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4:30 AM ET, November 12, 2025

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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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Ellise Shafer / Variety:
Outgoing BBC DG Tim Davie acknowledges that the BBC “did make a mistake” in Panorama's Trump edit, but says “I think we've got to fight for our journalism”
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
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
Vanity Fair:
Vanity Fair announces new hires, including Ta-Nehisi Coates as senior staff writer and Adrienne Green as executive editor, plus new contributing editors  —  Ta-Nehisi Coates, Adrienne Green, José Criales-Unzueta, Marisa Meltzer, and more join the magazine
Discussion: @vanityfair.com and Daily Mail
Anna Kaminski / Kansas Reflector:
The US 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 …
Sarah Scire / Nieman Lab:
Amid US public media funding cuts, a look at how the model of private donations can lead to an audience that's older, whiter, and richer than average Americans  —  After years of interviews, research, and writing, Laura Garbes submitted the final draft of her book on public radio in December 2024.
Sara Germano / The Information:
Sources: Versant, the NBCUniversal spinoff, is exploring a sale of its youth sports management app SportsEngine; NBC bought SportsEngine in 2016  —  Versant, Comcast's planned spinoff of its cable channels, is exploring a sale of its youth sports management app, SportsEngine, people familiar with the matter said.
Discussion: The Wrap
Matthew Keys / TheDesk.net:
DirecTV launches DirecTV Elect, an AI-driven political ad platform offering access to CTV ad inventory across DirecTV and US cable networks  —  Political advertising has been a cash cow of the local broadcast television industry for decades.  Now, satellite and streaming TV provider DIRECTV is hoping to chip away at that lead.
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.
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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”
Matthew Keys / TheDesk.net:
Montreal-based music and video distributor Stingray Group is acquiring TuneIn for up to $175M, in a deal expected to close by the end of 2025  —  TuneIn, a streaming audio and radio platform that offers access to hundreds of thousands of live music streams, is being acquired by Stingray Music …
Ben Schoon / 9to5Google:
Puck: Disney offered YouTube the same rates as major distributors, at least for ESPN, but YouTube wants to pay less; Disney is losing $30M/week without YouTube  —  The YouTube TV and Disney feud continues to rage on, with the latest reporting suggesting that YouTube TV may now be the hang-up …
Nicole Sperling / New York Times:
FilmLA: in Q3, LA-based commercial production dropped 18% YoY and was 40% lower than the five-year average, leaving a major hole in industry workers' safety net  —  Commercial production has long been crucial to sustaining entertainment workers in the Los Angeles area.  But it continues to plummet.
 
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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
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
Todd Spangler / Variety:
ElevenLabs launches Iconic Voice Marketplace for licensing AI versions of famous voices, including Michael Caine's; Matthew McConaughey invests in the company
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
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?”
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Ernesto Van der Sar / TorrentFreak:
A Danish court sentences a man for sharing 347+ copyrighted nude scenes on Reddit featuring 100+ actresses and 25TB+ of pirated content via a torrent tracker
Discussion: Ars Technica and 404 Media
Adam Leventhal / The Athletic:
How US-based ACE, led by the MPA, took down illegal sports streamer Streameast, which had 136M global users per month, £4.9M in ad revenue, and ~£150K in crypto
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
 

 
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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

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

Casey Newton / Platformer:
A look back at five years of Meta's Oversight Board, whose rulings on the relatively small number of cases it hears have generally had limited impact
 
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