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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
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” — The UK Culture Secretary has given her full-throated backing to the BBC amid the Donald Trump editing crisis …
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New Statesman, Sky News, Mirror, @jakekanter.bsky.social, GB News and The Spectator Australia
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
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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The Guardian, Commentary Magazine, @birdyword, The Indian Express, Metro.co.uk and Press Gazette
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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@ianfraser.bsky.social, @mehdirhasan, @obornetweets, @thetvroom, @lewis_goodall, @steverichards14, The Nerve, @drchrisnewton, @lewis_goodall, @johnsimpsonnews, @markhburton@mstdn.social, @mehdirhasan, The Sun, @eddwilson.bsky.social, Politico, @AlexGallagher@mastodon.scot, GB News, The Guardian and Daily Mail
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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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”
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”
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Observer, The Wrap, The A.V. Club, The Hill, Business Insider, Deadline, FOX 13 Tampa Bay, Proactive, StreamTV Insider, NewsMax.com, Barrett Media, Morningstar, Yahoo Finance, Radio & Television …, Los Angeles Times, TVNewsCheck, Adweek, Benzinga, CNBC, Variety, archive.ph, The Wrap, Bloomberg and The Hollywood Reporter
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.
Columbia Journalism Review:
A look at censorship at student papers in Texas, Iowa, and Oklahoma; at two colleges, students started independent papers after conflicts with administrators — On university campuses, student papers are fighting their own administrations—and sometimes the government—for the right to report.
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@columjournreview.bsky.social, Daily Caller News Foundation, The Indian Express and USA Today
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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Matt Miller on LinkedIn
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.
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TV Tech, TVNewsCheck and Streaming Better
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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NPR and 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
