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12:05 PM ET, November 12, 2025

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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
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Kamal Ahmed, who previously hosted The Telegraph's The Daily T podcast, leaves to join Fortune as executive editorial director for UK and Europe  —  Kamal Ahmed is leaving The Telegraph to join business publisher Fortune as executive editorial director for UK and Europe.
Ian Youngs / BBC:
UK PM Keir Starmer says he supports “a strong and independent BBC” but it must get its “house in order” as some people “would rather the BBC didn't exist”  —  The prime minister has said the BBC must “get their house in order” when mistakes are made …
Steven Zeitchik / The Hollywood Reporter:
AI startup Kartel names longtime TV exec Kevin Reilly as CEO; earlier in 2025, Kartel released a sizzle reel with an AI-generated Eminem, Snoop Dogg, and others  —  The longtime TV exec, with successful turns at NBC, Fox and Turner, is becoming CEO of the Beverly Hills-based company.
Discussion: The Wrap, Variety, Deadline and Axios
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Tubi announces its first slate of creator-led shows, including with YouTuber Joey Graceffa, as it seeks to expand emerging talent's access to Hollywood  —  Tubi, Fox Corp.'s free ad-supported streaming service, announced its first slate of exclusive digital-first creator series from Joey Graceffa …
Lily Ford / The Hollywood Reporter:
BBC Studios appoints Alice Taylor, who previously led Disney's StudioLAB, as the head of its new AI Creative Lab to ensure “ethical, editorially sound” output  —  At a time when fear is heightened around AI's impact on the industry, Taylor will ensure the BBC AI Creative Lab's output is …
Discussion: Deadline
Adam Leventhal / The Athletic:
Amazon says it is rolling out a tougher approach to combat illegal sports streaming on Fire TV Stick devices, aiming to block apps that stream pirated content  —  Amazon is rolling out a tougher approach to combat illegal streaming, with the United States-based tech company aiming …
Jin Yu Young / New York Times:
Bonhams says it sold three Bob Ross paintings at an LA auction for $600K+, with the proceeds going to support US public broadcasters, and plans to sell 27 more  —  Three Bob Ross paintings sold at auction in Los Angeles for over $600,000 on Tuesday, the first of 30 canvases by the artist …
Naman Ramachandran / Variety:
Tencent Music reports Q3 revenue up 20.6% YoY to $1.19B, online music services revenue up 27.2% YoY to $979M, and subscription revenue up 17.2% YoY to $632M  —  Tencent Music Entertainment Group, China's dominant online music and audio platform, reported strong third-quarter financial results …
Discussion: Benzinga, Tencent Music and TechNode
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.
 
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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
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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
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Meta adds new Threads features for podcasters, as it tries to make the social network the de facto place for people to talk about shows and engage with creators
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
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
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
 

 
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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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