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Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: WBD and the NBA settle a lawsuit and agree to let WBD develop new shows with NBA content and grant rights in parts of Northern Europe and Latin America  —  Deal gives company access to NBA content and rights in parts of Northern Europe and Latin America; Turner to license ‘Inside the NBA’ to ESPN
Anna Merlan / Mother Jones:
Attorneys for X entered an appearance during the November 14 court hearing about Infowars' auction and asked to be included on future case communications  —  At an emergency hearing this week, lawyers for the social media company appeared.  They haven't explained why.
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Anna Betts / The Guardian:
A judge orders an evidentiary hearing for next week to determine whether the Infowars auction was conducted fairly  —  Judge to audit if conspiracy theorist's bankruptcy auction was fair, which could delay buying process for satire site  —  A judge has intervened and ordered a hearing …
Bloomberg:
Netflix says 60M households watched the Paul vs. Tyson boxing bout live around the world, peaking at 65M concurrent streams  —  - Mike Tyson and Jake Paul faced off in heavily anticipated bout  — Users complained on social media of difficulty watching fight
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Dominic Patten / Deadline:
Many Netflix viewers faced issues while watching the Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson fight and the undercard bouts, including the stream glitching and losing sound  —  From nearly the start of the undercard bouts from AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, the streamer has been freezing, losing sound and proving slow to reload.
Michael Gold / New York Times:
President-elect Donald Trump announces he has chosen Karoline Leavitt, who served as his campaign's press secretary, to be his White House press secretary  —  Ms. Leavitt, 27, who served as his campaign's press secretary and worked in the White House during his first administration, will be the youngest person ever to assume the role.
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Tamara Keith / NPR:
Trump says he'll appoint his campaign communications director, Steven Cheung, as White House communications director; Cheung is a former spokesperson for UFC
Matthew Keys / The Desk:
Prime Video users will be able to watch local PBS stations and PBS Kids for free in coming months, and two new free PBS channels with ads starting November 26  —  Public television program distributor PBS has inked a distribution deal with Amazon that will allow users of the streaming platform Prime Video …
Politico:
Three billionaires behind some of France's largest news outlets invest in Paris' Superior School of Journalism, sparking concern over editorial independence  —  One media historian calls Bernard Arnault, Vincent Bolloré and Rodolphe Saadé's latest purchase “concerning.”
Bloomberg:
Analysis: the Democrats spent $968M on advertising across TV, radio, and digital platforms in the eight weeks through November 5, compared to $634M by the GOP  —  Democrats outspent Republicans by more than $300 million in the run-up to the 2024 presidential election.
Discussion: @bbgvisualdata
Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:
On Fox News, LA Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong discussed his new approach to publish “views from both sides”, and said the paper had conflated news and opinion  —  The paper's owner said he wanted to more clearly demarcate stories that are news and those that are opinion.
Mia Sato / The Verge:
Facebook makes Views its primary metric for content, bringing it in line with Instagram; each time a piece of content appears on a screen, it counts as a View  —  Views will be measured not just on video content but also on photos, text posts, and more.  When Instagram head Adam Mosseri announced …
 
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E.J. Dickson / The Cut:
Some lifestyle social media influencers, especially prominent wellness figures, publicly announce their support for Trump as fear of losing brand deals fades
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Bluesky says it has “no intention” of taking user content to train AI tools, ahead of X implementing new terms of service that let it train AI on user content
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Jenny Gross / New York Times:
Opening arguments begin in NYT's lawsuit against the European Commission, as the NYT tries to establish that text messages are subject to transparency laws
Discussion: Politico
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
An interview with Telegraph Director of Technology Dylan Jacques on the goal of launching 12 significant uses of AI in the newsroom over 12 months
Discussion: TVNewsCheck
UnHerd:
Scientific American EIC Laura Helmuth is stepping down, following criticism for her social media posts suggesting Trump voters were racist, sexist, and fascist
 

 
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Gavin Anderegg / anderegg.ca:
Bluesky is working to become fully decentralized but it could take years amid financial concerns as it makes money only by selling domains for usernames

Wall Street Journal:
Sources: ByteDance is valuing itself at about $300B as part of a recent buyback offer, one of its highest valuations ever

Wall Street Journal:
Sources: T-Mobile's network was among the systems hacked by the China-linked Salt Typhoon group, and some foreign telecommunications firms were also compromised

 
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