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8:35 AM ET, November 25, 2025

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Rob Golum / Bloomberg:
Filing: Sinclair offers to acquire Scripps for $7 per share in cash and stock, a 70% premium over Scripps' November 21 closing price of $4.12  —  Sinclair Inc., one of the largest US TV broadcasters, offered to acquire competitor E.W. Scripps Co. for $7 a share in cash and stock.
Anna Nicolaou / Financial Times:
Sources: Spotify plans to raise US subscription prices in Q1 2026, its first US price rise since July 2024, after increasing prices in other countries this year  —  Increase will come as music-streaming company aims for continued profitability  —  Spotify is preparing to raise US subscription prices …
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
X exposing political accounts' location shows why trust and safety teams mattered: to combat coordinated inauthentic behavior, not “censorship” of viewpoints  —  from the it's-almost-as-if-there-are-some-bad- actors-online dept  —  For the last few years, Matt Taibbi …
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Jason Koebler / 404 Media:
X's location tool shows revenue sharing incentivizes US political content from international sock puppet and bot accounts, making polarization a side hustle
Sara Fischer / Axios:
President Trump says he “would not be happy” if the FCC lifted the broadcast ownership cap, contrasting FCC Chairman Brendan Carr's long-held position  —  President Trump said Sunday he “would not be happy” if the Federal Communications Commission lifted the national ownership cap …
Bart Meijer / Reuters:
The EU unconditionally approves Omnicom's $13.25B all-stock deal to buy Interpublic, creating the world's largest ad agency to better compete with Big Tech  —  The EU Commission on Monday said it had unconditionally approved Omnicom Group's (OMC.N) $13.25 billion all-stock deal to buy rival Interpublic Group (IPG.N).
Jeremy Barr / The Guardian:
Documents released as part of Smartmatic's lawsuit against Fox News show the tensions between Fox News executives and Trump before and after the 2020 election  —  Even before the 2020 election, tensions were high between Fox News executives and Trump, new documents show
Bloomberg:
Sources: music mogul David Geffen would net $500M+ in profit before taxes from a WBD sale at $25 per share; Geffen had bought ~30M shares at $7 to $8 per share  —  David Geffen, the billionaire media mogul, stands to reap more than $500 million in profit from the expected sale of Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.
Discussion: Puck, @tmtanalystanon and @lucas_shaw
Jeremy Barr / The Guardian:
A profile of Daniel Suhr, a conservative lawyer and Brendan Carr ally who is behind many news distortion complaints against US TV networks under FCC review  —  Critics are concerned that Daniel Suhr, the head of a conservative legal group, may be pulling the strings behind many of the Trump FCC's moves
Discussion: TVNewsCheck and @jeremymbarr
Stacy Perman / Los Angeles Times:
A profile of Dr. Phil, who launched Envoy Media two weeks after his company Merit Street Media filed for bankruptcy in July, prompting accusations of bad faith  —  (Photo illustration by Jim Cooke / Los Angeles Times; Photos by Jason LaVeris / FilmMagic, Getty Images)  — 16 min Click here to listen to this article
Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
Sources: podcast companies like AudioBoom, Wave Sports, and Studio71 are discussing potential sales and investments, seeking to cash in on creator economy hype  —  The increasingly visual industry is benefitting from a broader exuberance surrounding the video-creator economy.  —  Welcome back to Soundbite.
Ben Cohen / Wall Street Journal:
PG-rated movies dominate the US Box Office, driven by films like A Minecraft Movie; an NRG study finds kids want a social experience with friends and family  —  The PG rating has become the king of the box office.  The entertainment business now relies on kids dragging their parents to theaters.
Discussion: American Thinker
Erik Wemple / New York Times:
The White House now has conflicting approaches for AP journalists, restoring frontline access for AP photographers while continuing to exclude its reporters  —  The White House now has conflicting approaches for Associated Press journalists as it fights the news service in court over access to presidential events.
 
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Jaures Yip / CNBC:
A US judge issues a temporary restraining order blocking OpenAI from using the word “cameo” for Sora features, following a trademark lawsuit by video app Cameo
Scott Nover / @scottnover:
[Thread] Politico is ending its print newspaper, which had been publishing three times per week while Congress is in session, at the end of the year
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Rebecca Rubin / Variety:
Universal's Wicked: For Good debuted with $150M in North America and $76M overseas in its opening weekend, the biggest global opening for a musical adaptation
Sophie Culpepper / Nieman Lab:
A look at local podcast network City Cast, which is in 13 US cities after shutting down in two, has a staff of ~90, and is focusing on being personality-driven
Michael Savage / The Guardian:
Source: the BBC plans to expand its editorial standards committee, diluting conservative board member Robbie Gibb's influence, and create a deputy DG position
Jeff Horwitz / Reuters:
Filing: Meta axed research based on a Nielsen survey in 2020 that found evidence of social media harms, claiming the survey was tainted by the “media narrative”
 

 
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Bloomberg:
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