🗓 2025-06-09 – Weekly Editing News & Trends: What You Missed!

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:toolbox: Editing Weekly Brief: June 3–9, 2025

From groundbreaking artificial intelligence (AI) advancements enhancing creative workflows to significant corporate restructuring and the debut of powerful new hardware, the editing and content creation industries have seen a dynamic week. Staying ahead means understanding these changes and leveraging the tools that empower professionals. This weekly brief provides a concise overview of the most impactful developments, underscoring the rapid evolution in how content is created, managed, and consumed.

  1. :brain: Apple Intelligence Gets More Powerful Across Devices
    Apple unveiled significant enhancements to Apple Intelligence at WWDC25 on June 9, 2025, making its on-device foundation model accessible to developers. These updates introduce new capabilities across iPhone, iPad, and Mac, allowing for more private and intelligent experiences within applications. Features include improved Genmoji and Image Playground for creative expression, enhanced visual intelligence for searching and acting on screen content, and deeper integration into core applications like Reminders and Messages for automated task categorization and poll suggestions. This expansion empowers content creators with more intuitive and AI-driven tools directly within the Apple ecosystem, fundamentally altering how content is generated and refined.
    :date: Published: June 9, 2025
    :link: Apple Intelligence gets even more powerful with new capabilities across Apple devices - Apple

  2. :movie_camera: Warner Bros. Discovery to Separate into Two Leading Media Companies
    On June 9, 2025, Warner Bros. Discovery announced a plan to split into two distinct publicly traded companies: “Streaming & Studios” and “Global Networks”. This tax-free transaction aims to enhance strategic focus, flexibility, and investment opportunities for each entity. Streaming & Studios will encompass Warner Bros. Television, Motion Picture Group, DC Studios, HBO, and HBO Max, focusing on scaling its streaming services. Global Networks will manage the company’s vast portfolio of entertainment, sports, and news television brands like CNN and Discovery. This restructuring is intended to create more agile businesses better aligned with specific growth prospects and shareholder bases, with the goal of unlocking value for shareholders and empowering iconic brands with sharper focus.
    :date: Published: June 9, 2025
    :link: https://ir.corporate.discovery.com/news-and-events/financial-news/financial-news-details/2025/Warner-Bros--Discovery-to-Separate-into-Two-Leading-Media-Companies/default.aspx

  3. :art: Wacom Debuts Three New Cintiq Pen Displays for Creatives
    Wacom launched three new Cintiq pen displays—the Cintiq 16, Cintiq 24, and Cintiq 24 Touch—on June 5, 2025. These updated models feature the Wacom Pro Pen 3, higher resolutions (up to 2560x1600), improved color gamut (100% sRGB), and anti-glare etched glass. Designed to offer professional-grade performance, they are slimmer and more ergonomic than their predecessors, supporting versatile working angles. The new Cintiqs are aimed at artists and designers, providing responsive and precise tools for digital drawing, illustration, and visual editing, and come with time-limited licenses for creative software. These advancements aim to empower creators to break boundaries with professional tools.
    :date: Published: June 5, 2025
    :link: Post Magazine - Wacom debuts three new Cintiq pen displays

  4. :books: BISG Launches ‘Find a Rightsholder’ Database to Streamline Publishing
    The Book Industry Study Group (BISG) has introduced Find a Rightsholder, a new centralized and searchable database designed to help publishing professionals identify rights and permissions contacts. This tool covers over 3,500 US and UK imprints, including many inactive or defunct ones. Spearheaded by BISG’s Rights Committee, the initiative aims to simplify rights communication, reduce licensing delays, and open new opportunities for content reuse and monetization within the publishing industry. This represents a significant step towards improving efficiency in managing intellectual property and fostering greater collaboration.
    :date: Published: June 9, 2025
    :link: People Round Up June, 2025 - Publishing Trends

:hammer_and_wrench: Tools & Tips

  • Streamlining Rights Management with BISG’s ‘Find a Rightsholder’ For editors and publishers navigating the complexities of intellectual property, the newly launched Find a Rightsholder database by the Book Industry Study Group (BISG) is an invaluable resource. This centralized, searchable tool simplifies the process of identifying and contacting rights and permissions contacts across thousands of US and UK imprints, including those that are inactive. It is designed to reduce licensing delays and unlock new opportunities for content reuse and monetization, making workflows smoother and more efficient.
    :link: People Round Up June, 2025 - Publishing Trends

  • Embracing AI for Enhanced Content Creation & Efficiency The rapid advancements in AI, exemplified by Apple Intelligence and Google’s I/O announcements this week, offer powerful new capabilities for editors. Tools like Apple’s Genmoji and Image Playground provide intuitive ways to generate and manipulate visuals , while Google’s AI Mode in Search can streamline research by summarizing complex information and even visualizing data. Editors should explore these AI-driven features to automate repetitive tasks, enhance creative output, and improve research efficiency, allowing for greater focus on critical thinking and nuanced editorial decisions.
    :link: Apple Intelligence gets even more powerful with new capabilities across Apple devices - Apple

:bulb: Fun Fact

Did you know? The origins of video editing stretch back to the late 19th century, long before digital software or even synchronized sound! Eadweard Muybridge’s sequential photographs of a galloping horse, taken to study motion, laid the very foundation for motion pictures and, subsequently, the art of editing. This pioneering work in visual sequencing was the nascent spark that eventually led to the complex, immersive cinematic experiences enjoyed today.
:link: 15 Fun Facts You Probably Didn’t Know About Video Editing - Flocksy

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