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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's 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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Peter Kafka / Business Insider:
Fox News ran a story based on AI-generated videos about SNAP beneficiaries before correcting the story; Newsmax aired a similar segment with AI-generated clips — - “Fake News” used to be a real news story you didn't like. — Fox News fell for one. Did one of the world's most high-profile AI experts get tripped up, too?
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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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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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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
ESPN plans to make its College Gameday telecast available on host Pat McAfee's X account, as Disney and YouTube TV continue to spar over a new carriage deal
ESPN plans to make its College Gameday telecast available on host Pat McAfee's X account, as Disney and YouTube TV continue to spar over a new carriage deal
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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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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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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.
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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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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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.
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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