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7:05 AM ET, October 28, 2025

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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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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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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
CBS Evening News co-anchor John Dickerson says he plans to leave the network at the end of 2025
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.
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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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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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
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 …
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.
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.
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.
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 …
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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
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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
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
 

 
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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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