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Media & Comm, editor's picks: Comcast's reasons for Fox bid; Zuckerberg in Paris

Here are the editor's top picks for the week.

Analysts: Comcast would boost international, RSN assets, draw scrutiny with Fox

While Comcast Corp. could buttress its holdings in the U.S. and around the globe, its bid for myriad 21st Century Fox Inc. assets would likely draw significant regulatory review, analysts said. Comcast, having already been spurned by Fox's board of directors last fall, is in advanced stages of preparing an all-cash offer for the Fox assets that could approach $60 billion, representing a premium to the $52.4 billion all-stock offer Walt Disney Co. made in December 2017.

Analysts: For Comcast, the cost of pursuing Fox might be splitting from NBCU

As Comcast prepares a bid for key Fox assets, legal experts say the cable giant must weigh the deal's potential advantages against the risks of inciting regulatory ire — risks that could include endangering its ownership of NBCU.

Zuckerberg says Facebook failed to take broad view on social responsibility

Facebook Inc. CEO Mark Zuckerberg said at VivaTech in Paris that the social network has failed to "take a broad enough view" of the platform's potential to fuel fake news, interfere in elections and spread hate speech. He told an annual tech conference in Paris that Facebook plans to curb these issues going forward.

Digital Hollywood: China, Hollywood relationship strained but still valuable

Chinese investment in the U.S. film business has largely dried up, while U.S. investment in the booming Chinese industry remains challenged by cultural and legal barriers, entertainment investment experts at Digital Hollywood agreed.

FCC seeks new comments on proposed Sinclair-Tribune merger

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission will take new comments from the public on Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc.'s pending acquisition of Tribune Media Co. The FCC is reopening its review of the merger for comments after Sinclair in April agreed to sell certain TV stations in an effort to obtain regulatory approval for its Tribune deal. The public has until July 12 to submit comments on the docket, the FCC said.