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3:40 PM ET, June 6, 2025

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Reuters:
OpenAI appeals a court order in The New York Times case requiring it to keep ChatGPT outputs indefinitely, saying it conflicts with its user privacy commitments  —  OpenAI is appealing an order in a copyright case brought by the New York Times that requires it to preserve ChatGPT output data indefinitely …
Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch:
Filing: the cyberattack Lee Enterprises suffered in February resulted in the theft of the personal data of 39,779 people, mostly current and former employees  —  Lee Enterprises, the newspaper publishing giant that was hit by a ransomware attack in February, causing widespread disruption …
Nieman Foundation:
Henry Chu named interim curator of the Nieman Foundation at Harvard once Ann Marie Lipinski steps down on July 1 after 14 years leading the institution  —  Henry Chu has been named interim curator of the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
On Wednesday, a judge rejected Disney's request for a temporary restraining order that sought to prevent former Disney exec Justin Connolly from joining YouTube  —  Disney says it will ‘continue to pursue our legal remedies’ … Last month, after Connolly left Disney to join YouTube …
Marshall Cohen / CNN:
Hunter Biden drops his Fox News lawsuit for airing explicit images of him in a 2022 miniseries, his second time filing and then dropping a lawsuit against Fox  —  Hunter Biden on Friday dropped a lawsuit against Fox News that accused the right-wing network of unlawfully airing sexually explicit images of him.
Discussion: Twitchy
Sara Guaglione / Digiday:
A new wave of publishers sign up for ProRata's revenue share program, bringing the total number of publishers to 500, including The Boston Globe and Vox Media  —  A fresh wave of publishers have signed up for generative AI startup ProRata's revenue share program, including The Boston Globe …
Discussion: Business Wire
Pamela McClintock / The Hollywood Reporter:
Delays, reshoots, and inflation have driven up the budgets of this year's summer blockbusters, with Superman costing $400M+ when including marketing spends  —  Between delays, reshoots and rising costs, this year's summer blockbusters are racking up astronomically high price tags when factoring in marketing costs.
Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
United Airlines partners with Spotify to provide passengers with free access to 450+ hours of curated playlists, audiobooks, and podcasts across 130K screens  —  Access over 450 hours of curated content for free on seat-back screens. … United Airlines is expanding its in-flight entertainment catalog …
Scott Roxborough / The Hollywood Reporter:
Canal+ signs a distribution deal to carry Netflix content in 24 Francophone sub-Saharan countries; Netflix is estimated to have <5M subscribers in Africa  —  The French pay-TV player inked a first-of-its-kind deal with the streaming giant to bring Netflix content to 24 French-speaking countries across Sub-Saharan Africa.
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
3 Arts Entertainment buys OManagement, a talent agency that specializes in working with news and journalism talent, including Steve Kornacki and Kristen Welker  —  The talent firm founded by CAA and NBC veteran Olivia Metzger counts Craig Melvin, Harris Faulkner, Kristen Welker and Steve Kornacki among its clients.
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Dan Whateley / Business Insider:
YouTube rolls out a tool to let some creators upload different thumbnails for each video dubbed into a different language, to help expand their global audience
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Caroline Haskins / Wired:
Palantir removed three journalists from its booth at a security conference after one asked about its ICE work and threatened to call police on a Wired reporter
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