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12:40 AM ET, December 10, 2024

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New York Times:
Sealed doc: Rupert Murdoch failed in an attempt to change his family trust to consolidate Lachlan's control of his empire and lock in Fox News' right-wing bent  —  A Nevada commissioner ruled resoundingly against Mr. Murdoch, who was trying to give full control of his empire to his son Lachlan …
OpenAI:
OpenAI launches Sora in select countries; ChatGPT Pro offers up to 500 videos per month at up to 1080p, and ChatGPT Plus offers up to 50 videos at up to 720p  —  We're moving our video generation model out of research preview.  —  Learn more System Card  —  Our video generation model …
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Marques Brownlee / Marques Brownlee on YouTube:
Review of OpenAI's Sora video generator: can depict very real looking news anchors with news-style cutaways, but telltale signs of AI generated videos remain
David Folkenflik / NPR:
Sources: The Washington Post Acting Executive Editor Matt Murray blocked a story on the departure of Matea Gold, a contender to be WaPo's new executive editor  —  As the Washington Post newsroom awaits the appointment of a new top editor, its acting news chief intervened to block an article …
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The New York Times Company:
Matea Gold, who has been a managing editor of The Washington Post for the past 15 months, joins The New York Times as Washington editor
Bloomberg:
Omnicom Group agrees to buy Interpublic Group in a deal that will create the largest ad company in the world, with a combined $25B+ in annual revenue  —  Under the terms of the agreement announced Monday, Interpublic shareholders will receive 0.344 Omnicom shares for each share of Interpublic common stock they own.
Ben Sisario / New York Times:
Taylor Swift Touring says the Eras Tour made $2B in ticket sales, double the gross of any other concert tour in history, with an average seat price of ~$204  —  Over 21 months, the pop superstar's culture-dominating stage show doubled the gross of its closest competitor, according to ticket sales figures confirmed for the first time.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Comcast and WBD announce a multiyear distribution pact, including letting Comcast bundle Max in the US; Sky will launch the Max app in the UK in April 2025  —  Sky gets U.K. rights to HBO's forthcoming Harry Potter series, will distribute Max in the country
Max Tani / Semafor:
Source: Vox Media will not renew its deal to distribute Taylor Lorenz's video podcast, set to expire at the start of 2025; the first episode aired in March 2024  —  The Scoop  —  Vox Media is ending its deal to distribute Taylor Lorenz's podcast and YouTube show.
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
The Guardian publishes a letter by 125 Guardian and Observer staff contradicting Scott Trust claims of “extensive consultations” with staff over Observer sale  —  The Guardian has published two letters from current and former staff attacking the chair of the Scott Trust, the limited company which owns Guardian Media Group.
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Reach hires Conde Nast executive Ellen Stewart in the new role of performance director for editorial to enhance “data-led decision making” across its newsrooms  —  Ellen Stewart is currently director of content strategy and growth at Conde Nast.
Discussion: HoldtheFrontPage
Jason Koebler / 404 Media:
404 Media is fighting a subpoena from Texas AG Ken Paxton that demands info on reporting and a source to help in an unrelated case TX is pursuing against Google  —  In October, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton subpoenaed 404 Media, demanding that we hand over confidential information …
Ben Smith / Semafor:
Source: Fox is talking to potential acquisition targets in political media, particularly on the right, including Daily Wire and Red Seat Ventures  —  THE SCOOP  —  My colleague Liz Hoffman has written that “SpinCo,” the new proprietor of NBC's cable assets, will be born with a strong balance sheet …
 
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Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
In a staff meeting, LA Times executive editor Terry Tang said Scott Jennings is “not joining staff of LA Times. He's not joining the editorial board”
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
In mockups on GitHub, Bluesky teases Bluesky+, a $72-per-year or $8-per-month subscription offering profile customizations, higher video upload limits, and more
Rebecca Rubin / Variety:
Netflix scores the most Golden Globe nominations of any media company in 2024, with 13 nominations for film and 23 for TV
Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
ITV CEO Carolyn McCall has fared well in an embattled sector, turning around the UK's biggest commercial public broadcaster despite a stubbornly low share price
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Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
GroupM expects global ad industry revenue to hit $1T for the first time in 2024; Google, Meta, ByteDance, Amazon, and Alibaba are set to earn 50%+ of the total
Dade Hayes / Deadline:
Brendan Carr, Donald Trump's pick to chair the FCC, vowed to back local TV stations even if it conflicts “with the interests of national broadcast networks”
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Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Time CEO Jessica Sibley describes Time's shift from reader revenue to direct-to-business sales, ending its paywall, increasing events, and making an OpenAI deal
 

 
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Google debuts Gemini 2.0 and plans to test the model in search and AI Overviews, saying it enables “agents that can think, remember, plan, and even take action”

Igor Bonifacic / Engadget:
Apple rolls out iOS 18.2, iPadOS 18.2, and macOS Sequoia 15.2, with Apple Intelligence features including ChatGPT integration, Image Playground, and Genmoji

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A global outage has hit Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and WhatsApp, starting at approximately 12:40pm ET; Meta says it's “99% of the way” to resolving the issue
 
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