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4:10 AM ET, July 28, 2026

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New York Times:
Sources: Paramount proposed to pause its acquisition of WBD because the company thought going to a trial was the fastest way to complete the $111B deal  —  A flurry of negotiations last week cleared the way for an antitrust court battle with states that could determine the fate of the two iconic media giants.
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Natalie Korach / Status:
Eight antitrust experts assess what Paramount's pause on WBD acquisition means, which side it benefits most, and where the merger is headed over the next year  —  The pause is the latest update in what is shaping up to be one of the most consequential antitrust trials Hollywood has faced in decades, with the saga far from over.
Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Paramount's suspension of its WBD acquisition lengthens limits on WBD's ability to pursue asset sales or some content deals and postpones promised cost savings  —  The companies can't combine yet, meaning promised cost savings and strategic moves are on hold while rivals push ahead
Lillian Rizzo / CNBC:
NBCU and YouTube reach a multiyear deal to include all Peacock content in YouTube Premium subscriptions in the US starting in early 2027  —  NBCUniversal's Peacock is officially landing on YouTube.  —  All of the streaming service's content — including NBC Sports' portfolio of the NFL and NBA …
Dominic-Madori Davis / TechCrunch:
London-based European Technology Network, a TBPN-like show livestreaming 5x a week on YouTube and X, raised a $1.6M seed round from Axel Springer and others  —  The European answer to TBPN is here and ready to go live five days a week, starting June 27.  —  Luke Knight and Ronan Chambers …
Katie Deighton / Wall Street Journal:
eMarketer: ~45% of US influencer marketing spend will go to those with <20K followers in 2026, up from 19.5% in 2021; 19.9% will go to those with <5K followers  —  Algorithmic changes have pushed brands to spend more of their influencer budgets on budding creators with tiny followings
Discussion: PR Daily and Fortune
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Oliver Darcy / Status:
Sources: in rebuilding 60 Minutes, Nick Bilton and Bari Weiss have held numerous screen tests with potential correspondents and are hunting for new senior staff  —  Last Thursday, “60 Minutes” Executive Producer Nick Bilton arrived at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue for an important meeting ahead of the newsmagazine's fall season.
Inside Radio:
Nielsen plans to discontinue its radio and TV audience-ratings measurement services for TV and radio in Puerto Rico at the end of 2026  —  Nielsen plans to discontinue measuring radio and TV audiences in the Puerto Rico market in December 2026.  That means the island of 3.2 million people …
Erik Hayden / The Hollywood Reporter:
In a memo, BuzzFeed announces plans to lay off ~35% of staff, or 180 people, across BuzzFeed, HuffPost, and Tasty  —  The move marks a major restructuring at the Byron Allen-controlled media company. … BuzzFeed, across all its units, had approximately 510 employees prior to the cuts.
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Mike Florio / NBCSports.com:
ESPN and others appear to have withheld reporting on an NFL coach's car accident until the 49ers disclosed it, a dereliction of their duties as journalists  —  Saturday's news that 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan had been in a serious car accident was surprising, to say the least.
Michael Savage / The Guardian:
A UK-backed probe finds journalists self-censor coverage of right-wing protests, Trump, and trans issues over safety fears, as newsrooms “normalize” the risks  —  Government-backed investigation finds risks are normalised amid ‘a narrowing of the public conversation’
Kyle Orland / Ars Technica:
ChatGPT appears to block direct requests to copy an author's style, instead offering to capture the overall “feeling”, amid its legal battles with book authors  —  OpenAI's ChatGPT is now refusing requests to generate text that directly mimics the style of famous authors.
 
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Bloomberg:
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