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4:40 PM ET, November 17, 2025

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Scott Nover / Washington Post:
A look at MSNBC's rebrand as MS Now, as it builds an independent newsroom, hiring 36+ reporters, aiming to maintain its liberal opinion and news analysis  —  Going it alone without NBC's name or deep bench of reporting talent, the newly rebranded cable news network is staffing up.
Corbin Bolies / The Wrap:
Source: OANN fired Vish Burra, a producer of The Matt Gaetz Show, after he posted a cartoon that executives deemed “highly offensive” and “antisemitic”  —  Vish Burra's posts characterizing Jewish people as “vermin” were “highly offensive” and “antisemitic,” a source tells TheWrap
Emma Rossiter / BBC:
Sky Sports shuts down its new female-focused TikTok channel Halo after three days, following online backlash for “sexist” posts, saying it “didn't get it right”  —  Sky Sports has scrapped its new female-focused TikTok channel, Halo, after it faced a backlash online …
Press Gazette:
The Telegraph seeks a quick auction after Redbird dropped its £500M bid; former bidders, including Spectator owner Paul Marshall, could re-enter the race  —  Redbird drops £500m Telegraph bid in face of internal backlash.  —  Redbird Capital Partners has dropped its £500m bid …
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Sources: Starz is interested in buying Hearst and Disney's A+E, the owner of its namesake channel and the History channel, but A+E is seeking a wealthier buyer  —  Who wants to buy a bunch of declining TV networks?  —  Good afternoon from Los Angeles, and thanks to those of you who came to the podcast business summit this past week.
Axios:
Ezra Klein is moving from an opinion writer to a powerbroker, as sources say his partisan influence is raising concerns in the Democratic Party and the NYT  —  New York Times columnist Ezra Klein isn't content with opining about the Democratic Party — he's positioned himself as a powerbroker inside of it.
Wall Street Journal:
Filing: Sinclair built an ~8% stake in E.W. Scripps and is vying to acquire the local TV broadcaster; Scripps has a market value of ~$270M and Sinclair $1.1B  —  The media companies have discussed a potential tie-up in recent months  —  Sinclair built a roughly 8% stake in E.W. Scripps …
Karissa Bell / Engadget:
Meta launches a tool called content protection to let creators detect and take action when their reels are reposted on Facebook or Instagram without permission  —  The company's content protection program can identify reels lifting others' work.  —  Creators on Facebook and Instagram …
Alex Ritman / Variety:
Vue CEO Tim Richards criticizes Netflix's deal giving Imax a two-week exclusive run for the Narnia film, arguing it undermines the theatrical ecosystem  —  The founder and CEO of Vue Entertainment, the largest privately owned cinema operator in Europe, has written a public letter attacking …
Discussion: Screen Rant
Ben Smith / Semafor:
Jeffrey Epstein's emails, released by the US House Oversight Committee, contain Michael Wolff's unpublished Epstein profile, raising access journalism concerns  —  THE SCOOP  —  Buried deep in the House Oversight Committee's recent release of 20,000 emails from Jeffrey Epstein's inbox …
Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Sources: UK ministers will begin the search for a new Ofcom chair this week; current chair Michael Grade's single term expires in April 2026  —  Hiring process to begin as government faces fresh questions over political appointments in media sector  —  Ministers will this week kick off …
Irina Aleksander / New York Times:
A profile of Matthew Belloni, the writer of Puck's What I'm Hearing newsletter and host of The Town podcast, who has become a must-read for Hollywood news  —  On a Friday night in September, a few days after news broke that David Ellison, the new billionaire owner of Paramount …
 
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Wall Street Journal:
Pinkfong prices its South Korea IPO at ~$26 per share, valuing the company behind Baby Shark Dance, YouTube's most-watched video with 16.4B views, at ~$375M
Avery Lotz / Axios:
Trump defends Tucker Carlson after his podcast interview with white nationalist Nick Fuentes, saying Carlson has the freedom to choose his interviewees
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Sohee Kim / Bloomberg:
A look at Webtoon's IP partnerships, as it struggles to gain traction in the US, which only accounts for ~10% of its sales despite having 155M+ MAUs globally
Eric Rynston-Lobel / Local News Initiative:
LION: from 2022-2024, local independent online news organizations with dedicated staff for revenue generation had median revenue 700% higher than those without
The Guardian:
President Trump plans to sue the BBC “for anywhere between a billion and $5B” next week, after the BBC rejected his compensation demands over a misleading edit
 

 
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Lauren Thomas / Wall Street Journal:
IBM agrees to acquire data streaming software maker Confluent for ~$11B in cash, above its ~$8B market value as of its December 5 close, paying $31 per share

Bloomberg:
President Trump says he will sign “a ONE RULE” EO on AI “this week” and “you can't expect a company to get 50 Approvals every time they want to do something”

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Internal memo: Johny Srouji, who oversees Apple's chip division, tells his employees that “I don't plan on leaving anytime soon”
 
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