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NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. stock market inched to more records Tuesday as winners of the artificial-intelligence boom kept driving higher. The S&P 500 rose 0.1% after drifting between small gains and losses through the day. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 228 points, or 0.4%, and the Nasdaq composite edged up by less than 0.1%. All three set all-time highs. Hewlett Packard Enterprise helped lead the market, and its stock soared 19.5% after it reported a profit for the latest quarter that blew past analysts’ expectations. It credited demand from customers building their artificial-intelligence capabilities. Marvell Technology leaped 32.5% for …

NBCUniversal Media Chairman Matt Strauss, who oversees Peacock, says the 6-year-old streamer will finally turn a profit in the current quarter. Entering the black is “a big milestone for the company” and “a big milestone for the team,” Strauss said during an appearance at the Evercore Global TMT Conference on Tuesday.

Happening in newsrooms right now: Staffing-Wise A news director is producing a newscast. A growing number of newscast producers’ normal shifts includes producing two shows a day. Executive producers are producing newscasts, in charge of digital content and are getting “accountability emails” asking why the newscast producer they are also supposed to oversee made a factual error. Immediate response requested. An MMJ is at the scene of a story, feeling unsafe and knowing they cannot call in to let someone know. There’s no backup option on staff. A managing editor is told that part of their daily job now includes …

Key stats from a survey of 750 European consumers in five major markets include: 73.7% of viewers watch FAST daily or several times a week, 80.1% consider the medium a “main way” to watch TV or an alternative to paid-for streaming services, and 60.7% expect to increase their usage in the future. Only 4.3% said they would reduce their viewing time.

The industry-wide campaign on Thursday, June 25, calls on radio and television professionals to help colleagues facing critical illness or disaster.

The UK’s Culture, Media & Sport department has officially revealed that the Universal United Kingdom Resort will begin construction in Bedfordshire soon, expected to complete by 2031, at which point it will aim to attract 8.5 million annual visitors.

CBS News Editor in Chief Bari Weiss defended the network’s decision to fire 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley, telling staffers on Wednesday that after attempting to engage with him “we had to part ways. We did not want that to happen, but that’s the path that he chose.”

NEW YORK (AP) — Oil prices rose Wednesday following the latest flare-up in fighting to threaten the U.S.-Iran ceasefire, and U.S. stocks retreated from their records. The S&P 500 fell 0.7% from its all-time high for its first drop in 10 days. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 620 points, or 1.2%, and the Nasdaq composite sank 0.9%. Weighing on the market was a climb of 1.9% for the price of a barrel of Brent crude oil, the international standard, which brought it back to $97.81. It rose after both the United States and Iran said they launched retaliations for earlier attacks or attempted ones. …

Montclair State University will become the new programming and management operator of New Jersey’s four FCC-licensed public television stations under a five-year agreement announced Thursday, returning day-to-day control of NJ PBS to a New Jersey-based institution. The contract between New Jersey Public Broadcasting and Montclair State University must be submitted to the legislature for review; lawmakers have 15 days to examine the agreement. The deal includes two five-year renewal options. Montclair pledged more New Jersey-focused reporting: at least six hours a week of state-centered programming, including a weekday nightly newscast, public affairs shows, live broadcasts of the governor’s State of …

Why the Advanced Television Broadcasting Alliance opposes the push to open LPTV channels to 5G broadcast.