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12:10 PM ET, November 13, 2025

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Tony Maglio / The Hollywood Reporter:
Bob Iger says upcoming changes to Disney+ include “game-like features” and “mostly short-form” user-generated content made with generative AI  —  Disney CEO Bob Iger hinted at “productive conversations” with unnamed AI companies that would protect IP but add new features …
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Disney says it plans to “invest approximately $24B in content across Entertainment and Sports in fiscal 2026, an increase of $1B compared to the prior year”  —  The company says it expects to spend $24 billion in content in fiscal 2026, an increase from $23 billion in 2025.
Dade Hayes / Deadline:
Bob Iger says 80% of new sign-ups to ESPN's streaming service, which was launched in August, opt for the bundle that includes Disney+ and Hulu  —  Of the new sign-ups to the service, which offers access to ESPN linear networks, 80% are opting for the “Trio Bundle,” which also includes Disney+ and Hulu …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Disney reports Q4 revenue up 3% YoY to $22.5B, DTC revenue up 8% YoY, and 196M Disney+ and Hulu subscribers, up 12.4M in Q3; DIS drops ~10%
Michael Savage / The Guardian:
Sources: the BBC is prepared to formally apologize to Trump for the Panorama edit; an apology would allow it to push back on wider criticisms of its US coverage  —  The US president has threatened the BBC with a lawsuit over the editing of a Trump speech in an edition of Panorama
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Source: the BBC board held a surprise meeting on November 12 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.
Kevin Collier / NBC News:
A group of former FCC members petition the FCC to repeal its News Distortion policy, invoked by Brendan Carr in the 60 Minutes case, arguing it violates the 1A  —  The policy was directly referenced by FCC Chair Brendan Carr in disputes over Jimmy Kimmel and “60 Minutes.”
Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg:
The EU opens a DMA investigation into Google over allegedly demoting news outlets with promotional content; Google says this is part of its anti-spam efforts  —  Google is under investigation by European Union antitrust watchdogs over concerns it unfairly demotes some news results in a probe …
Erik Wemple / New York Times:
Emails: Michael Wolff, the journalist whose proximity to sources has drawn scrutiny from his peers, advised Jeffrey Epstein on Trump during the 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.
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
TikTok launches Bulletin board, which lets brands and creators share public, one-to-many messages to their followers, similar to Instagram's broadcast channels  —  TikTok announced on Thursday that it's launching “bulletin board,” a new feature that lets brands and creators share public, one-to-many messages to their followers.
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The Guardian:
CBS, NBC, ABC, and Fox News are not currently registered to attend UN global climate conference COP30, and their coverage of negotiations is sparse  —  Figures show none of US ‘big four’ - CBS, NBC, ABC and Fox - appear to have sent teams to cover summit in Belém
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.
 
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Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
NBCUniversal plans to launch cable sports channel NBCSN, with NBA games, Big Ten college football, and more, on November 17; source: NBCU is closing an MLB deal
Jaspreet Singh / Reuters:
Deezer-Ipsos survey of 9,000 music listeners in eight countries: 97% can't distinguish AI-generated music, 73% support clear labelling of AI tracks, and more
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
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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
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
Blake Brittain / Reuters:
OpenAI asks a US federal judge to reverse an order that requires it to turn over 20M anonymized ChatGPT chat logs in the NYT's copyright suit, citing privacy
Michael Savage / The Guardian:
The 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
 

 
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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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