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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
NPR retracts an article saying Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito was retiring; he has made no such announcement, and a spokesman called the story “inaccurate” — The news outlet quickly removed the article, which was written by NPR's seasoned Supreme Court reporter, Nina Totenberg, from its website.
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Kelly McBride / NPR:
NPR's Nina Totenberg misheard a statement about retirements and told editor Krishnadev Calamur that Alito was retiring; Calamur then posted a prewritten story — NPR legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg misheard an announcement about retirements as she was leaving the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday.
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Rick Porter / The Hollywood Reporter:
Netflix and Eureka Productions worked with ElevenLabs to use AI to re-create Gene Wilder's voice as Willy Wonka for a new unscripted series — The streamer had the permission of the late actor's estate to generate the voiceover. … Netflix and Eureka Productions, which is behind The Golden Ticket …
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Reuters:
The UK says it is leaning towards intervening in Paramount's $110B WBD takeover, citing concerns over media freedom and the provision of on-demand programming — British culture minister Lisa Nandy said on Tuesday she was minded to intervene in Paramount Skydance Corp's (PSKY.O) …
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Elias Schisgall / Wall Street Journal:
Getty Images announces plans to end its Shutterstock merger after the UK CMA conditioned approval of the deal on Shutterstock selling its editorial business — A U.K. regulator said Shutterstock must sell its editorial business in order for the merger between the two companies to be approved
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Sources: TikTok settles a lawsuit before a second California trial over social media harm to minors for an undisclosed sum; Meta and Snap remain defendants — TikTok is finalizing a settlement related to a lawsuit claiming that the world's largest social media platforms are addictive to minors …
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Jaspreet Singh / Reuters:
Dish DBS and several subsidiaries file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Texas; the company expects to emerge from bankruptcy by the third quarter — EchoStar's (ECHO.O) satellite pay-TV unit Dish DBS and its wireless subsidiaries have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection …
Sky News Australia:
Sky News Australia says it will rebrand as News24 on July 27 after 30 years, with its broadcast, streaming, and digital assets transitioning to News24.com.au — After three decades as Sky News Australia, News24 launches on 27 July, marking the beginning of a bold new era in news with new digital products …
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Axel Springer closes its £575M acquisition of Telegraph Media Group, ending a three-year saga, and names Carolin Hulshoff Pol as TMG CEO, replacing Anna Jones — Axel Springer's acquisition of The Telegraph will complete today (Tuesday 30 June), ending “three difficult years” without an owner for the UK national newspaper.
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Nicole Sperling / New York Times:
Sources: indie studio Neon acquires Artificial, after Amazon MGM Studios dropped the biopic on Sam Altman and OpenAI; Amazon invested $50B in OpenAI in February — Neon purchased “Artificial,” which focuses on OpenAI's chief, Sam Altman, after Amazon walked away from it following an investment in the start-up.
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Bloomberg Law:
A federal judge blocks a DOD policy requiring staff escorts for credentialed reporters inside the Pentagon building, after NYT challenged the policy — A Washington federal judge blocked a Department of Defense policy requiring staff escorts for credentialed reporters inside the Pentagon building.
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The Keyword:
Google launches Nano Banana 2 Lite, a low cost text-to-image model that delivers outputs in four seconds, and rolls out Gemini Omni Flash to developers — We're making it easier to experiment and scale your ideas with Nano Banana 2 Lite, our fastest, most cost-efficient Gemini Image model …
Wall Street Journal:
A profile of Michael Angelakis, who will lead Comcast after the NBCU spin-off; he was Comcast CFO in 2007-2015 and runs Comcast-backed investment firm Atairos — Michael Angelakis is one of a core group of co-CEO Brian Roberts's trusted advisers — When Comcast Chairman Brian Roberts decided …
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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
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