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Amol Sharma / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Comcast plans to announce Wednesday that it will be spinning off its NBCUniversal cable TV networks including MSNBC and CNBC, with Mark Lazarus as CEO — New venture will house channels like E!, USA and MSNBC; company to announce several leadership changes
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Bluesky has 20M+ users after hitting 15M on November 13, and according to Appfigures, has been #1 in the US App Store since November 13 — Bluesky, the social network and X competitor has been benefiting from a surge of departures from the Elon Musk-owned app formerly known as Twitter.
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Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
The Economist, The Week, ITV News, and others have joined Bluesky in the past week, while Politico, Semafor, Tortoise have resumed their activity on the site — A wave of news publishers have arrived on Bluesky in recent days, following audiences and journalists departing X/Twitter.
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Sean Burch / The Wrap:
In a statement, Jay Penske says The Hollywood Reporter has replaced co-EIC Nekesa Mumbi Moody with Shirley Halperin, following staff cuts in June and August — Halperin recently resigned as editor of Los Angeles Magazine — The Hollywood Reporter replaced co-editor in chief Nekesa Mumbi Moody …
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Reuters, The Hollywood Reporter and Talking Biz News
Ted Johnson / Deadline:
Brendan Carr says Trump's complaint over a 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris is “likely to arise” in the FCC's review of the Skydance-Paramount deal — In an interview with Fox News' America's Newsroom, Carr said, “Broadcasters are differently situated to other speakers.
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Bloomberg, New York Post, Fox News, The Daily Beast, Mediaite, The Wrap, The Hollywood Reporter, TVNewsCheck and Radio & Television …
New York Times:
Filings: The Onion's Infowars bid was $7M, including backing from Sandy Hook families and $1.75M in cash; Alex Jones-linked First United's bid was $3.5M in cash — A hearing is scheduled for Monday to review the auction process, which is being contested by a losing bidder associated with Alex Jones, the Infowars founder.
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Breitbart, Politico, Business Insider and @benmullin.bsky.social
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Aaron Katersky / ABC News:
Filing: Alex Jones asks a judge to halt the sale of Infowars; a company affiliated with him, which was the losing bidder, seeks to disqualify The Onion's bid
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The Desk, NPR, Raw Story, CNN, Austin American-Statesman, @benmullin, @passantino@threads.net, Bloomberg Law, Associated Press, Reuters and New Republic
Brian Stelter / CNN:
Sources: MSNBC's Morning Joe meeting with Trump was driven by fears of retribution from the incoming administration, including governmental and legal harassment — New York CNN — — “Morning Joe” co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski announced Monday, in dramatic fashion …
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New York Post, Check Your Fact, Trending Politics …, Newsweek, The Daily Beast, @keitholbermann, Digby's Hullabaloo, @brianstelter, @jeffjarvis@mastodon.social, @wjcarter, @mediaevan, @emmavigeland, @adamjohnsonchi, Variety, The Independent, @prettybadlefty, Raw Story, @brianstelter, @schooley.bsky.social, The Guardian, @marceelias, @cherijacobus, The Wrap, @daveweigel, @brianstelter, @brianstelter, @brianstelter, @meidastouch.bsky.social, @mattwelch, @brianstelter, @brianstelter, @timfullerton.bsky.social, @brendannyhan.bsky.social, New Jersey Online, @jeffgoldesq, Adweek, Mediaite, Washington Examiner, al.com and CNN
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Spines, an AI-powered self-publishing service for book authors that provides suggestions on edits, cover design, more, raised a $16M Series A after a $6.5M seed — Generative AI has upended how we write things, or even if we write at all. Now a startup wants to be the main character …
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Michael Eisenberg on LinkedIn, Oren Zeev on LinkedIn and Spines
Winston Cho / The Hollywood Reporter:
A lawsuit against Netflix and Meta claims the two made a deal where Meta scaled back original video programming in trade for Netflix data and ad spending — The proposed class action points to Meta's streaming ambitions with Facebook Watch, whose original programming division shuttered last year.
Apple:
The NYT's The Daily tops Apple Podcasts' most popular US shows in 2024, followed by Crime Junkie, The Joe Rogan Experience, Dateline NBC, and SmartLess — Today, Apple shared the most popular podcasts of 2024, with year-end charts localized for listeners in nearly 100 countries and regions.
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The Wrap, Variety, The Information, BGR, Jake Shapiro on LinkedIn, @alexweprin, 9to5Mac and AppleInsider
Dave Lawler / Axios:
Trump picks TV personality and 2022 US Senate candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz to serve as the administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services — - Kennedy, Trump's pick to run the Department of Health and Human Services, would be Oz's boss if both are confirmed by the Senate.
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CNN, The Wrap, Mediaite, Variety, PBS NewsHour, Los Angeles Times, Breitbart, Le Monde, Roll Call, Entertainment Weekly, Virginia Mercury, @edburmila.bsky.social, Benzinga, New Republic, Associated Press, KTVU-TV, CNBC, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Raw Story, MM+M, The Lever, The Guardian, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, NBC News, USA Today, Politico, New York Daily News, @petermorley.bsky.social, @ronfrankl.bsky.social, Alternet.org, The Independent, @timobrien.bsky.social, @joel_montfort@threads.net, @pnwdreadpirate.bsky.social, @BrianJopek@mastodon.world, TVNewsCheck, @ejfagan.com, The 19th, @jakesherman, FierceHealthcare, @keithboykin.bsky.social, @thedesk.net, STAT, @davidmwessel.bsky.social, Healthcare Dive, Trending Politics …, Rolling Stone, NPR, People, CBS News, Protect Our Care, Deadline, The Hollywood Reporter, Business Insider, New York Post and WHEC.com
Charlotte Klein / New York Magazine:
Sources detail continued financial losses at WaPo, internal competition for the top newsroom job, and staff dissatisfaction with a new return-to-office policy — Even before 250,000 digital readers unsubscribed from the Washington Post in protest, the paper was on track to lose at least as much money as it lost last year: $77 million.
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Fox News, @claeshs.bsky.social, @charlottetklein.bsky.social, New York Post and @nymag
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