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Sean James / Mediaite:
In an unaired segment of his 60 Minutes interview on November 2, Trump said CBS paid him a lot of money to settle his lawsuit over Kamala Harris' 2024 interview — One part of President Donald Trump's 60 Minutes interview on Sunday that did not air live: The president gloating that CBS paid …
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Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
Trump praised Skydance's Paramount takeover and Bari Weiss' appointment, saying it is the “greatest thing” that has happened “to a free and open and good press” — Trump brags ' ‘60 Minutes’ paid me a lotta money' in his first interview with the newsmagazine in 5 years
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Jeremy Barr / The Guardian:
60 Minutes heavily edited down its interview with President Trump, after previously settling with him over editing a pre-election interview with Kamala Harris — Trump said Paramount's sale to David and Larry Ellison was 'greatest thing that's happened in a long time' for free press
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Vogue:
Teen Vogue is joining Vogue.com, but will keep its own identity; Vogue Head of Editorial Content Chloe Malle will lead Teen Vogue, as EIC Versha Sharma leaves — The transition, in which Teen Vogue will keep its unique editorial identity and mission, fortifies the evolving Vogue ecosystem.
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Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:
Condé United and The NewsGuild “strongly condemn” Teen Vogue's consolidation, saying it will throttle staff diversity and blunt its progressive political bent
Condé United and The NewsGuild “strongly condemn” Teen Vogue's consolidation, saying it will throttle staff diversity and blunt its progressive political bent
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
YouTube rejects Disney's request to restore ABC on November 4, Election Day, amid an ongoing blackout caused by a dispute over rate hikes and pricing — The war of words between Disney and Google continues — on the fourth day of the blackout of ESPN, ABC and other Disney networks on YouTube TV amid a fee dispute.
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Katie Deighton / Wall Street Journal:
Coca-Cola releases upgraded AI-generated ads for 2025 holidays, after finding people didn't know or care about the use of AI, despite criticism for its 2024 ads — ‘Holidays Are Coming’ faster and cheaper for the soda giant, which caught heat last year for its AI-generated ads
Emma Jacobs / Financial Times:
Corporate podcasts are increasingly incorporating video elements, with major companies like IBM and Google producing video interviews featuring executives — Hybrid shows are the latest trend as multimedia corporate communications seek more platforms and bigger audiences
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Washington Post:
Source: Laura Loomer has been credentialed to cover the Pentagon, joining a new cohort of right-wing media that have agreed to the Pentagon's new press policy — The far-right activist and former congressional candidate has repeatedly criticized defense officials on her website …
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Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
TikTok announces its first ever TikTok Awards show in the US; the live event will take place on December 18 and will be streamed on the TikTok app and on Tubi — TikTok announced on Monday that it's launching its first-ever TikTok Awards show in the U.S. The awards will include …
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Tony Maglio / The Hollywood Reporter:
Paramount says Jon Stewart has renewed his contract to executive produce and partially host The Daily Show through 2026 — Monday nights will look the same. — Jon Stewart has re-upped his deal to executive produce The Daily Show and host it on a part-time basis, Paramount announced on Monday.
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Stevie Bonifield / The Verge:
Japanese trade association CODA, representing Studio Ghibli, Square Enix and others, demands that OpenAI stop using their copyrighted content to train Sora 2 — Japanese trade association CODA says Sora 2's opt-out policy may have violated copyright law.
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Corbin Bolies / The Wrap:
The California Post, the New York Post's planned West Coast offshoot, hires Breitbart Senior Editor-at-Large Joel Pollak as its opinion editor — Pollack marks the first top hire since the Murdoch-owned Post named its inaugural editor in chief — The New York Post's West Coast offshoot …
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Etan Vlessing / The Hollywood Reporter:
FuboTV reports Q3 revenue down 2.3% YoY to $368.6M, with a net loss of $18.8M, down from $52.4M YoY, and 1.63M subscribers, up 1%; FUBO drops 7% — The latest financial results comes as Fubo combines its video service with Hulu + Live TV to shake up the streaming TV business.
