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4:50 PM 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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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 …
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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Jack Dunn / Variety:
James Cameron says the idea that generative AI can “make up a character” and a performance can be generated “from scratch with a text prompt” is “horrifying”  —  Safe to say James Cameron will never cast Tilly Norwood in a movie.
Andrew Deck / Nieman Lab:
An arbitrator has found that Politico violated key safeguards for AI adoption that had been negotiated into a contract with its unionized journalists  —  The ruling marks one of the first major tests of an AI clause in a newsroom union contract.  —  Last week, unionized journalists …
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
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 …
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 …
Aoyon Ashraf / CoinDesk:
Jay Yarow, who previously led digital strategy at CNBC and Business Insider, is named president of CoinDesk Insights, the media and events division of Bullish  —  Yarow will oversee CoinDesk Insights as its parent company looks to expand digital asset coverage across the globe.  —  What to know:
Discussion: @julie188, @jyarow and Talking Biz News
Scott Nover / Washington Post:
The Pentagon hosted 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.
Blake Brittain / Reuters:
The US Supreme Court hears arguments in a copyright case between ISP Cox Communications and record labels; labels say Cox should be liable for user infringement  —  U.S. Supreme Court justices on Monday grappled with a bid by Cox Communications to avoid financial liability …
 
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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
Discussion: bailii.org
City A.M.:
Source: Steven Bartlett, the UK entrepreneur who hosts the Diary of a CEO podcast, plans to launch Founded.com in December to cover UK and US tech companies
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
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Emmanuel Felton / Washington Post:
Omnicom's DM9 returned three Cannes awards after a North Carolina state senator and CNN Brazil found DM9 used AI to manipulate their content and used it for ads
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
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
 

 
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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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