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12:50 PM ET, October 27, 2025

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Max Tani / Semafor:
Source: Bari Weiss is looking to poach conservatives from other networks and met with CNN personality Scott Jennings; Weiss reportedly approached Bret Baier  —  Bari Weiss hasn't said much publicly about the direction she wants to take CBS News in.  But her office meeting calendar is starting to show clues.
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
MSNBC President Rebecca Kutler says the news channel will officially rebrand from MSNBC to MS NOW on November 15, ahead of the planned spinoff into Versant  —  The rebrand of the cable news channel will take place Nov. 15, with a marketing effort launching next week.
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
CBS Evening News co-anchor John Dickerson says he plans to leave the network at the end of 2025  —  John Dickerson will leave CBS News at the end of the year, a move that will inevitably raise questions about the future direction of “CBS Evening News,” which he has been co-anchoring …
Matthew Belloni / Puck:
Sources: Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan is leaving Paramount after closing a major film and TV deal with NBCU; he was unhappy with Paramount's new regime  —  TV's top creator has just closed a massive deal with rival NBCUniversal for film and TV when his commitments with Paramount are up.
Natalie Korach / Status:
Sources: CNN staff were taken aback when Mark Thompson suggested easing up on covering Trump's East Wing demolition after a rare White House visit last week  —  CNN chief Mark Thompson made a rare appearance at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., according to multiple people familiar with the matter.
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Sources: Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos told friends that he is interested in acquiring WBD's IP, including HBO, contrasting with co-CEO Greg Peters' skepticism  —  Its CEO tries to head off Paramount's offer.  BTS plans its biggest tour ever.  —  Good afternoon from Los Angeles, and thank you to Yoshinobu Yamamoto.
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Michael Sainato / The Guardian:
ICE detained British journalist Sami Hamdi on October 26 at SFO; the Council on American-Islamic Relations says it was retaliation for his criticism of Israel  —  Trump ally Laura Loomer took credit for Sami Hamdi's detainment in move denounced as ‘affront to free speech’
New York Times:
US progressives are embracing debate shows long used by conservatives, seeing the format as a more authentic alternative to “spoon-fed” political talking points  —  As millions tune in to hyperpartisan face-offs on YouTube or TikTok, can the left find its own Charlie Kirk?
Discussion: New York Daily News
Max Tani / Semafor:
Ex-Bellingcat journalist Tristan Lee and open-source researcher Jennefer Harper launch Decoherence Media to cover “authoritarian and anti-democratic movements”  —  Two veteran data journalists are launching a new investigative publication to cover rising authoritarianism from the shadowy corners of the internet.
 
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Will Oremus / Washington Post:
A profile of Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger, who left in 2002 and whose claims that Wikipedia has a liberal bias are fueling the right's campaign against it
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Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
YouTube says it paid out $8B+ to the music industry in the 12 months to June 2025, up from $6B+ in 2022 and $4B+ in 2021
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Netflix shuts down Boss Fight Entertainment, the game studio behind mobile game Squid Game: Unleashed, after acquiring it in March 2022
 

 
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Kif Leswing / CNBC:
Apple says general counsel Kate Adams and policy chief Lisa Jackson will retire, and Jennifer Newstead, Meta's former chief legal officer, will replace Adams

Mike Isaac / New York Times:
Meta says it is shifting some of its investment from metaverse toward AI glasses and wearables, and “we aren't planning any broader changes than that”

A.J. Vicens / Reuters:
US and Canadian authorities warn that Chinese hackers are using the Brickstorm malware to install backdoor access within unnamed government and IT entities
 
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