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8:45 PM ET, July 12, 2026

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Sources: the White House directed FBI director Kash Patel to personally oversee the probe into NYT reporting about Air Force One, before subpoenas were issued  —  The F.B.I. director spent about eight hours at the White House Friday focused on the effort, which led to the subpoenaing …
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
The Trump administration issued subpoenas to several NYT reporters after the outlet reported on security concerns involving the new Qatari-donated Air Force One  —  The Justice Department is seeking to compel testimony from reporters who wrote about the new Air Force One.  The Times called the move a “brazen act.”
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New York Times:
Sources: California is preparing to file a lawsuit to block Paramount's WBD merger as soon as this week, joined by NY, WA, CT, and possibly other states  —  State attorneys general are preparing to file a lawsuit as soon as this week to halt the $111 billion deal, a potential major obstacle.
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Rohan Goswami / Semafor:
Sources: David Ellison's advisers are urging him to move Paramount's HQ and much of its spending out of California if AG Rob Bonta sues to block the WBD merger  —  The Scoop  —  As California tries to derail Paramount's $110 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery …
Lucas Manfredi / The Wrap:
Oregon's AG withdraws a motion to delay the Paramount-WBD merger while he sought company documents; EU agencies and some state AGs are still examining the deal  —  An ODOJ spokesperson tells TheWrap that the David Ellison-led media giant thinks they're “above the law” after refusing to comply …
Corbin Bolies / Variety:
Meta says it will discontinue a feature that allowed users to generate images in Meta AI using public Instagram accounts, following days of criticism  —  Meta said on Friday it would discontinue an AI feature that allowed users to generate images using public Instagram accounts following days …
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Ina Fried / Axios:
Privacy advocates, CAA, and SAG-AFTRA slam Meta's Muse Image, which lets users create AI images using the likenesses of people with public Instagram accounts
Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Q&A with veteran media reporter Peter Kafka on the unbundling of Comcast and NBCUniversal, Versant's future, YouTube, net neutrality, Hollywood's fate, and more  —  Business Insider's Peter Kafka on the Comcast split, and why the dream of content plus pipes keeps failing.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Report: Letterboxd's owners have held early talks with potential buyers, including Netflix, Sony Pictures, Paramount, and PE giant TPG  —  Sony Pictures Entertainment, Paramount and Alexis Ohanian also supposedly eyeing movie social platform  —  Could Letterboxd, the popular film-review social network …
Scott Roxborough / The Hollywood Reporter:
Q&A: Banijay CEO Marco Bassetti on the All3Media merger, plans to expand beyond TV into live events and sports, preserving flexible company culture, and more  —  The Banijay chief discusses the opportunities created by the new $8.5 billion super indie, expanding beyond TV and whether ITV Studios is on his radar.
Ben Fritz / Wall Street Journal:
As Hollywood looks for its next Obsession-type hit, 11 studios bid on YouTube series The Mandela Catalogue and sources say WBD paid $1M for rights to Siren Head  —  Creator of monster called Siren Head scores rich deal as studios hunt for next ‘Backrooms’-style hit
Discussion: The A.V. Club and Digital Trends
James Faris / Business Insider:
Sources: Disney is discussing a potential free tier for Disney+; product and tech chief Adam Smith discussed the initiative at a town hall but gave no timeline  —  Disney is exploring making some of its streaming content available at an unbeatable price: free.
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Alisa Bowen, president of Disney+ since late 2022, is leaving to become CEO of Disney-controlled Fubo, succeeding David Gandler, who led Fubo for over a decade
 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is already taping out M7 with major NPU upgrades, and plans M7 Ultra with 1.5TB RAM, and M8, for 2028; new Pencils are coming with a new iPad Pro

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Apple's OpenAI lawsuit follows months of simmering tensions and highlights OpenAI's hardware chief Tang Tan's strained relationship with former boss John Ternus

The Economic Times:
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