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David Folkenflik / NPR:
In the past two weeks, at least three WaPo editorials have taken on matters in which Jeff Bezos has a financial or corporate interest without noting his stake — A year ago, in explaining why he had blocked the publication of an endorsement of Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris …
Dade Hayes / Deadline:
CNN launches its new All Access streaming subscription tier for $6.99 per month, including live channels and on-demand video, after shutting down CNN+ in 2022 — CNN is ushering in a new era today with the launch of its All Access subscription streaming tier.
Christopher Palmeri / Bloomberg:
Sources: David Ellison will keep WBD mostly intact in a possible Paramount merger, merge HBO Max into Paramount+, keep creative teams, and target 30 films/year — Paramount Skydance Corp. plans to keep much of Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. intact if it merges with the rival film and TV studio …
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Committee to Protect Journalists:
Turkey arrests TELE1 chief editor Merdan Yanardağ as part of an “espionage” investigation and seizes control of TELE1, which stopped broadcasting on October 24 — Turkish authorities should release TELE1 chief editor Merdan Yanardağ and withdraw the order to assign …
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Sharon Waxman / The Wrap:
Source: Taylor Sheridan's NBCUniversal deal is worth $1B+; a movie deal starts in 2026 and will run for eight years while a TV deal starts at the end of 2028 — Television blockbuster talent Taylor Sheridan shocked Hollywood by signing a $1 billion+ deal with NBCUniversal and leaving behind …
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Sharon Waxman on LinkedIn, The A.V. Club, Deadline, Screen Rant, TV Insider and The Hollywood Reporter
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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
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
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Washington Post:
Grokipedia, a Grok-based encyclopedia, launches with 885K+ articles, drawing from Wikipedia content; Elon Musk called it “a massive improvement” over Wikipedia — The right-leaning tech magnate is touting his own online encyclopedia as an unbiased alternative, but it went down after about an hour.
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Agence France-Presse:
Meta and TikTok say they will comply with Australia's under-16 social media ban, taking effect on December 10, but warn the landmark law may be hard to enforce — Tech giants Meta and TikTok said Tuesday they will obey Australia's under-16 social media ban but warned the landmark laws could prove difficult to enforce.
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Michael J. de la Merced / New York Times:
Livestream marketplace Whatnot raised $225M at an $11.5B valuation, after raising $265M at a $4.97B valuation in January, taking its total funding to $968M — The start-up is among the biggest names in a fast-growing part of e-commerce that is effectively a kind of QVC for the TikTok era.
Kayla Cobb / The Wrap:
Adobe partners with YouTube to offer a Create for YouTube Shorts feature in the Premiere mobile app, letting creators instantly publish video, launching soon — The “Create for YouTube Shorts” option will be coming to the Premiere mobile app and will be available on YouTube
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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 …
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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
Source: Bari Weiss is looking to poach conservatives from other networks and met with CNN personality Scott Jennings; Weiss reportedly approached Bret Baier
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Mediaite, Poynter, TV Insider, @willsommer, The Western Journal, @newsjennifer.bsky.social, Deadline, RedState, IJR, Townhall, I Might Be Wrong, Instapundit, @karlbode.com, New York Post, @stroligus.bsky.social, @passantino.bsky.social, Fox News, FTVLive, @passantino.bsky.social, @newsjennifer.bsky.social, @oliverdarcy.bsky.social and @robertscotthorton.bsky.social
Dylan Wells / Washington Post:
A look at podcasts hosted by potential 2028 US presidential candidates; Senator Ted Cruz's podcast leads with 1.8M average monthly downloads and views — A guide to political podcasts from potential candidates. Not all of them are riveting. — When California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) …
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@maxwelltani, @mannyfidel, @noahbierman, @maxwelltani and @dylanewells
Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
An interview with Condé Nast CEO Roger Lynch about shifting the company's business model from print and web ads to events, paywalls, and other revenue sources — Vogue parent wants to create ‘cultural moments’ as magazines face traffic declines and AI disruption
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@dannygroner.bsky.social, Cosmopolitan, @alexbruell, Vogue and C21Media
Marc Hogan / New York Times:
A look at Live Nation's Setlist.fm, a wiki-like site with 80M annual users that changed live music by letting users document songs that artists play at concerts — Live music used to be a guessing game. Concert times were posted, but exactly when the headlining performers would take the stage …
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@mattsebastian.com, @Neddyo@shakedown.social and @samadams.bsky.social
