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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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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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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 …


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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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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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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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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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 …


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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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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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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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.”


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.