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10:00 AM ET, November 18, 2025

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Ryan Lizza / Telos News:
Ryan Lizza discusses his relationship with Olivia Nuzzi, details her relationship with Keith Olbermann, and reveals her affair with politician Mark Sanford  —  Olivia had just returned from a reporting trip—at least that's what she told me it was—and her Herschel backpack …
David Folkenflik / NPR:
CPB agrees to fulfill a $36M, multi-year contract with NPR, resolving litigation filed by NPR accusing CPB of illegally yielding to Trump's demands  —  The Corporation for Public Broadcasting agreed Monday to fulfill a $36 million, multi-year contract with NPR that it had yanked after pressure from the Trump White House.
Jem Bartholomew / Columbia Journalism Review:
How right-wing forces struck a coordinated blow to the BBC using a single incautious Panorama edit, after years of attacks by UK conservatives on the BBC  —  How right-wing forces struck a coordinated blow to the BBC.  —  On Friday, reporters aboard Air Force One asked President Donald Trump about his intention to sue the BBC.
Jake Kanter / Deadline:
Sources and an internal memo: the BBC puts 80+ employees at risk of redundancy across the product teams that build its online services, including iPlayer  —  The British broadcaster is planning to make delivery managers redundant in its “production group” as it embraces a model that managers said mirrors processes in Silicon Valley.
Martin Arnold / Financial Times:
The UK CMA opens probes into StubHub, Viagogo, and others over allegedly deceptive online pricing practices; the UK plans to ban above face value ticket resales  —  CMA opens investigations into eight companies including ticketing websites StubHub and Viagogo
Patrick Brzeski / The Hollywood Reporter:
Disney+ and CJ ENM's Tving partner to offer bundles that combine access to Disney+, Tving, and South Korean streamer Wavve at discounted rates in South Korea  —  The new collaboration — Disney's first with a local OTT service in Korea — follows the company's recent deal bringing TVING dramas to Disney+ in Japan.
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Mastodon founder and CEO Eugen Rochko steps down from the decentralized social network as part of its transition to a nonprofit structure governed by a board  —  Mastodon's creator, Eugen Rochko, is stepping down as CEO of the open source, decentralized social network and X rival …
New York Times:
Sources: Netflix, Comcast, and Paramount are preparing bids to buy all or part of WBD; any deal would require President Trump's and US regulators' approval  —  Paramount, Comcast and Netflix are preparing bids to buy all or part of Warner Bros. Discovery, a crown jewel of the industry.
Megumi Fujikawa / Wall Street Journal:
A Japanese minister pledges to improve working conditions for creators, blaming low wages and grueling working conditions on “passion exploitation” of creators  —  Tokyo has set a target of $130 billion in annual overseas content sales by 2033  —  TOKYO—Japan's minister in charge …
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
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 …
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  —  Company behind ubiquitous song is hampered by ad restrictions on children's content, wants to raise funds for expansion via an IPO
 
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Karissa Bell / Engadget:
Meta launches a “content protection” tool to let creators detect and take action when their Reels are reposted on Facebook or Instagram without permission
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
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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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
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
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”
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
 

 
From Techmeme:

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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