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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.
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 …
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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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Paul Tenorio / The Athletic:
Sources: Apple and Major League Soccer agree to make all MLS games available on Apple TV for no extra charge in 2026, ending the MLS Season Pass subscription — PALM BEACH, Fla. — MLS will no longer be behind a separate paywall on Apple TV beginning in 2026.
Matt Kapko / CyberScoop:
WaPo confirms personal data on ~10K employees and contractors was stolen from July 10 to August 22; it is among dozens of Oracle customers hit by Clop hackers — The newspaper said a “bad actor” contacted the company in late September, prompting an investigation that nearly a month later confirmed the extent of compromise.
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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.
Laura Pitel / Financial Times:
Bertelsmann, which oversees Penguin Random House, BMG, and RTL, appoints Thomas Coesfeld as CEO; he beat his older brother to run the family-owned business — Thomas Coesfeld, 35, gets nod to run Penguin Random House and BMG owner in early 2027 — A 35-year-old scion of the family …
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
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