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Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post:
Source: Paramount Skydance is expected to name Bari Weiss as CBS News editor-in-chief, reporting to David Ellison, in the coming days, as it buys The Free Press — Paramount Skydance is poised to name Bari Weiss as editor in chief of CBS News in the coming days — giving …
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Ewan Palmer / The Daily Beast:
The Washington Post hires three conservatives as opinion writers: Spectator's Kate Andrews, National Review's Dominic Pino, and Boston Globe's Carine Hajjar — PERSONAL LIBERTIES — They will work for its new opinion editor who admits its readers are “overwhelmingly liberal.”
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Ben Mullin / @benmullin:
Source: The Washington Post's Opinion editor, Adam O'Neal, is laying off six employees and some contractors as part of a plan to shake up the section — scoop: Adam O'Neal, the new Opinion Editor at The Washington Post, is laying off staffers as part of a plan to shake up the section. A source says six employees are affected. I've also been told some contractors are being terminated. Here's one email provided by a source: [image]
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
WBD plans to remove live CNN programming from HBO Max on November 17 as CNN prepares to launch a streaming service — The network is slated to launch its own direct-to-consumer offering later this year. — HBO Max subscribers will lose their live CNN news programming next month.
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WABE:
Mario Guevara, the Spanish-language journalist arrested while filming a Georgia protest in June, is set to be deported to El Salvador on Friday — Mario Guevara, the Atlanta-based Spanish-language journalist who was arrested covering an anti-Trump protest, has been transported …
Reuters:
Google and Comcast's NBCUniversal reach a long-term agreement to keep NBC shows, including Sunday Night Football and America's Got Talent, on YouTube TV — Alphabet's Google (GOOGL.O) and Comcast-owned (CMCSA.O) NBCUniversal said they had reached a long-term agreement to retain availability of NBC shows …
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Tom Warren / The Verge:
Sources: Microsoft is testing ad-supported games streaming internally, allowing employees to play select titles for free without a Game Pass subscription — Microsoft employees can now access an ad-supported version of Xbox Cloud Gaming ahead of a public test.
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David Folkenflik / NPR:
Public radio TV and radio stations have laid off more than 400 employees since losing federal funding this year, according to an online tracker — HARRISBURG, S.D. — Kids clambered onto a fire truck painted white, its rooftop sporting a huge stuffed tiger and a flag waving high …
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Matthew Keys / TheDesk.net:
At a talk, the FCC's Anna Gomez says she's called on the FCC to define “public interest” so the agency can't weaponize the term to censor TV and radio stations — Speaking at an event on Thursday, FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez called on the agency to issue a rule that defines a broadcaster's public interest obligation.
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Jason Koebler / 404 Media:
OpenAI's Sora 2 generates copyright infringing content, including numerous AI-generated clips featuring SpongeBob, Pokémon, Mario, Rick and Morty, and Star Wars — Within moments of opening OpenAI's new AI slop app Sora, I am watching Pikachu steal Poké Balls from a CVS.
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Hollywood insiders raise concerns over Sora's unauthorized use of artists' IP; WME told OpenAI that all its clients are opting out of having their IP in Sora
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Gretel Kahn / Reuters Institute:
A look at how the Canadian Journalism Collective has distributed Google's annual CA$100M payment under the Online News Act; 400+ outlets have received funds — Four managers discuss who's left behind and what it means for democracy — Since May 2025, Canadian outlets have begun to receive …
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Q&A with Jack Davenport, co-founder of podcast producer Goalhanger, which has 70M streams per month and ~55 staff, on the cost of shifting to video, and more — With 70 million full-episode streams per month, averaging 40 minutes per show, Goalhanger is now among the biggest publishers in the UK.
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