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Gene Maddaus / Variety:
A coalition of 12 US states led by California files an antitrust lawsuit to block Paramount's WBD merger, alleging it lessens competition in three markets  —  A coalition of 12 states filed an antitrust lawsuit on Monday to block the merger of Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. …
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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 …
Dade Hayes / Deadline:
Paramount says US states' lawsuit “reflects a fundamentally flawed application of the antitrust laws” and the delay “will only harm entertainment workers”  —  Paramount hit back at an antitrust lawsuit filed Monday by attorneys general of 12 states seeking to block …
Ted Johnson / Deadline:
State AGs file a motion for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction to pause Paramount's WBD merger, pending the state AGs' antitrust lawsuit
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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Anna Betts / The Guardian:
Pete Hegseth announces that the DOD and DOJ have created a joint taskforce to identify and prosecute “unauthorized disclosure” of information to the press
Joe Mandese / MediaPost:
The Media Rating Council's quarterly accreditation status updates show VideoAmp and Nielsen One have pulled out of the accreditation process  —  In moves that have implications for both the “alternative” ad currency marketplace, as well as cross-media measurement, VideoAmp and Nielsen …
Max Goldbart / Deadline:
UK Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy says she backs an expansion of the BBC license fee to include subscribers to streamers, though many ideas remain in play  —  The UK's Culture Secretary has publicly signaled that she backs an expansion of the BBC license fee to include subscribers to streamers like Netflix, Disney+ and Prime Video.
Ben Strauss / ESPN:
Fox will reportedly make $250M on World Cup hydration break ads alone; the new ad slot may be appealing to European national leagues whose revenue is flat  —  The legacy of this summer's World Cup is not likely to be political interference or referee conspiracies that benefit Lionel Messi.
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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.
 
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Meta says it will discontinue a feature that allowed users to generate images in Meta AI using public Instagram accounts, following days of criticism
 

 
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Will Shanklin / Engadget:
Apple releases the first public betas of iOS 27, iPadOS 27, macOS 27 Golden Gate, watchOS 27, and tvOS 27, marking the new Siri AI's first public launch

Amy Thomson / Bloomberg:
IBM reports preliminary Q2 revenue of $17.2B, below $17.9B est., as CEO Arvind Krishna says customers are shifting spending to chips; IBM falls 20% pre-market

Demis Hassabis / @demishassabis:
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