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9:40 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”
Lucia Moses / Business Insider:
Condé Nast employees rallied in New York to protest recent firings and suspensions following Teen Vogue layoffs; NY AG Letitia James joined the rally  —  - NY AG Letitia James joined Condé Nast union staff in protesting recent firings and suspensions.
Erik Wemple / New York Times:
Emails: Michael Wolff gave advice to Jeffrey Epstein about Trump, including suggesting Epstein could “help finish him” at the end of Trump's 2016 campaign  —  Mr. Wolff, it turns out, was enough of an insider to provide advice to Jeffrey Epstein on how to handle his dealings with Donald J. Trump.
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.
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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Michael Savage / The Guardian:
UK's TalkTV says it has fired presenter Mike Graham after he failed to cooperate with an investigation into a racist post on his Facebook account  —  Broadcaster suspended presenter last month over Facebook post he said happened after account was hacked  —  The presenter Mike Graham …
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
 
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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
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Kamal Ahmed, who previously hosted The Telegraph's The Daily T podcast, leaves to join Fortune as executive editorial director for UK and Europe
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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

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The US CFTC announces that spot crypto asset contracts will begin trading for the first time on CFTC-registered futures exchanges
 
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