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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 …
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 — Sources say Robbie Gibb amplified criticisms of Trump, Gaza and trans rights coverage, and had ‘a lot of oxygen in the room’
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
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” — Outgoing BBC director general Tim Davie, who resigned on Sunday amid a scandal over documentary program …
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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
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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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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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.
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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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 — Online reaction to the news about September's takedown of Streameast, the world's largest illegal sports streaming platform, was instructive.
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 — A Danish court has handed down a historic verdict, convicting a Reddit moderator in the country's first-ever criminal case for violating copyright's “right of respect”.
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Greensburg Tribune-Review:
A US appeals court panel orders the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette to restore striking journalists' benefits from 2017, ruling the paper bargained in bad faith — Because you are coming from a location (Texas) covered by a Privacy Law, many of the features of TribLIVE.com, like videos and social media elements are disabled.
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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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