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Lulu Garcia-Navarro / New York Times:
Q&A with Scott Pelley on his last days at 60 Minutes, CBS News' Bari Weiss era, “Black Thursday massacre” firings, confronting Nick Bilton publicly, and more — It's hard to overstate the impact of “60 Minutes” on journalism. It's the most-watched television-news program in America.
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Jack Dunn / Variety:
FCC Chair Brendan Carr says “many legacy journalists are completely out of touch”, in response to Scott Pelley's surprise over his 60 Minutes ousting — FCC boss Brendan Carr went after journalist Scott Pelley for claiming in his recent New York Times profile that it “hadn't occurred” …
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Ted Johnson / Deadline:
Memo: Lesley Stahl, Bill Whitaker, and Jon Wertheim say they will stay at 60 Minutes as they don't want to see it die and are “working to build trust with Nick”
Memo: Lesley Stahl, Bill Whitaker, and Jon Wertheim say they will stay at 60 Minutes as they don't want to see it die and are “working to build trust with Nick”
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Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg:
Sources: Paramount Skydance is open to selling some children's TV network assets to help win EU approval of its $110B bid for WBD ahead of a July 7 deadline — Paramount Skydance Corp. is prepared — if necessary — to divest some children's TV network assets to help win European Union approval …
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Jody Godoy / Reuters:
Sources: a group of US states is preparing a lawsuit against Paramount's WBD acquisition; California's AG has said his office would make a decision soon
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Anthony D'Alessandro / Deadline:
Backrooms, which has a budget of ~$10M, becomes A24's highest grossing movie ever with $212.6M in global box office in ten days, beating Marty Supreme's $191.2M — The Kane Parsons feature take of his viral IP ranked third at the global box office with a second frame of $50.1M at 52 territories …
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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Sources: Spotify has approached concert promoters about licensing music festival livestreams, aiming to add more video to become a one-stop shop for music fans — Spotify is looking to become a hub for live music — Good evening from New York. I just landed here so that I can help smuggle Charles Oakley …
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Hypebot, @mikeisaac, @mikeisaac, TechRadar, Music Business Worldwide and The Next Web, more at Techmeme »
Inside Radio:
Edison Research: a record 58% of Americans age 12 or older consumed a podcast in the last month; YouTube was the most-used service among weekly consumers at 37% — Podcasting continues to set audience records, but Edison Research's “Podcast Consumer 2026” study suggests the medium's biggest transformation …
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Forbes, Bloomberg, Simon Owens's Media Newsletter, @simonowens.bsky.social, Radio Ink and Edison Research at SSRS
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Fox News integrates Outkick into Fox News Digital, five years after acquiring the sports brand; Clay Travis will exit the site to become a Fox contributor — Travis founded the site and sold it to Fox five years ago, but will continue to appear on Fox News and host ‘Outkick the Show with Clay Travis’ on FS1.
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Erik Larson / Bloomberg:
Trump's lawyers tell SCOTUS that he intends to ask for the revival of his $475M defamation suit against CNN over use of the term “Big Lie” in its 2020 reporting — President Donald Trump told the US Supreme Court he intends to ask the justices to revive his $475 million defamation lawsuit …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
NPR hires Nadine Zylstra, who was most recently Pinterest's global head of programming and original content, as chief content officer, starting in July — Nadine Zylstra is trading her Pinterest vision board to try to get her head around the future of public media.
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NPR and @davidfolkenflik
Arasu Kannagi Basil / Reuters:
Bending Spoons files for a US IPO, reporting a net income of $27.5M on revenue of $601M in Q1, vs. a net loss of $112.2M on revenue of $259M a year earlier — Vimeo parent Bending Spoons filed for a U.S. initial public offering on Monday, as a busy summer IPO window takes shape.
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Madison Darbyshire / Bloomberg:
Profile of YouTuber Markiplier, whose 38.5M subscribers propelled Iron Lung, the movie he wrote, financed, and directed, to a $40M box office in its first month — The YouTube creator spent years building a devoted audience. Then he used it to bypass the traditional studio system.
Max Tani / Semafor:
Politico shutters E&E News, the standalone energy brand it bought in December 2020, amid a reorganization that expands its energy-focused coverage — The Scoop — Politico is folding an energy spinoff brand it purchased years ago amid a reorganization which expands its energy-focused coverage.
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