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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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Stevie Bonifield / The Verge:
Japanese trade association CODA, representing Studio Ghibli, Square Enix and others, demands OpenAI to 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.
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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Max Tani / Semafor:
Source: Vanity Fair editor Mark Guiducci asked staff to stop covering Prince Andrew's daughters, as the magazine takes a deferential approach to celebrities — THE SCOOP — Five months into his tenure, and as Vanity Fair's coverage of one of the great royal scandals of a generation reached its apex …
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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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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Sony is considering charging movie streaming fees based partly on online performance rather than box office only, as some theatrical flops become streaming hits — Movie studios are rethinking how to get the most value out of their films in the streaming age
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Matt Craig / Forbes:
A look at VideoAmp, which claims ad spending based on its data rose from $300M annually to $3B over the past three years, and is considered a real Nielsen rival — With viewership data underpinning $60 billion in television advertising, an industry behemoth is suddenly facing questions about whether it is …
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Katie Notopoulos / Business Insider:
Grokipedia's content often closely mirrors Wikipedia except for some political topics, but its use of AI makes it better than Wikipedia for some obscure entries — - A lot of the non-political entries are just direct copies of Wikipedia. — But in certain cases, Grokipedia improved …
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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.
Raechel Thankam Job / Reuters:
The UK CMA says it will launch an in-depth investigation into Getty and Shutterstock's proposed merger after their proposed remedies failed to address concerns — Britain's competition watchdog said on Monday it will launch an in-depth investigation into the proposed merger between U.S.-based Getty Images …
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