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7:55 PM ET, November 21, 2025

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Andy Larsen / Salt Lake Tribune:
The nonprofit Salt Lake Tribune plans to remove its paywall in Q1 2026 and projects 2025 net revenue of about $1M on gross revenue of $13.57M  —  Andy Larsen breaks down what's happened in 2025 — and what's to come next year — in The Tribune's business  —  Welcome to The Salt Lake Tribune's 2025 annual report!
Ginia Bellafante / New York Times:
Vanity Fair is reviewing its ties to Olivia Nuzzi, hired in September, after being “taken by surprise” by an essay that raised new questions about her ethics  —  The magazine, which recently hired the journalist, said it had been “taken by surprise” by new claims in an essay by her former fiancé, Ryan Lizza.
New York Times:
Sources: Paramount Skydance, Comcast, and Netflix bid in the first round for WBD; Comcast and Netflix are seeking just the studio and streaming parts of WBD  —  The outcome of the sale could alter the trajectory of the entertainment business.  —  The heavyweights of Hollywood made their cases …
Al Tompkins / Poynter:
Nexstar's FCC filing in its $6.2B proposed merger with Tegna asks for urgent approval, which would require changing rules that limit station ownership  —  The broadcaster is pressing the FCC to fast-track a $6.2B deal that would expand its reach to more than half of US households
Rasmus Kleis Nielsen / Nieman Lab:
A look at the system for distribution of direct media subsidies developed for the government of Denmark, which spends ~0.2% of its GDP on direct media subsidies  —  “A foundation can pick winners on the basis of its own values and priorities and support them from private sources.
Aisha Down / The Guardian:
Researchers say Russia-aligned Pravda network is engaging in “LLM grooming”, flooding the internet with disinformation to influence chatbots like ChatGPT  —  Thinktank says internet flooded with disinformation by Russia-aligned Pravda network, which many websites treat as credible
Mayank Parmar / BleepingComputer:
Google says ads that some users are seeing in AI Mode are part of a test; the ads have a “sponsored” label and appear at the bottom of the page  —  Google has started rolling out ads in AI mode, which is the company's “answer engine,” not a search engine.
David McCabe / New York Times:
A US judge is expected to rule next year on breaking up Google's ad tech monopoly, after the DOJ and Google delivered closing arguments in a remedies hearing  —  Judge Leonie M. Brinkema is on the clock.  —  The federal judge, who sits on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia …
Michael Savage / The Guardian:
BBC board member Shumeet Banerji resigns, saying he was cut out of discussions that led to the resignation of the BBC's director general, Tim Davie  —  Shumeet Banerji was away during crucial discussions that led to resignation of director general and BBC News chief
 
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Source: UEFA Champions League media rights sold for €10B over four years, starting in 2027, across the UK, Germany, France, Italy, and Spain
Renju Jose / Reuters:
Australia adds Twitch to teen social media ban; Twitch plans to deactivate accounts for 16-and-under users from Jan. 9 and bar new underage users from Dec. 10
Wall Street Journal:
A look at CBS News under Bari Weiss: plans for a makeover of the CBS Evening News, concerns among veterans about her outspoken support of Israel, and more
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John Buckley / Capital Brief:
Sources: US officials raised concerns with Australia over its streaming content quotas that the government is trying to push through the Senate before year end
Matt Donnelly / Variety:
Q&A with Variety's new publisher and co-president, Dea Lawrence, on her career, on AI and digital creators being “crucial” for the outlet, and more
Sophie Culpepper / Nieman Lab:
A look at the “explosion” of LA media upstarts, like the LA Local News Initiative, which has $18M in funding, SFGate's Southland, and nonprofit LA Public Press
 

 
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Maxwell Zeff / Wired:
OpenAI launches GPT-5.2, its “best model yet”, in Instant, Thinking, and Pro variants, with significant improvements in writing, coding, and reasoning

Reuters:
President Trump signs an executive order aimed at preempting a growing number of state AI laws, saying “we want to have one central source of approval”

Kif Leswing / CNBC:
Broadcom reports Q4 revenue up 28% YoY to $18.02B, vs. $17.49B est., and forecasts Q1 revenue above estimates, with AI chip sales doubling to $8.2B
 
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