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4:35 AM ET, November 14, 2025

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Noor Nanji / BBC:
The BBC apologizes to President Trump for a Panorama episode that spliced parts of his January 6 speech together but rejects his demands for compensation  —  The BBC has apologised to US President Donald Trump for a Panorama episode which spliced parts of a speech together, but rejected his demands for compensation.
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Telegraph:
BBC Newsnight spliced footage in 2022 of Trump's Jan. 6 speech and then ignored concerns; Trump's legal team says the BBC “engaged in a pattern of defamation”  —  President's legal team accuses corporation of ‘pattern of defamation’ after latest Telegraph revelations
Joel Simon / Columbia Journalism Review:
Sources: President Trump is being deployed against the BBC by those who want to defund the broadcaster, as its mandated license fee expires at the end of 2027  —  The president set out to undermine public broadcasters in the US.  Now, with help from British allies, he's taking his strategy global.
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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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
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 closes down 7.8%
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”
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: the first-round bid deadline for WBD is November 20; Paramount wants the full company, and Comcast and Netflix are eying movie/TV studios and HBO Max  —  Warner Bros. Discovery is holding an auction process in the hopes of having it completed by the end of the year
Paul Tenorio / The Athletic:
Apple and Major League Soccer agree to make all MLS games available on Apple TV for no extra charge from 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.  —  MLS and Apple have agreed to alter …
Melissa Korn / Wall Street Journal:
Despite price hikes, consumers aren't significantly recalibrating their streaming subscription habits, especially Netflix users who remain particularly loyal  —  Viewers stick to subscriptions as options, including bundles, flood the market  —  | Graphics by Elizaveta Galkina and Stephanie Stamm
Reuters:
After an antitrust probe, South Africa announces a ~$40M media support package from Google, which will fund national, community, and non-English language media  —  South Africa's competition regulator announced on Thursday a series of concessions from global tech platforms, including a 688 million rand …
Dominic-Madori Davis / TechCrunch:
Newsletter platform Beehiiv announces new features, including for AI website creation, podcast hosting, digital product sales, and real-time analytics  —  Newsletter platform beehiiv announced a massive expansion to its platform on Thursday, including offering real-time analytics and AI website creation, among other things.
Owen Huchon / Columbia Journalism Review:
A look at outlets in Belgium and France that are prioritizing independence from Big Tech and opting for open source or in-house software  —  From Google to Microsoft, European newsrooms often rely on tools built in Silicon Valley.  Some are trying to break free, turning to open-source alternatives or home-grown solutions.
 
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Nicole Sperling / New York Times:
Netflix shifts its video game strategy to focus on popular titles like Pictionary, Boggle, and Tetris, playable in its app on TVs using phones as controllers
James Pomfret / Reuters:
Beijing's High Court rejects an appeal by veteran Chinese state media journalist Dong Yuyu to overturn a seven-year jail term for “espionage”, per his family
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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
Elissa Welle / The Verge:
Spotify starts rolling out Recaps, an AI feature for audiobooks that summarizes what users have listened to so far, in beta on iOS for select English audiobooks
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
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
 

 
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Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg:
Sources: Meta is considering deep budget cuts to its metaverse efforts in 2026, potentially as high as 30% and most likely including layoffs as early as January

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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