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7:35 AM ET, July 13, 2026

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New York Times:
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 New York, 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
Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
Lionsgate's Michael crosses $1B at the global box office, its first film to reach the milestone, per Rentrak, reviving Hollywood's last major independent studio  —  Shunned by bigger studios as too risky, “Michael” and other hits have revived Hollywood's last major independent studio.  But is it enough?
The Guardian:
Christopher Nolan says there's a “disdain” for AI, the idea that it “replaces” human creativity is “nonsense”, and he expects it to be useful in “imaging tools”  —  Odyssey director addresses industry fears over artificial intelligence …
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 …
Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
Disney says its live-action Moana was set to collect ~$43M at the Box Office over the weekend, below its $60M goal, and just ~$95M worldwide; Moana cost ~$250M  —  The live-action remake took in roughly $43 million over the weekend in North America, about 30 percent less than Disney had expected.
Gautam Malkani / The Guardian:
The Guardian's tech team share their shoe-leather experiences covering AI data centers, as field investigation becomes increasingly important in tech coverage  —  The Guardian's global tech reporting team are investigating the impact of the vast datacentres being built to power the AI revolution.
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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NYT countersues the US EEOC, accusing it of retaliation for NYT's coverage of the agency by suing NYT for passing over a white man for a top editorial role
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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
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Puck: Letterboxd held early talks with buyers, including Netflix, Sony, Paramount, and PE giant TPG; Letterboxd says “there's nothing specific for us to share”
Katherine Sayre / Wall Street Journal:
An RIAA-led coalition representing labels and artists proposes two tags for AI content: one for entirely AI-generated songs and another for “AI-assisted” tracks
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
 

 
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Barbara Moens / Financial Times:
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says after the summer the bloc is set to propose a “social media start date for minors” with “gradual access”

Ben Casselman / New York Times:
Nearly 200 economists, including 15 Nobel laureates and Anthropic's Jack Clark, sign a letter titled We Must Act Now, warning of rapid AI-led job displacement

Maggie Eastland / Bloomberg:
Sources: the US estimates unauthorized distillation costs US AI labs up to $6B/year; Silicon Valley told the White House it could become an existential threat
 
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