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12:35 PM ET, November 30, 2023

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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
The UK opens a review into whether Jeff Zucker's bid for The Telegraph, using ~$1B in Emirati money, could result in adverse foreign influence over the UK press  —  British regulators announced a review into whether the bid, backed mostly by funds from the United Arab Emirates …
CNBC:
Source: Nelson Peltz seeks more than two seats on Disney's board, a day after Disney added Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman and former Sky TV boss Jeremy Darroch  —  - Activist investor Nelson Peltz and his firm, Trian, are seeking seats on Disney's board.  — The news follows Disney's appointment …
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Nelson Peltz's Trian Partners says they intend to take their “case for change directly to shareholders” after Disney turns down its Board representation request  —  Peltz's Trian Partners said Thursday that it “intends to take our case for change directly to shareholders.”
Lora Kolodny / CNBC:
Elon Musk scoffs at advertisers leaving X because of his controversial posts: “If somebody's going to try to blackmail me with advertising ... go fuck yourself”  —  - In recent weeks, Musk has promoted and sometimes verbally endorsed what the White House called “antisemitic and racist hate” …
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Kim Masters / The Hollywood Reporter:
Linda Yaccarino's former associates describe her as difficult and volatile, but hardworking, and say her self-regard made her think she could manage Elon Musk
Jennifer Bowers Bahney / Mediaite:
Elon Musk says organizations that don't pay for X subscriptions don't get recommended, in a reply to a question about X's throttling of The New York Times
David Folkenflik / NPR:
NPR names Gimlet executive Collin Campbell as its podcast chief, as it looks to regain footing after cutting staff and canceling four podcasts in early 2023  —  NPR named veteran audio executive Collin Campbell as its new podcast chief on Thursday as part of an effort to stabilize its role …
Discussion: @raleighreporter
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Tubi hires David Salmon, former CTO of Endeavor Streaming, as executive VP and managing director of international, and plans to launch in the EU and the UK  —  Tubi, Fox Corp.'s ad-supported video-on-demand service, is eyeing a bigger international footprint: The streamer has tapped David Salmon …
Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
The BEUC and its members follow noyb in filing a complaint against Meta's €9.99+/month subscriptions in the EU, saying the tier amounts to charging for privacy  —  Meta Platforms' (META.O) advertising-free subscription service, a fee-based offering rolled out in Europe this month …
Max Tani / Semafor:
Sources: MSNBC cancels Mehdi Hasan's show and expands Ayman Mohyeldin's program to replace Hasan's show; Hasan will become an on-camera analyst and fill-in host  —  The News  —  MSNBC is canceling outspoken opinion host Mehdi Hasan's weekend program and show on the streaming service Peacock.
Sheena Vasani / The Verge:
TikTok launches verified artist accounts, offering various tools to deepen engagement and improve discoverability, seemingly inspired by Spotify  —  These accounts can be activated by any musician and come with tools to help artists reach new fans and increase engagement with existing ones.
Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
Bari Weiss' Free Press attracts readers miffed with “unfair” Israel media coverage; Free Press now has ~520K subscribers, including nearly 75K paying $8/month  —  At the Free Press, the site launched by the former New York Times opinion editor, traffic and subscriptions have surged during Israel-Hamas war
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Analysis: 11 of the 13 local news websites that UK-based Reach plans to close before the end of 2023 saw double-digit percentage audience drops in the past year  —  Ten sites have announced they will no longer be updated from Thursday.  —  Eleven of the 13 local news websites being closed …
Discussion: Local News Initiative
 
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Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post:
Substack rolls out video creation and editing tools to enable creators to publish video podcasts, create interactive AI-made transcripts, and customize clips
Sports Business Journal:
NASCAR announces media rights deals with Amazon's Prime Video, WBD's TNT Sports, Fox Sports, and NBC Sports, for 2025 to 2031; sources: deals are worth $7.7B
Lisa Richwine / Reuters:
Disney CEO Bob Iger says ABC is not for sale, despite his earlier comment that it might not be “core” to Disney, and he'll “definitely” step down in 2026
 Earlier Picks: 
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Intuit Mailchimp plans to shut down TinyLetter on February 29, 2024, to focus on its core Mailchimp marketing product; Mailchimp acquired TinyLetter in 2011
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
WBD CEO David Zaslav says “generational disruption” is affecting the entertainment industry and “requires more aggressive, tougher, faster, decisions”
CBC News:
Google and Canada reach an agreement in their dispute over the country's Online News Act; Google plans to pay news companies around CA$100M, or ~$74M, per year
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Netflix plans to add Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy to its mobile app, the App Store, and Google Play on December 14, available to its users at no extra charge