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Source: President Trump's team expects Paramount to make an eight-figure “allocation” for ads, PSAs, and other broadcasts that support conservative causes — Concerns about bribery allegations, angry CBS News staff and a looming high-stakes merger made for tense monthslong negotiations
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Meg James / Los Angeles Times:
Paramount faces a backlash for settling with Trump; Democrat FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez says it “marks a dangerous precedent for the First Amendment”
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Meg James / Los Angeles Times:
Paramount agrees to pay Trump $16M to settle his 60 Minutes lawsuit, stating the money will go to his future presidential library, without offering an apology
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Deadline:
Dr. Phil's Merit Street Media JV, launched in April 2024, files for Chapter 11 and sues business partner Trinity Broadcasting Network for breach of contract — The TV personality's high-rated daytime Dr. Phil show ended a 21-year run after the 2022-23 season although it lived on in syndication.
Committee to Protect Journalists:
Journalist Mario Guevara's lawyer says ICE has not allowed Guevara's family to post bond, leaving Guevara in custody despite a federal judge's order — The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the decision by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement authorities not to comply …
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@attorneynora, @attorneynora, Atlanta Civic Circle, NBC News and Fox News
Naman Ramachandran / Variety:
The UK government rejects a proposed 5% levy on streaming services and a 25% tax rebate on ad costs for indie films, among other committee recommendations — The U.K. government has firmly rejected calls for a 5% levy on streaming platforms and mandatory IP retention rules …
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Broadband TV News, The Wrap, The Hollywood Reporter, Screen and Advanced Television
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
ITV names Daniel Robinson the editor of Good Morning Britain, ahead of the program's transition to being produced by ITN; he was GMB's deputy editor since 2021 — Robinson will be at the helm as GMB moves production to ITV News at ITN next year. — Daniel Robinson has been named …
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Steven McIntosh / BBC:
The BBC says future music performances deemed high risk won't be aired or streamed live; Bob Vylan and six others had been labeled high risk before Glastonbury — The BBC had deemed Bob Vylan “high risk” before their controversial Glastonbury set on Saturday, the corporation has said.
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Zach Vallese / CNBC:
AI is making it easier to create VTubers and faceless voiceover channels, fueling a new wave of virtual YouTube and TikTok creators amid concerns about AI slop — One of the most popular gaming YouTubers is named Bloo and has bright blue wavy hair and dark blue eyes.
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Dexerto, Michael Lingelbach on LinkedIn, @hoobsie.com and @zachbussey.tos.gg, more at Techmeme »
Will Oremus / Washington Post:
An interview with X VP of Product Keith Coleman about plans to let developers program AI agents to propose Community Notes, the old system, and more — The Washington Post's essential guide to tech policy news — Send news tips to: [email protected]
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mrcfreespeechamerica.org, MeidasTouch News, @mantzarlis.com, The Wrap, The Indian Express, TechIssuesToday.com, eWeek, MediaPost, Gizmodo, Tom's Guide, Moneycontrol, KnowTechie, PCMag, Livemint, Developer Tech News, The Economic Times, The Decoder, Analytics India Magazine, Mashable, Beebom, Business Standard, Digit, Tech Times, Business Today and Cryptopolitan
Jennifer Maas / Variety:
Dentsu: the video game industry attracts less than 5% of global ad spend despite 3.4B gamers worldwide; 60+ game-based productions were in development in 2024 — With more than 3.5 billion gamers worldwide, the video game industry is a ripe area for companies to spend their ad and marketing dollars on a large, captive audience.
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MediaPost, Rebecca Ulrich on LinkedIn and Magali Huot on LinkedIn
Adam Nossiter / New York Times:
Sandy Gall, an ITN presenter for 20 years and war correspondent who covered Vietnam, Uganda, Kenya, Afghanistan, and more, has died at age 97 — For nearly 50 years, he was ubiquitous on British television — first as a reporter and then as an imperturbable presenter on Independent Television's “News at Ten.”
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Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
In an email, The Bulwark says it has tripled its Substack subscribers in the past year and now has 100K paid and 830K total subscribers — In an email, @BulwarkOnline says it has tripled its subscribers in the past year, and now has 100K paid, 830K total subscribers on Substack. The media outlet also says it also now has 1.3 million subscribers on YouTube.
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@lauren_v_egan, @willsommer and @sarahlongwell25
Kendra Barnett / Adweek:
Google pulls 352 apps from the Play Store that were part of an ad fraud scheme behind 1.5B daily bid requests and whose estimated impact is in the seven-figures — The IconAds scheme used a variety of seemingly harmless apps to artificially drive up impressions
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