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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…

2024 U.S. YouTube Impact Report
Learn how YouTube empowers creators and fuels the US economy. Our new report highlights a $55B US GDP contribution and 490K jobs supported, showcasing two decades of shared growth and creator success.

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…

Bango: Subscription providers turn to bundling as direct acquisition marketing falters
Marketers of subscription services including those themed around streaming video and music are cutting back on once reliable direct acquisition strategies, including display and social media advert | A new Bango study concludes that subscription service providers are cutting back on once reliable direct acquisition strategies, including display and social media advertising, for customer growth and are turning to indirect marketing mechanisms like bundling.

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-…

CNN correspondent and crew detained and escorted from Los Angeles protest zone
Police detained a CNN crew reporting on protests against immigration raids in Los Angeles. CNN correspondent Jason Carroll said an officer escorted them away from the protest late Monday and warned them to not return. On Sunday, an Australian journalist was hit in the leg by a rubber bullet and a British photographer was similarly injured on Saturday. National Press Club President Mike Balsamo urged officials to stop targeting, detaining, or obstructing journalists, and to guarantee journalists…

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…

Amazon MGM Talks $1B Slate And Says “We Are Heavily Invested In Theatrical” & “We’re Not Holding Any Content Back”
Amazon MGM Studios Talks $1 Billion 2026 Slate with theatrical releases and global distribution part of the plan.

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…

New York Times Names Ligaya Mishan and Tejal Rao as Co-Chief Restaurant Critics
The pair, Ligaya Mishan and Tejal Rao, are part of an effort to expand starred restaurant reviews across the country, the company said.

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

Exclusive: Taboola launches gen AI search engine for publishers called DeeperDive
Its debut publishing partners are Gannett/USA Today and The Independent.

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…

'F1' and Apple's Movie Strategy: Inside Tim Cook, Lewis Hamilton's Big Bet
Apple CEO Tim Cook pulls back the curtain on the tech giant's film and television strategy, including spending millions on 'F1.

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…

Bob Iger Says Disney Unlikely to Follow Comcast and Warner Bros. Discovery In Exiting the TV Channel Business
The CEO also said that Disney+ will "probably" emulate Netflix and stop reporting subscriber numbers at some point, he noted during a CNBC appearance.

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/

Daily Star drops page three pictures of scantily dressed women in redesign
The Daily Star has ditched page three models amid a wider redesign which includes a new masthead, new website/app platforms and new strapline

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…

Apple turns up the speed on Podcasts and adds a new emoji game to News
Apple will let users listen to podcasts at up to 3x speed in the Podcast app, and Apple News Plus subscribers will be able to play a new Emoji Game.