content being watched from July 1, but its implementation is unclear
New York Times:
Sources: CNN CEO Mark Thompson told Paramount he would not share oversight of CNN with another exec, as David Ellison weighs whether to put Bari Weiss in charge
 

 
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Leo Schwartz / The Information:
Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI, and others sign a letter defending open-weight AI models; Jensen Huang, in his first X post, says open models strengthen cybersecurity

Anthropic:
Anthropic launches Claude Opus 5, which it says comes close to Fable 5 performance at half the price; it is the new default model on Claude Max

Reuters:
Sources: OpenAI's models breached Hugging Face from July 11 to 13 and OpenAI realized their models were behind the hack several days later
 
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