11:15 PM ET, June 22, 2026
June 22, 2026
11:05 PM
Brian Stelter / CNN:
NewsGuard launches NewsGuard AI, a $6/month chatbot that accesses information from news sources it rates as reliable, promising publishers a 50-50 revenue share
8:35 PM
Jake Kanter / Deadline:
UK ministers are advancing a bill requiring YouTube and TikTok to promote BBC and ITV content; it also would force streamers to show big sports events for free
5:15 PM
Rebecca Rubin / Variety:
Netflix names Hannah Minghella as head of its Animation Studios, as it streamlines its animation efforts; VP Kira Goldberg will lead live-action family division
4:25 PM
PYMNTS:
Walmart integrates its US and international ad operations into one framework and rebrands Sam's Club Member Access Platform to Sam's Club Connect
3:20 PM
Jeff Barker / @jeffbarkermedia:
Jeff Barker, who has covered politics and sports for The Baltimore Sun for 25 years, resigns, saying the news outlet has changed under ownership of David Smith
2:40 PM
Echo Wang / Reuters:
Sources: Vimeo owner Bending Spoons seeks to raise ~$1.62B in a US IPO, selling 58M shares at $26 to $28 apiece, at a valuation of $19B at the top of the range
2:10 PM
Ben Sisario / New York Times:
Clive Davis, one of music's most powerful executives who guided Aretha Franklin, Barry Manilow, and Whitney Houston's careers, dies at 94
12:50 PM
Associated Press:
Staff of Czech public broadcasters stage a warning strike, protesting government plans to shift funding from license fees to the state budget starting next year
12:10 PM
Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:
Instagram is testing horizontal video on Instagram for TV, plans to experiment with longer-form storytelling and episodic series, and launches on Samsung TV
11:45 AM
Kerry Flynn / Axios:
Sources: marketing tech startup AppsFlyer raised a $1B Series E at a $2.7B post-money valuation; Moloco, Google, Meta, and Unity acquire minority stakes
11:27 AM
Ted Johnson / Deadline:
ABC is airing direct appeals to its audience for The View and for stations it owns, asking viewers to comment on FCC actions challenging the show and stations
10:35 AM
Ben Fritz / Wall Street Journal:
Google invests in independent movie studio A24 as part of a new AI partnership; sources say Google is investing $75M, equal to what Thrive invested in 2024
9:05 AM
K.J. Yossman / Variety:
Filings: Disney's UK subsidiary reports revenue up 11.1% YoY to £4.4B for the FY ending September 27, 2025, with post-tax profits up 37.7% to £811M
7:30 AM
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Disney plans an interactive hub called ESPN Fan House alongside ESPN's College GameDay in August, with fan experiences like live polls and merchandise showcases
6:10 AM
Mark Bergen / Bloomberg:
Getty Images signs a licensing deal with OpenAI, letting its image library appear in ChatGPT's search and discovery features; GETY jumps 120%+ and is up 5%+ YTD
6:00 AM
Mallory Moench / BBC:
Al Jazeera says Israeli strikes in Gaza killed its cameraman Ahmed Wishah; IDF says Wishah “served as a sniper operative” in Hamas' military wing
5:40 AM
Max Tani / Semafor:
The Atlantic ramps up its video podcasts, doubling its video team from ~10 to ~20, and says its podcast revenue is up 104% YoY and downloads rose ~50% YoY
June 21, 2026
4:20 PM
Andy Baio / Waxy.org:
A case of brazen copyright infringement of John Koenig's The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, part of a trend where people use AI to repackage and replace sources
June 20, 2026
8:15 PM
Jessica Davies / Digiday:
Le Monde is considering ways to grant access to AI agents of paying readers while maintaining its block on crawler bots and other unlicensed non-human traffic
12:15 PM
Ella Creamer / The Guardian:
Granta says it will stop publishing short story contest winners or join publishing partnerships it doesn't control after AI use allegations against a winner
June 19, 2026
10:40 PM
Matthew Keys / TheDesk.net:
Both sides in the antitrust lawsuit over Nexstar's Tegna acquisition have asked a federal judge to schedule the case for a jury trial in July 2027
6:50 PM
CNN:
Haberman-Swan book: Trump wanted to make Fox News “beg” for a presidential interview, he almost settled for $3M with ABC instead of $16M, and more
4:40 PM
Jazz Tangcay / Variety:
How Netflix cultivated the KPop Demon Hunters fandom with brand tie-ins across gaming, fast-food, and more to keep the film a blockbuster for an entire year
2:50 PM
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Local Journalist Index 2026: US states with a lower concentration of local journalists have higher rates of loneliness, even after considering rural populations
12:30 PM
Erik Hayden / The Hollywood Reporter:
A report by LA officials estimates that the Paramount-WBD deal places about 2.5K jobs in LA and 6K jobs globally at risk due to duplicative roles
9:25 AM
Financial Times:
Source: DAZN is restructuring its business with a new holding company to make it easier to raise money and explore a potential public listing
7:55 AM
Andrew Cohen / InvestmentNews:
Robinhood plans to shutter the Sherwood News site in favor of newsletters and the Robinhood app; at least three reporters were cut in company layoffs this week
7:20 AM
Variety:
Amazon MGM Studios drops Luca Guadagnino's mostly finished movie on Sam Altman; Amazon struck a major deal with OpenAI in February, including a $50B investment
June 18, 2026
7:40 PM
Katie Robertson / New York Times:
NOTUS says it has “amicably resolved” The Washington Star's lawsuit over NOTUS' planned rebrand as The Star and it is working toward a new name
5:45 PM
Katie Robertson / @katie_robertson:
The Washington Star and NOTUS have “amicably resolved” this lawsuit, and NOTUS is working toward coming up with a new name, a spox said https://x.com/...
5:25 PM
Elsa Keslassy / Variety:
Netflix subscribers in France can now access TF1 broadcasts and TF1+ on-demand content within Netflix at no extra cost; TF1 handles ad sales and programming
5:15 PM
Peter White / Deadline:
Ryan Coogler's Proximity Media strikes an overall deal with Netflix to develop series after Coogler's five-year TV deal with Disney ended
4:30 PM
Kerry Flynn / Axios:
Some TV streaming executives express unease about Fox's proposed Roku deal, wondering whether Fox would favor its own programming on a key TV distributor
3:45 PM
Reuters:
Bertelsmann says US and German authorities have approved the planned merger of its music division BMG with rival Concord; it expects to close the deal in Q4
3:20 PM
Hugo Lowell / Wired:
New book: Bezos told Trump that WaPo had been one of his worst investments and “the people there are terrible”; Trump told associates Bezos was “kissing my ass”
2:10 PM
Todd Spangler / Variety:
HBO Max discounts the price of its annual subscription plans by 28% for new and returning subscribers with expired or canceled subscriptions, through July 15
1:40 PM
Brandy Zadrozny / MS NOW:
The Onion plans to relaunch Infowars on July 2 and will route more than $100,000 to Sandy Hook families, as legal fights over the website continue
12:48 PM
Erik Hayden / The Hollywood Reporter:
Vox Media sells The Verge, SB Nation, Thrillist, The Dodo, and more to Penske; Vox's Ryan Pauley will join Penske as president of PMX, the new media brands unit
12:30 PM
Adam Stern / Sports Business Journal:
Apple TV plans to remove its paywall for the F1 Austrian Grand Prix, offering practice, qualifying, and the June 28 Grand Prix for free to users with Apple IDs
11:50 AM
Kevin Roose:
NYT tech reporter Kevin Roose, host of Hard Fork with Casey Newton, is leaving the paper to launch a new show with Newton
11:40 AM
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty:
Stephen Capus, president and CEO of RFE/RL since 2024, announces his resignation, effective September 15, and will be succeeded by Lisa Curtis
10:00 AM
Stephen Bush / Financial Times:
The BBC will damage or scrap some crown jewels in current affairs by canceling The World Tonight, Crossing Continents, and Money Box Live, and making other cuts
8:55 AM
Sara Guaglione / Digiday:
Forbes launches The Daily Brief, an AI-powered audio briefing that turns its top three stories of the day into a five-minute podcast, which is checked by humans
8:30 AM
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
DMGT renames its consumer news division to Daily Mail, promotes Vere Harmsworth to executive chairman of Daily Mail, and transfers Metro to Harmsworth Media
6:50 AM
Sara Guaglione / Digiday:
USA Today is using AI-assisted, pre-written soccer World Cup “shell files” for breaking news to capture traffic before Google's AI Overviews generate summaries