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Wall Street Journal: Similarweb: Google's AI tools are significantly cutting organic search traffic to news publishers; traffic to BI, HuffPost, and WaPo is down ~50% in three years -
Rick Porter / The Hollywood Reporter: ABC News says it has “made the decision to not renew” Terry Moran's contract after suspending him for calling Stephen Miller a “world-class hater” -
Lillian Rizzo / CNBC: Internal memo: Paramount Global is cutting its US-based staff by 3.5% and may also reduce its workforce outside of the US over time -
Katie Robertson / New York Times: Vanity Fair names Vogue creative editorial director Mark Guiducci as its global editorial director, replacing Radhika Jones and starting at the end of June -
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg: SmartLess podcast hosts create SmartLess Mobile, a phone company that will run on T-Mobile's network and target customers who can save money by taking less data -
Neel Dhanesha / Nieman Lab: Pew tracker: Democrats use and trust a wider range of news sources, and Joe Rogan was the most-cited news source for Republicans that wasn't a broadcast network -
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter: Bob Iger says Disney will “probably” stop disclosing subscriber numbers like Netflix has “at some point” and says it doesn't plan to spin off its cable channels -
Michael Savage / The Guardian: WPP Media expects ad revenue from user-generated content and platforms like YouTube and TikTok to surpass that from traditional media for the first time in 2025 -
Jay Peters / The Verge: The New York Times' games team is testing a Scrabble-like game called Crossplay in a separate app from the main NYT Games, soft launching in New Zealand on iOS -
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill: CPB CEO Patricia Harrison says three board members that President Trump tried to fire in April remain directors, after a US judge recognizes CPB's independence -
Todd Spangler / Variety: MLB acquires a minority stake in Jomboy Media and partners with the baseball-centered media company to collaborate on content activations, IP growth, and more -
Jay Peters / The Verge: Apple adds a 3x playback option for podcasts in iOS26, an Enhance Dialogue tool to hear speech more clearly, and a puzzle game for Apple News Plus subscribers