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Michael Savage / The Guardian:
BBC outlets say they are not quoting Rutger Bregman's line calling Trump “openly corrupt”, which the BBC removed from his Reith Lecture, for legal reasons — Journalists not allowed to repeat Rutger Bregman's corruption claims against US president in coverage of edit
Jesse Whittock / Deadline:
Australia passes its streaming content quotas law, which establishes local content spending requirements for global streamers with 1M+ Australian subscribers — Legislation requiring the likes of Netflix, Disney+ and HBO Max to spend a portion of their local earnings on original Australian content …
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Karl Quinn / Sydney Morning Herald:
Australia's public broadcaster ABC will receive AU$50M over three years to spend on new content thanks to an amendment to the streaming quotas bill — The ABC will receive an extra $50 million over three years to spend on new Australian content including children's programs and drama thanks …
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The Hollywood Reporter:
Ryan Lizza claims Olivia Nuzzi regularly shared “opposition research” that she obtained from sources with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. during his 2024 presidential bid — The claim is the latest in a series of explosive allegations about the Vanity Fair West Coast editor and the Health …
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Axios:
Omnicom's acquisition of Interpublic Group formally closes; the all-stock deal gives Omnicom shareholders 60.6% of the company and IPG shareholders 39.4% — Omnicom announced on Wednesday its long-awaited $13 billion acquisition of rival Interpublic Group (IPG) has finally closed, following regulatory approval in Europe.
Ernesto Van der Sar / TorrentFreak:
Six years after EU law enforcement raids shut down German cyberlocker Share-Online, a German court sentences its operator to a two-year suspended prison term — Six years after massive raids shut down the German cyberlocker Share-Online.biz, this week the site's operator was sentenced to a two-year suspended prison term.
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CNIL:
France's CNIL fines Condé Nast €750K because vanityfair.fr placed cookies on user devices without proper consent, following a December 2019 complaint — On 20 November 2025, the CNIL imposed a fine of 750,000 euros on the French company LES PUBLICATIONS CONDE NAST for failing …
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Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
The Observer launches its first paywall, with digital subscriptions priced at £16 per month, and updates its masthead to a logo that echoes its earlier branding — The Observer has unveiled a series of new online features as it launched its first online paywall.
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Roy Peter Clark / Poynter:
Screenwriters and showrunners who vilify journalists need to stop portraying them as caricatures, and instead show them with all their virtues and vices — I will stop shouting at the TV screen when journalists are portrayed with all their virtues and vices — not as caricatures — Maybe it's an age thing.
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Matthew Keys / TheDesk.net:
Antenna: 57% of new Fox One subscriptions between its August 21 launch and October 31 came from Prime Video Channels, giving Fox One an edge over ESPN Unlimited — Amazon's streaming marketplace Prime Video Channels is proving to be a valuable driver of new subscriptions …
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Barrett Media
Pat Maio / Daily News:
Eight more newspapers, including the Los Angeles Daily News, sue OpenAI and Microsoft, saying they violated copyright by using their content to train AI models — Eight newspapers owned or managed by MediaNews Group filed a civil lawsuit Wednesday, Nov. 26 against OpenAI and Microsoft …
Eliza Gkritsi / Politico:
The EU Parliament backs a report that sets a 16+ age limit for accessing social media without parental consent and holds CEOs personally liable for violations — Call comes as several EU countries prepare to restrict social media for kids. — The European Parliament on Wednesday called …
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