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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Source: the BBC board held an unexpected meeting on November 12 after President Trump demanded the BBC retract a Panorama documentary on 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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Alan Rusbridger / The Observer:
A profile of BBC board member Robbie Gibb, a conservative and a former owner of the Jewish Chronicle who has a history of editorial interventions — The ‘proper Thatcherite Conservative’ who Boris Johnson installed on the board has form as an editorial meddler, and the signs are he's not done yet
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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.
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.
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 …
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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 …
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 — The network, named NBCSN, will launch on Monday — NBCUniversal is adding to its mix of sports offerings Monday by launching a new cable channel, dubbed NBCSN.
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 …
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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 — A staggering 97% of listeners cannot distinguish between artificial intelligence-generated and human-composed songs …
Blake Brittain / Reuters:
OpenAI asks a US federal judge to reverse an order that required it to turn over 20M anonymized ChatGPT chat logs in the NYT's copyright suit, citing privacy — OpenAI asked a federal judge in New York on Wednesday to reverse an order that required it to turn over 20 million anonymized ChatGPT chat logs amid …
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.
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 …
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