Mediagazer: WBD plans to roll out Max in Asia this week, banking on its flow of Hollywood movies and TV shows over investing in local content to attract new subscribers (Sohee Kim/Bloomberg)

6:00 AM ET, November 18, 2024

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Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:

Sources: WBD and the NBA settle a lawsuit, giving WBD access to NBA content and rights in parts of N. Europe and LatAm; TNT will license Inside the NBA to ESPN — 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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Florida billionaire David Hoffmann, who holds an 8.7% stake in Lee Enterprises and 5% in DallasNews, says he aims to make the second-largest US newspaper group — Florida billionaire David Hoffmann aims to create the second-largest newspaper group in America

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Sohee Kim / Bloomberg:

WBD plans to roll out Max in Asia this week, banking on its flow of Hollywood movies and TV shows over investing in local content to attract new subscribers — The streaming platform is bucking the trend of investing in local content — Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. is rolling …

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Erich Schwartzel / Wall Street Journal:

A look at Universal's strategy for launching a blockbuster franchise based on Wicked, whose stage show has reaped major profits for Universal over 20+ years — Universal's strategy for launching a blockbuster franchise is about to be ‘just short of obnoxious.’ It's the new industry playbook.

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David Folkenflik / NPR:

An interview with Andrew Morse, the publisher of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, on his plans to revive the ailing newspaper, its culture coverage, and more — Dashed hopes and slashed jobs define the local news industry in far too many corners of the country.

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Ben Cohen / Wall Street Journal:

Edison: 31% of US weekly podcast listeners say YouTube is their most used platform to listen to podcasts, surpassing Spotify at 27% and Apple Podcasts at 15% — One of the most powerful companies in entertainment has become the king of podcasts because we don't just listen to people talking into microphones for hours.

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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:
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Jin Yu Young / New York Times:

Australian police arrest retired controversial talk radio host Alan Jones and charge him with nearly 24 counts of sexual abuse between 2001 and 2019 — The retired radio host, who was granted bail after being arrested, was accused of abusing eight victims over nearly 20 years.

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Lucas Manfredi / The Wrap:

ESPN tests a generative AI avatar, FACTS, with SEC Nation that pulls from ESPN Analytics for insights during pregame discussions to complement on-air talent — The technology, which is in the research and development phase, is being tested with SEC Nation — ESPN has unveiled FACTS …

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Bloomberg:

Netflix says 60M households watched the Jake Paul vs. Mike 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

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

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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.”

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:
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Bloomberg:
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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

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Jay Peters / The Verge:
Bluesky says it has “no intention” of taking user content to train AI tools, ahead of X implementing new terms of service that let it train AI on user content

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