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Scott Nover / Washington Post:
The White House launches a “media bias” tracker on its website for news reports that President Trump disagrees with, citing outlets including WaPo and CNN — A new White House webpage presents a “Hall of Shame” for news reports the president disagrees with …
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Dominic Patten / Deadline:
The White House's “media bias” page has “Media Offender of the Week” and “Hall of Shame” sections, with CBS News making the inaugural Media Offenders list — Donald Trump isn't just content this week with personally demeaning female journalists …
Melissa Quinn / CBS News:
Trump's verbal attack on CBS News' Nancy Cordes, in which he called her a “stupid person”, echoes several recent moments when he lashed out at female reporters
Trump's verbal attack on CBS News' Nancy Cordes, in which he called her a “stupid person”, echoes several recent moments when he lashed out at female reporters
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Rebecca Rubin / Variety:
Disney's Zootopia 2 hits $556M in sales in its global debut, the fourth-highest debut of all time, including $272M in China, the sixth-largest start of all time — “Zootopia 2” unleashed a box office stampede as Disney's animated sequel raced to $556 million in its global debut.
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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Wicked: For Good's and Zootopia 2's strong opening sales quieten Hollywood's resurgent pessimism about the movie business, even as US ticket sales decline YoY — We answer readers' questions about movies, Warner Bros., AI and more — In the spirit of Thanksgiving, thank you to the bankers …
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The Guardian:
A look at Daily Mail owner Jonathan Harmsworth's decades-long push to add the Telegraph to his family empire, his vision for the title, and more — The Daily Mail owner has the Telegraph titles in his sights as part of a long-held ambition to create a dominant stable of rightwing newspapers
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Charles Gasparino / New York Post:
Sources: White House officials discussed antitrust concerns over Netflix's interest in WBD, questioning if a deal would give Netflix too much power in Hollywood — Senior White House officials recently discussed antitrust concerns surrounding Netflix's interest in acquiring the Warner Bros. studio …
Max Tani / Semafor:
Sources: Vanity Fair and Condé Nast executives are unsettled by the allegations against Olivia Nuzzi and are likely to let her temporary contract expire — Editor Mark Guiducci and other leaders at Vanity Fair are concerned for and about their new star, Olivia Nuzzi.
Adweek:
Omnicom announces a restructuring following its $13.5B acquisition of IPG, including plans to cut ~4,000 jobs globally — BBDO, TBWA, and McCann emerge as the three global creative networks in post-IPG overhaul — Omnicom has announced its new structure and leadership team on the heels …
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
In a pretrial ruling, a UK judge finds a review in The Observer was defamatory for calling Andy Ngo an alt-right agitator; the outlet's parent weighs next steps — Guardian News and Media is considering next steps after a pre-trial libel judgment found it was defamatory for an Observer article …
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Scott Nover / Washington Post:
Sources: the Pentagon plans to host right-wing media outlets and influencers like Gateway Pundit and Laura Loomer at an in-person meet-and-greet on Monday — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's briefing at the Pentagon next week will welcome a new crop of media that no longer includes the mainstream press.
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@xitter-refugee.bsky.social, @therafischwartz.bsky.social, @bubbaprog.xyz, The Independent and DNYUZ
Patrick Hipes / Deadline:
Melania Trump launches Muse Films, her new production company, ahead of the release of an Amazon MGM Studios feature documentary about her in January 2026 — First Lady Melania Trump said Friday that she has launched a production company, Muse Films, news that comes ahead of the release …
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Rachael Bade, who previously co-authored Politico Playbook, Sean Spicer, and Democratic strategist Dan Turrentine plan online political show The Huddle — A few weeks ago, at an Italian café just outside Washington, D.C., Rachael Bade quietly met with Sean Spicer.
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@owillis.bsky.social, @nataliekorach and @rachaelmbade
