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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 — TV's top creator has just closed a massive deal with rival NBCUniversal for film and TV when his commitments with Paramount are up.
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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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The Wrap, Reuters, @harrymccracken@mastodon …, Business Insider, Puck, Trusted Reviews and Wall Street Journal
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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Decoherence Media, @inlayterms.bsky.social and @decoherence.media
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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IJR, @passantino.bsky.social, @newsjennifer.bsky.social, Townhall, The Western Journal, @karlbode.com, Deadline, New York Post, RedState, Mediaite, @stroligus.bsky.social, @willsommer, FTVLive, @passantino.bsky.social, @newsjennifer.bsky.social, @oliverdarcy.bsky.social, @robertscotthorton.bsky.social, Instapundit and Fox News
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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
CBS Evening News co-anchor John Dickerson says he plans to leave the network at the end of 2025
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John Dickerson on Instagram, Deadline, New York Times, The Hollywood Reporter, The Hill, Mediaite, The Guardian, Washington Post, TV Insider, Newser, National Enquirer, San Francisco Examiner, Los Angeles Times, @bristei.bsky.social, Wall Street Journal, @aaronl1968.bsky.social, @Naureckas@mastodon.world, Us Weekly, New York Post, @futurexander.bsky.social, Adweek, The A.V. Club, The US Sun, @samlitzinger.bsky.social, @danziger.bsky.social, @scottnover, @jamellebouie.net, Washington Times, RADAR, The Wrap, HuffPost, TVLine, @iancasselberry.blog, RedState, @joshgerstein.bsky.social, FTVLive, People, @MikeElgan@mastodon.social, E! Online, TheDesk.net, Raw Story, @joshsternberg.com, Newsbusters, Fox News, Status, IJR, New York Daily News and WUSA
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.
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Deadline, The Wrap, TVNewsCheck, @willoremus, @jeremymbarr, Adweek, @matthewkeyslive, FTVLive, @tsuvik, Los Angeles Times, TV Insider, @deggans, Richard Hudock on LinkedIn, @jeremymbarr, Mediaite and People
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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Engadget, New York Times, Digital Trends, The Commune, Gizchina, The Overspill, Livemint, Cointelegraph, The Indian Express, Digit, Moneycontrol, The Economic Times, NewsMax.com, @janmoleski.bsky.social, @niedermeyer.online, @michaelsderby.bsky.social, Tom's Guide, Livemint, Moneycontrol, @harrisonstephen, Business Insider, Raw Story, The Verge, Axios, Gizmodo, @Wyatt_H_Knott@vermont …, NBC News, @rmac.bsky.social, @romitmehta.com, NDTV Profit, @willoremus.com, @milesklee.bsky.social, @rmac.bsky.social, @kettlebelldan, @nerdjpg.com, @rmac.bsky.social, @jeremyfcohen.bsky.social, Wired and Fox Business, more at Techmeme »
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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
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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Digit, France 24, Daily Sabah, Business Standard, The Guardian, @crucialwax.com, @carnage4life.bsky.social and @willoremus.com
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 — The rise of event cinema has exhibitors nabbing new Imax locations, even as they have their own branded premium large format screens …
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Variety, Engadget, Deadline, WKYC-TV, Inverse, @brendanhodges.bsky.social, @coreyatad.com, The A.V. Club, Screen Rant, /Film and Gizmodo
David Folkenflik / NPR:
A look at the fight between NPR and the CPB over a $36M contract to operate a satellite distribution system for public radio stations — The chasm is widening between NPR and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the nonprofit that funneled federal dollars to public media until Congress killed that funding earlier this year.
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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Cosmopolitan, @alexbruell, Vogue and C21Media
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.
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Salon, The Parnas Perspective, FTVLive, Straight Arrow News, @briantylercohen, @edroso.bsky.social, @markraymond, The Hill, The Daily Caller, New York Post, @mehdirhasan, @timkarr.bsky.social, @ronfilipkowski, @nataliekorach, Poynter, @LilHulkQ@mstdn.social, Townhall, @carlquintanilla.bsky.social, Zeteo, New Republic, @leonardlloyd.bsky.social, @wajali.bsky.social and @passantino.bsky.social
Ted Johnson / Deadline:
NBC News unveils a marketing campaign that attempts to address low trust in news media, promoting the network as a place for “facts”, “clarity”, and “calm” — NBC News unveiled a new marketing campaign on Monday that attempts to address low trust in news media …
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

