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10:00 AM ET, November 25, 2025

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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
Amanda Meade / The Guardian:
Memo: Sydney Morning Herald Editor Bevan Shields resigns after four years to “focus on my health”, to be replaced by Chief Reporter Jordan Baker early in 2026  —  Shields told SMH staff in an email that working in the role had been the honour of his life
Mayumi Negishi / Bloomberg:
Japan's 2026 Oscar entry Kokuho grosses more than $111M, breaking the country's 22-year-old box office record for a domestic live-action film  —  Surprise hit Kokuho grossed more than ¥17.37 billion ($111 million), becoming the first movie in 22 years to break Japan's box office record for a domestic live-action film.
Michael Savage / The Guardian:
Dutch author Rutger Bregman says the BBC removed his Reith Lecture claim that Trump is “the most openly corrupt” US president ever; the BBC cites “legal advice”  —  Dutch writer Rutger Bregman says claim that Trump was ‘most openly corrupt president in US history’ was removed
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.
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
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
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  —  OpenAI will not be allowed use the word “cameo” to name any products or features in its Sora app for a month …
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.
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
 
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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
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
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
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
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
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Max Tani / Semafor:
Source: CNN quietly removed its stories from Apple News over the weekend, ending a contract to share content on the app; CNN and Apple are discussing a new deal
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
 

 
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An interview with Marcos Galperin, CEO of MercadoLibre, which has a $105B market cap, on his upcoming resignation, MercadoLibre's rivalry with Amazon, and more

Corrie Driebusch / Wall Street Journal:
A look at the efforts to open private markets, where shares of startups like OpenAI trade, to small investors, and the opportunities and risks they bring
 
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