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5:25 AM ET, November 30, 2022

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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Filing: Disney now owns 100% of streaming tech company BAMTech after paying $900M for MLB's 15% stake in November 2022; Disney acquired a majority stake in 2017  —  Disney acquired a majority stake in the tech company in 2017, and has used it to power its streaming services.
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Wall Street Journal:
AMC Networks is planning to lay off 20% of its staff, and CEO Christina Spade is stepping down abruptly, after joining in September  —  Company has been under pressure from cord-cutting as Americans turn to streaming services  —  AMC Networks Inc. said it is planning to lay off about 20% …
Lydia Polgreen / New York Times:
People can help protect democracy by supporting their local news outlets, rather than spending time on platforms and TV networks that deepen partisan divides  —  Like a lot of folks, I have been thinking quite a bit lately about how to shore up our democracy.  We voted in November, and that seems to have gone pretty well.
Mark Kennedy / Associated Press:
Apple's 2022 listener data shows the rise of non-English-language songs: 21 non-English songs were in the global Top 100, more than double the number in 2021  —  “Stay,” the smash hit by The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber topped Apple Music's global song chart in 2022 as the giant music streamer released …
Platformer:
The Intercept:
Some prominent antifascist organizers and journalists have had Twitter accounts suspended in the past week, after right-wing operatives appealed to Elon Musk  —  Elon Musk claims to be “fighting for free speech in America” but the social network's new owner appears to be overseeing a purge of left-wing activists from the platform.
Kaya Yurieff / The Information:
Pinterest plans to end its creator rewards program, launched in 2021, which offered cash bonuses when creators completed certain goals  —  Pinterest is ending its creator rewards program, which offered cash bonuses when creators completed goals such as hitting certain engagement metrics, The Information is first to report.
Axios:
Fox aired the three most-watched games over Thanksgiving: Giants vs. Cowboys averaged 42M viewers, USA vs. England drew 15.3M+, Ohio State vs. Michigan drew 17M  —  Huge audiences tuned into football and soccer over Thanksgiving weekend, with the NFL, World Cup and college football all drawing record viewership.
Dawn Chmielewski / Reuters:
Filing: Disney expects that organizational and operational changes in the company following CEO Bob Iger's return could result in impairment charges  —  Walt Disney Co (DIS.N) on Tuesday said it anticipates organizational and operational changes in the company that could result in impairment charges, according to a regulatory filing.
Juli Clover / MacRumors:
Elon Musk says Apple mostly stopped advertising on Twitter, asking “do they hate free speech in America?”  —  Apple has cut back on its Twitter advertising, according to Twitter CEO Elon Musk.  In a tweet, Musk said that Apple has “mostly stopped” its Twitter ads, asking if Apple hates “free speech.”
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Donie O'Sullivan / CNN:
Twitter stopped enforcing its longstanding COVID-19 “harmful misinformation” policy on November 23; more than 11,000 accounts were suspended under the rules
 
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AMC Networks' Acorn TV website says the streaming service is shutting down in South Africa at the end of 2022 as AMC+ expands internationally
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Paul Sandle / Reuters:
The UK government says the updated Online Safety Bill won't force tech giants to remove content that is “legal but harmful”, following free speech complaints
Kate Beioley / Financial Times:
The UK's CMA finds intervention in the music streaming services market will not increase artist earnings as their problems are “unrelated to competition issues”
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
A look at Post.News, a Twitter alternative with an emphasis on moderation and a plan to let users access news from multiple publishers using micropayments