Mediagazer: Attorneys for X entered an appearance during the November 14 court hearing about Infowars' auction and asked to be included on future case communications (Anna Merlan/Mother Jones)

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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 …

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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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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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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 …

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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.

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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John Koblin / New York Times:

NBC names Craig Melvin as Hoda Kotb's successor on Today, teaming up with Savannah Guthrie, starting January 13; Melvin has been Today's news anchor since 2018 — By selecting Mr. Melvin, a familiar face on the show, network executives chose to go the steadiest route possible.

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Peter Blumberg / Bloomberg:

X sues to block California's AB 2655, aimed at curbing AI-generated deceptive election content on social media, claiming it impinges on free speech — Elon Musk's social media platform X sued to block a California law aimed at curbing AI-generated deceptive election content on social media …

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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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