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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
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Emmett Lindner / New York Times:
Charm.io: TikTok Shop reached $10B+ in US sales across 600K creators between January and October, up from $5B YoY; global sales are on par with eBay's — The popular app's online marketplace is growing rapidly in the United States, driven by TikTok's popularity and influencer advertisements that look a lot like TV infomercials.
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Alexandra S. Levine / Bloomberg:
TikTok Shop expands into luxury retail, offering items such as Hermes' $11,000 handbags, primarily sold by secondhand resellers using AI to verify authenticity — TikTok is moving into luxury retail, part of an effort to expand its TikTok Shop marketplace into a high-end shopping destination …
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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.
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 …
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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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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
Sarah Rumpf / Mediaite:
A Florida judge grants The Guardian's and others' motions to dismiss Trump Media's defamation lawsuit over reporting on a federal criminal investigation — A Florida judge granted motions to dismiss to The Guardian and other defendants in a defamation lawsuit filed by Truth Social's parent company …
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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.
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Bart Meijer / Reuters:
Dutch public broadcaster Nos quits X, citing the “amount of hateful responses and disinformation” on the site; The Guardian quit in 2024 and NPR in 2023 — Dutch public broadcaster NOS on Tuesday said it had stopped posting on Elon Musk's social media platform X …
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
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
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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.
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