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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Trump threatens to sue the BBC over the Panorama edit, seeking “no less than $1B in damages” if he does not get a full retraction and an apology — A lawyer for President Trump said the BBC's editing of a speech he gave was “defamatory.” The broadcaster apologized on Monday for an “error in judgment.”
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Jake Kanter / Deadline:
At an all-hands, BBC chair Samir Shah dismissed concerns of a Conservative coup at the BBC as “fanciful”; source: Gibb did not want DG Tim Davie to resign — As Deadline reported on Monday, a theory has taken root at the BBC positing that board member Robbie Gibb …
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The Guardian and @aljwhite.bsky.social
Michael Savage / The Guardian:
Inside the downfall of the BBC's top bosses: many see their departure as part of a wider political effort to shift BBC reporting to the right on key issues — The whirlwind that started when Deborah Turness came under attack at a board meeting is part of a wider political story, some say
Michael Savage / The Guardian:
Sources: BBC board member Robbie Gibb, who has links to the Conservative party, “led the charge” in pressuring the BBC's leadership over claims of systemic bias
Max Goldbart / Deadline:
In Parliament, the UK's culture secretary says concerns about the BBC are legitimate but some politicians are “launching a sustained attack on the institution”
In Parliament, the UK's culture secretary says concerns about the BBC are legitimate but some politicians are “launching a sustained attack on the institution”
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Sky News, Mirror, @jakekanter.bsky.social, GB News and The Spectator Australia
Ellise Shafer / Variety:
Report: at a town hall, outgoing BBC DG Tim Davie said that “we did make a mistake” in Panorama's Trump edit but “we've got to fight for our journalism”
Report: at a town hall, outgoing BBC DG Tim Davie said that “we did make a mistake” in Panorama's Trump edit but “we've got to fight for our journalism”
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Lewis Goodall / Goodall and Good Luck:
An ex-BBC editor says Panorama's editing error is a minor issue exaggerated by right-wing newspapers and social media, but the BBC needs major internal reforms
An ex-BBC editor says Panorama's editing error is a minor issue exaggerated by right-wing newspapers and social media, but the BBC needs major internal reforms
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Ellise Shafer / Variety:
BBC Chair Samir Shah says the Panorama edit “did give the impression of a direct call for violent action” and apologizes for the “error of judgement”
BBC Chair Samir Shah says the Panorama edit “did give the impression of a direct call for violent action” and apologizes for the “error of judgement”
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Anna Kaminski / Kansas Reflector:
The county involved in the 2023 raid of the Marion County Record in Kansas agrees to pay a cumulative $3M to three journalists and a city councilor — Record editor says court cases against city continue — TOPEKA — The county involved in a small-town Kansas newspaper raid in 2023 …
Justin Baragona / The Independent:
Sources: Bari Weiss has complained that CBS News' Standards and Practices team has “too much power” and asked “what's the point of standards?” — EXCLUSIVE: Internal rumblings within the newsroom come after the S&P head resigned and the network disbanded its vaunted Race and Culture unit.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Paramount Skydance plans to increase Paramount+ prices in the US starting January 15; monthly rates will rise $1, ad-supported tier will rise $30 to $90/year — David Ellison's Paramount Skydance is planning to spend more on content — and at the same time, it's going to charge more for streaming.
Reuters:
Paramount says it will invest $1.5B+ to grow its streaming business and revitalize its film studio in 2026; David Ellison says its 2025 films “underperformed” — Paramount Skydance (PSKY.O) said it will make incremental programming investments of more than $1.5 billion next year …
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Paramount releases its first earnings since the Skydance takeover, reporting Q3 revenue of $6.7B, DTC revenue up 17% YoY, and a $257M net loss; PSKY jumps 5%+
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Reuters:
A Munich court sides with Germany's music rights society GEMA in a case against OpenAI, saying OpenAI can't use song lyrics without a license; OpenAI can appeal — A German court on Tuesday sided with the country's music rights society GEMA in a closely watched copyright case against U.S.-based artificial intelligence firm OpenAI.
Adam Chitwood / The Wrap:
Study: among the top 100 Spotify podcasts in the US in 2024, 64% were hosted by men, 77% of hosts were white, and 62.6% of 4K+ episodes had no woman guests — The podcasting medium significantly trails the diversity of other entertainment avenues — The hosts of the top 100 podcasts …
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Annenberg Inclusion Initiative
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Major streaming platforms are increasingly adopting “pause ads”, which appear when viewers pause content and can include full-screen, interactive formats — A moment that is frozen in time has become one of the media industry's hottest areas of focus.
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Moneycontrol and 9to5Mac
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Threads adds new features for podcasters, as it tries to become the de facto place for people to talk about shows and engage with creators — Threads, Meta's competitor to X, will now begin targeting a specific type of creator: podcasters. The company said on Tuesday that Threads will focus …
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@conno_r@threads.com, @threads@threads.com and Commentary Magazine
Naman Ramachandran / Variety:
Sony Music reports Q2 revenue up 21% YoY to ~$3.5B, operating income up 28% to ~$749M; Sony Pictures' revenue drops 3% to ~$2.2B, operating income falls to $90M — Sony Group Corporation lifted its annual earnings forecast after posting double-digit profit growth for the July-September quarter …
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Dade Hayes / Deadline:
Amazon says ads on Prime Video reach 315M viewers across its series and films, live sports and events, and free, ad-supported live channels — Amazon says advertising on Prime Video now reaches 315 monthly viewers, up from 200 million in April 2024. — The step-up was announced Tuesday at unBoxed …
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