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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
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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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 …
Discussion: Reuters
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.
Lucas Manfredi / The Wrap:
E.W. Scripps agrees to sell its Indianapolis ABC affiliate station WRTV to Circle City Broadcasting for $83M; Scripps agreed to sell WFTX for $40M in September  —  The deal will close following receipt of regulatory and other customary approvals  —  E.W. Scripps has reached an agreement …
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.
Max Goldbart / Deadline:
The BBC says its Doctor Who partnership with Disney, which gave Disney+ global streaming rights, ended after two years and it is “fully committed to Doctor Who”  —  It's been rumored for months and now it has become reality. … The BBC confirmed that the show will continue …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
YouTube TV signs a distribution deal with Bloomberg Media, adding Bloomberg TV+, a live 24-hour news channel, and Bloomberg Originals  —  Google's YouTube TV is adding two channels from Bloomberg Media to its lineup, one with live 24-hour news and the other with the media company's original series and documentaries.
Discussion: The Wrap and VICE
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.
 
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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
Sharon Waxman / The Wrap:
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Marcus Mendes / 9to5Mac:
Meta launches “ghost posts” on Threads, letting users share “unfiltered thoughts” in posts that disappear after 24 hours; replies will appear as a DM
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
Etan Vlessing / The Hollywood Reporter:
Cinemark signs a deal with Imax to add 17 theaters, including four new US Imax laser projection screens, amid a rise in event cinema like Avatar: Fire and Ash
 

 
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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

Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg:
Sources: Meta is considering deep budget cuts to its metaverse efforts in 2026, potentially as high as 30% and most likely including layoffs as early as January

Will Oremus / Washington Post:
Two studies suggest AI chatbots can shift political views more effectively than TV campaign ads, especially by presenting many claims, regardless of accuracy
 
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