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4:10 PM ET, November 26, 2024

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Jason Koebler / 404 Media:
X files an objection to including X accounts belonging or related to Infowars in the outlet's bankruptcy auction, arguing it has ownership of all X accounts  —  “X CORP. OWNS THE X ACCOUNTS.”  —  On Monday, X filed an objection in The Onion's bid to buy InfoWars out of bankruptcy.
Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
CNN confirms Kaitlan Collins as its chief White House correspondent; she will become CNN's first prime-time anchor to also serve as its top White House reporter  —  For the first time, a prime-time anchor will also serve as the network's lead White House reporter.
Mark Mwachiro / Adweek:
Norah O'Donnell plans her last CBS Evening News broadcast as anchor for January 24, 2025  —  The third place newscast is undergoing a major overhaul in 2025  —  Norah O'Donnell's tenure as CBS Evening News anchor will end on Friday, Jan. 24.  —  The network made the internal announcement on Friday …
Discussion: Variety and USA Today
Takashi Mochizuki / Bloomberg:
Sony buying Kadokawa would help reduce its reliance on outside publishers for anime IP and build out its own portfolio to support PlayStation and other products  —  Sony Group Corp. is flirting with one of the biggest takeovers in the history of Japan's storied entertainment sector.  But first...
Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:
The Animation Guild reaches a tentative three-year deal with streaming services and studios for members in the LA area with AI protections and wage increases  —  The negotiations with Hollywood studios and streamers, which stalled over AI, was framed as a “do-or-die” moment by union members.
Carlos Greer / Page Six:
In his new memoir, former ABC News anchor Kendis Gibson claims that a toxic work culture and racism at the network contributed to a suicide attempt in 2018  —  A new memoir by former “World News Now” anchor Kendis Gibson depicts a workplace culture at ABC News fraught with alleged hazing …
Bill Donahue / Billboard:
Drake initiates legal action against UMG and Spotify for allegedly using bots, payola, and more to pump Kendrick Lamar's Not Like Us, a track that attacks Drake  —  Drake has initiated legal action against Universal Music Group (UMG) and Spotify over allegations that the two companies conspired …
Sam Tobin / Reuters:
Prince Harry's phone-hacking lawsuit against News Group Newspaper will go to trial in January 2026, with the parties' legal costs set to exceed £38M  —  Prince Harry and other high-profile British figures' privacy lawsuits against the Daily Mail newspaper's publisher will go to trial in early 2026 …
Carmen Reinicke / Bloomberg:
Conservative video streaming platform Rumble hires Guy Beahm, aka Dr Disrespect, to lead Rumble Gaming; RUM rises 13%+ to its highest level since May 2024  —  - Amazon's Twitch platform banned Guy Beahm four years ago … Guy Beahm will stream both free and premium content on the platform …
Marc Fisher / Nieman Reports:
A look at the changes made by hard-right TV mogul David Smith at The Baltimore Sun and the anxiety over his plans for the paper inside the shrunken newsroom  —  David Smith built a television empire on sensational, crime-saturated newscasts.  Then he bought Maryland's premier newspaper.
Ben Smith / Semafor:
Public figures are asking their PR advisers to reach out to podcasters like Joe Rogan and other right-leaning platforms after Trump's success in the US election  —  The News  —  Corporate executives and other public figures emerged from this month's election with a new task for their handlers …
Hua Hsu / New Yorker:
A look at Giant Robot, a magazine published from 1994 to 2011 that explored Asian American pop culture and peaked with a circulation of ~27K in the early 2000s  —  The magazine explored Asian American culture, without dwelling too much on what that meant.  —  The first issue …
 
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Dominic Patten / Deadline:
Filing: Disney agrees to pay $43.25M to settle a 2019 lawsuit over pay equity for up to 14,000 female Disney employees; the trial was set to begin in May 2025
Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch:
IMAX partners with Dubai-based startup Camb.ai to use its AI speech models to translate original content, including documentaries
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Washington Post:
The US DOJ and Google made their closing arguments in the ad-market antitrust case before Judge Leonie Brinkema, who expressed some skepticism toward both sides
David Gilmour / Mediaite:
Elon Musk appears to confirm that posts containing links in their main text are deprioritized on X, saying it is to stop “lazy linking”
Paul Sawers / TechCrunch:
Italian private equity firm Bending Spoons plans to take cloud video management and monetization platform Brightcove private in a deal valued at $233M
 

 
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OpenAI:
OpenAI says its board of directors is evaluating its corporate structure, including a plan to turn its for-profit arm into a Delaware Public Benefit Corporation

Bloomberg:
Montenegro says Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon will be extradited to the US, potentially ending a standoff over competing demands by the US and South Korea

Reuters:
Experts say hackers compromised several companies' Chrome browser extensions, including Cyberhaven's, in a series of intrusions dating back to mid-December
 
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