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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
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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.
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Freedom of the Press Foundation:
Freedom of the Press Foundation launches its own Mastodon server, social.freedom.press, consolidating its accounts, and will still use Threads and Bluesky — Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF) has launched its own dedicated Mastodon server, social.freedom.press.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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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