YouTube releases its 2024 US Impact Report, which says YouTube's creative ecosystem contributed $55B to US GDP in 2024 and supported 490K full-time jobs (Alexandra Veitch/YouTube Official Blog)
https://blog.youtube/news-and-events/2024-us-youtube-impact-re…
Bango: subscription providers are reducing their reliance on direct acquisition strategies like social media ads due to rising costs and diminishing returns (Daniel Frankel/StreamTV Insider)
https://www.streamtvinsider.com/advertisin…
Reporters Without Borders: there have been at least 31 attacks on journalists while covering the Los Angeles protests, including 27 attacks by law enforcement (David Bauder/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/immigration-…
Amazon MGM Studios says it will have a $1B slate in 2026 and release 20 movies; 10 will have theatrical runs and will not be exclusive to Prime Video thereafter (Stewart Clarke/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2025/06/amazon-mgm-2026…
The NYT appoints Ligaya Mishan and Tejal Rao as co-chief restaurant critics, part of an effort to expand starred restaurant reviews across the US, not just NYC (Katie Robertson/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/business/medi…
Taboola rolls out DeeperDive, its generative AI search engine for its publishing partners, starting with Gannett/USA Today and The Independent (Sara Fischer/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/06/11/taboola-gen-ai-search
A look at Apple's vision for Apple TV and its film business, as Tim Cook says the company's $200M bet on the F1 movie is about more than selling iPhones (Cynthia Littleton/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/film/news/f1-apple…
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 (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodrep…
The Daily Star drops its page three with pictures of scantily dressed women as part of a print and online redesign, with a new strapline "News with a wink" (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/
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 (Jay Peters/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/684708/apple-podcasts-speed-news-emoji-game…