Mediagazer: Sources: NBCUniversal Vice Chairman Bonnie Hammer plans to leave the company at the end of the year; she has been with the company since 2004 (Brian Steinberg/Variety)

Brian Steinberg / Variety:

Sources: NBCUniversal Vice Chairman Bonnie Hammer plans to leave the company at the end of the year; she has been with the company since 2004 — Bonnie Hammer, a legendary TV executive who has had a hand in popular programs ranging from “This Old House” and “Zoom” to “Monk” and “Mr. Robot …

Discussion: The Wrap, TVNewsCheck, The Hollywood Reporter and Deadline

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:

A growing number of podcasters, including Tim Ferriss, are moving away from interviews to monologues or co-hosts, as some well-known guests can be overexposed — Some prominent podcast hosts are shifting away from interviews in favor of monologues and co-hosts — Hello and welcome back to Soundbite.

Discussion: Alison MacAdam on LinkedIn and Ashley Carman on LinkedIn

Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:

A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule — A New York state judge found Sirius XM Holdings (SIRI.O) liable in New York Attorney General Letitia James' lawsuit accusing …

Discussion: Variety, Deadline, Vox, Digital Music News, The Verge, Forbes and Billboard

Anja Karadeglija / The Canadian Press:

Meta clashes with Canada's CRTC over the Online News Act by declining to publicly release information about its measures to block news content on its platforms — Meta is refusing to publicly disclose information that could determine whether it is subject to the Online News Act despite blocking news from its platforms.

Discussion: Canadian Press

Matthew Keys / The Desk:

DirecTV terminates its Dish acquisition after a group of Dish creditors rejected a modified bond exchange offer — Pay television provider DirecTV on Thursday officially announced it will terminate its agreement to acquire rival satellite company Dish Network and its streaming service Sling TV from Echostar this week.

Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:

Jason Cowley, the editor-in-chief of UK magazine the New Statesman, is stepping down from the position at the end of December after 16 years — New Statesman editor-in-chief Jason Cowley has announced he will step down at the end of December after 16 years at the title.

Discussion: @gabrielmilland.bsky.social, @georgeeaton.bsky.social, The New European, New Statesman, @kevmag.bsky.social, @helenlewis.bsky.social, @kennyf1283.bsky.social and Guido Fawkes

Gene Maddaus / Variety:

WGA East members working for PBS member stations reach a deal, averting a strike; the union says the deal expands protections to animation writers — Writers on “Frontline,” “American Experience,” “NOVA” and other PBS shows have averted a strike after reaching a deal with three affiliates.

Discussion: TVNewsCheck, The Wrap, The Boston Globe, The Hollywood Reporter, AV Club, Writers Guild of America East, @lisatakeuchicullen …, Writers Guild of America East and Deadline

The New York Times Company:

The New York Times names Dick Stevenson as Washington bureau chief; Stevenson has been at the paper for nearly 40 years and Washington editor since 2021 — Dick, who embodies the mission of producing independent journalism, brings decades of experience to the role.

Discussion: The Wrap

Max Goldbart / Deadline:

The English Premier League ends its content partnership with IMG and plans to bring content production and distribution in-house in 2026 — The UK's Premier League soccer is to start producing and distributing its own content for the first time in two decades after ending its partnership with IMG.

Discussion: Advanced Television, Premier League Football News … and @brandonsvg.bsky.social

Mark Sweney / The Guardian:

National World, one of the UK's biggest newspaper groups, gets a £56.2M buyout offer from shareholder Media Concierge, a 40% premium to its Nov. 21 stock price — Media Concierge submits £56.2m cash offer for National World, underbidder in the auction for the Telegraph titles

Discussion: Press Gazette, Financial Times, London Evening Standard and HoldtheFrontPage

Ayodeji Rotinwa / Columbia Journalism Review:

A look at the Agora Center for Research, a Ugandan newsroom sitting between activism and investigative reporting, posting its work on various social media sites — Reporting that pops up in different media, documents as proof, and crowdsourced investigations have revealed corruption.

Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch:

Texas' AG opens a probe into the World Federation of Advertisers to find if it conspired to boycott “certain social media platforms”; X sued the WFA in August — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced on Thursday he is opening an investigation into the World Federation of Advertisers …

Discussion: @elonmusk, @lolagaylec.bsky.social, Techdirt, MediaPost, @kenpaxtontx, Texas Attorney General, Bloomberg Law, New York Post, Washington Examiner, Reclaim The Net and The Post Millennial, more at Techmeme »