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5:35 PM ET, November 21, 2022

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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
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CNBC:
Sources: Disney board rehired Bob Iger after complaints from senior leadership, including CFO Christine McCarthy, about Bob Chapek's management of the company  —  - Disney's board reached out to Bob Iger on Friday about coming back as CEO.  — Senior Disney leadership had concerns with Chapek's management of the company.
Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
As Bob Iger becomes CEO ahead of the launch of an ad-supported Disney+ tier in the US, he will find his second tenure marked by job losses and cost cutting  —  Chief executive brought in Marvel, Star Wars and Fox - but he may now face job losses and cost cuts  —  Bob Iger is Disney's Mr Fixit.
Financial Times:
A look at Chris Licht's plans to turn CNN around, as the executive says it is “bullshit” and a big misconception that his vision is to be a “vanilla” centrist  —  Chris Licht, the network's recently appointed chief executive, is preparing a fresh approach to news and deep job cuts after a slump in revenues
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Memo: Michael Bass, CNN's longtime programming chief who was one of three executives who led CNN after Jeff Zucker's ouster, plans to leave at the end of 2022  —  His departure was revealed to staffers at the Warner Bros. Discovery-backed outlet's daily news meeting Monday.
Mike Calia / CNBC:
Paramount Global scraps its $2.2B deal to sell Simon & Schuster to Penguin Random House and says Penguin must pay a $200M termination fee  —  - Paramount Global said Monday it scrapped its $2.2 billion deal to sell book publisher Simon & Schuster to rival Penguin Random House.
Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
The BBC's Qatar World Cup coverage ignored the opening ceremony, instead criticizing the treatment of migrant workers, corruption, and homosexuality bans  —  Coverage kicks off with focus on treatment of migrant workers and gay people, and corruption at Fifa
Adam Piore / Columbia Journalism Review:
A profile of Justin Smith and Ben Smith and a look at their partnership leading Semafor, which Politico founder Robert Allbritton calls “Axios for FT people”  —  Justin Smith and Ben Smith are not related, nor did it seem likely that they'd ever become partners; the first time they met, it didn't go so well.
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Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post:
The ordeal of an University of Arizona student journalist highlights the growing threat of online harassment to young journalists, driving some of them out  —  Young reporters are forced to contend with waves of abuse and harassment, driving some out of the industry before they even get started.
Reuters:
Twitter reinstates Trump's account, after Elon Musk ran a Twitter poll where 51.8% of 15M+ users voted yes on reinstatement, saying “the people have spoken”  —  Donald Trump on Saturday said he had no interest in returning to Twitter even as a slim majority voted in favor …
Paul Tassi / Forbes:
Twitter's automated copyright strike system appears to be broken, as users upload full movies; some accounts with viral tweets were later suspended  —  While Twitter, the website, remains online and has not simply collapsed after the vast majority of workers were fired or resigned under Elon Musk …
 
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Liz Neisloss / GBH:
Boston-based public media outlet GBH names former National Geographic Editor-in-Chief Susan Goldberg as its next CEO, starting December 1
Press Gazette:
Associated Newspapers will pay “substantial damages” to Koo Stark, an ex-girlfriend of Prince Andrew, for calling her a “porn star” in a 2019 Daily Mail article
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Freddie deBoer:
Twitter is probably not going anywhere, and writers bemoaning its demise are overestimating the importance it has to their work and careers
Laura Pellicer / WUNC:
Over 70% of Charlotte's WFAE content staffers sign a petition to unionize via SAG-AFTRA; it could be the first public radio station in the Carolinas to unionize
Gabby Miller / Columbia Journalism Review:
Parliamentary hearings for Canada's Online News Act restarted on Friday, where the committee was expected to begin clause-by-clause consideration
Charles Pulliam-Moore / The Verge:
Former DC Films President Walter Hamada joins Paramount Pictures to oversee the studio's upcoming horror projects, after leaving Warner Bros. in October 2022