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7:30 AM ET, December 1, 2025

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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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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
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 …
Discussion: @lucas_shaw
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
Discussion: The Irish Times
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Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
S&P Global Ratings puts Rothermere Continuation Holdings, The Daily Mail's parent company, on a credit watch over its effort to buy The Telegraph Media Group
Discussion: Financial Times
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 …
Emmanuel Felton / Washington Post:
Omnicom's DM9 returned three Cannes awards after a NC state senator and CNN Brazil found the company had used AI to manipulate their content and used it for ads  —  North Carolina state Sen. DeAndrea Salvador discovered her 2018 TED Talk had been altered by an ad agency working for Whirlpool in Brazil, leading to a lawsuit.
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 …
Corinne Reichert / CNET:
How Animaj, a startup in Disney's Accelerator Program, uses AI to drastically speed up the animation process, while also claiming to let artists stay in control  —  Disney checked out “thousands of AI companies” before backing one that keeps animators in the driver's seat.
The Australia Institute:
Among the top 10K artists streamed in Australia from 2021 to 2024, Australian artists fell ~20% as algorithms make English-speaking artists compete globally  —  - Democracy & Accountability- Law, Society & Culture  —  Support us in delivering high impact research for a better Australia
Abram Brown / The Information:
A profile of Klay, whose app will let users remake songs using AI; Klay has raised ~$10M and is the first AI startup to close deals with the three major labels  —  “So here's a real surprise,” said Ary Attie, holding open a hidden door in the bowels of the Walker Hotel in the city's Greenwich Village neighborhood.
 
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