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Scott Nover / Washington Post: The White House has blocked CNN from traveling with President Trump on Air Force One on Saturday to Knoxville, TN, jeopardizing the rotational TV pool -
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times: CNN and CBS are set to resume pool duties today; a note to TV pool subscribers stressed the networks could modify their plans -
Katie Robertson / New York Times: Real America's Voice and Mike Lindell's LindellTV operated an alternative presidential pool feed after major networks suspended pool coverage earlier this week -
Associated Press: Conservative outlet Real America's Voice will replace CNN on Air Force One for President Trump's trip Saturday to Knoxville, TN, per White House guidance -
Tess Patton / The Wrap: CNN and MS NOW say they were denied access to cover arrivals for Trump's White House state dinner with Xi Jinping, hours after a judge restored their access -
CNBC: The White House readmitted journalists from MS NOW, CNN, and Politico on Thursday after a judge ordered the WH to explain why it didn't restore access -
Annie Massa / Bloomberg: A Trump family company has filed a trademark application for “Trump TV”, after the White House launched a channel by that name on its website and on YouTube -
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Sources: Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg announces a new board and new advisers; board members include two founders of IRL and the author of the Silo book series -
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette: The FT Group's unaudited global results show 2025 revenue up 5% YoY and operating profit up 23% to £51.8M; UK filings report 1.47M digital subscribers, up 9% -
Steven Zeitchik / The Hollywood Reporter: Sources: YouTube, TikTok, and Meta's Instagram and Facebook decline to run paid ads for Alex Gibney's Musk documentary, citing “political content” -
Lauren Johnson / Adweek: McDonald's launches McDonald's Media Network, pitching customer data to brands and selling ads in its app, kiosks, and menus, targeting $1B in ad revenue -
Evan Gershkovich / Wall Street Journal: An excerpt from WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich's upcoming book on his 2023 arrest and imprisonment in Russia and his investigation into why he was targeted -
ABC News: An ad on Fox News and Newsmax, with clips of Trump and echoing Republican midterm election messaging, draws criticism for being “paid for by the US government” -
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab: The Boston Globe says its article on a lesbian bar in Western Massachusetts drove “several thousand” subscriptions in 72 hours; new subscribers pay $1/6 months -
Todd Spangler / Variety: The judge in the Paramount-WBD antitrust case holds off on approving a settlement until parties respond to concerns outlined in a letter by Senator Cory Booker -
Ted Johnson / Deadline: The Block the Merger coalition asks a federal judge to set a briefing schedule so it can formally object to the proposed Paramount consent decree as too weak
