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5:40 PM ET, November 12, 2025

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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Source: the BBC board held an unexpected meeting Wednesday after President Trump demanded the BBC retract a Panorama documentary about January 6 and apologize  —  The BBC board held an unexpected meeting on Wednesday as the British broadcaster stares down a l egal threat from President Trump, a source told CNN.
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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 …
Rob Davis / ProPublica:
Analysis: Fox News' coverage of Portland ICE protests ahead of Trump's call to send in the National Guard often mischaracterized 2020 videos as being from 2025  —  After reviewing coverage from the network and hours of social media videos that preceded Trump's decision …
Blake Brittain / Reuters:
OpenAI asks a federal judge to reverse an order that required it to turn over 20M anonymized ChatGPT chat logs in NYT's copyright suit, citing privacy concerns  —  OpenAI asked a federal judge in New York on Wednesday to reverse an order that required it to turn over 20 million anonymized …
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Mark Rober, who has nearly 72M followers on his main YouTube channel, launches a free streaming channel on Samsung TV Plus, as the platform focuses on creators  —  Rober joins Dhar Mann, Michelle Khare and Mythical Entertainment as creators on the free streaming platform.
Rob Waugh / Press Gazette:
Google says it is working on a fix to combat the rise of spam sites in its Discover feed in the UK as fake AI-generated news stories gain visibility in the feed  —  Google has promised it is working on a “fix” for spam sites in its Discover app after more fake news stories topped the rankings in the UK last week.
David Shepardson / Reuters:
Two congressmen say David Ellison is “stonewalling congressional oversight” in failing to answer questions or provide documents on the Paramount-Skydance merger  —  The top Democrats on two U.S. House of Representatives committees said Wednesday Paramount Skydance had refused …
Bloomberg:
Ireland's media regulator launches its first formal investigation under the EU DSA, probing X for allegedly failing to remove illegal content reported by users  —  Ireland's media regulator has opened an investigation into Elon Musk's social media platform X, saying that the company is failing to remove content users report as illegal.
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 …
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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.
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 …
Barbara Moens / Financial Times:
Sources: the EU is preparing to probe Google over news publisher rankings in search over claims that Google demotes sites with “third party” promotional content  —  Brussels set to announce new probe under Digital Markets Act despite Trump threats on tariffs
Sohee Kim / Bloomberg:
Disney Asia Pacific president Luke Kang says the company aims to add more live sports to Disney+ and gradually roll out ESPN across Asia  —  Walt Disney Co. is seeking to bring its ESPN sports brand to Asia, stepping up efforts to expand in one of the world's fastest-growing streaming markets.
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