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Harmeet Kaur / CNN:
Olivia Nuzzi's book American Canto is seeing slow initial sales, with the hardcover edition ranked No. 6,709 on Amazon's bestseller list as of early December 3 — Storms — The news that Olivia Nuzzi had a book coming out was, in political and journalistic circles, the sensation of the fall season.
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Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
An interview with Olivia Nuzzi about her affair with RFK Jr., her book, and more; Nuzzi says “I did something wrong, like those ethics rules exist for a reason” — The author at the center of two major scandals—one roiling journalism, the other implicating Robert F. Kennedy Jr.—speaks with Tim Miller.
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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Sources: Paramount has raised a proposed breakup fee in its WBD bid to $5B, up from a $2.1B fee; WBD would receive it if a deal is agreed to but not finalized — Paramount Skydance Corp. has raised the proposed breakup fee in its bid to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. to $5 billion …
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Charles Gasparino / New York Post:
Sources: DOJ's Gail Slater and her senior reports have discussed plans to launch a multiyear investigation into Netflix if the company wins the WBD bid — Netflix is making headway wooing Warner Bros. Discovery with an offer for the media giant's Hollywood studio and streaming service …
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Jeremy Barr / The Guardian:
Internal documents: CBS News EIC Bari Weiss is scheduled to moderate a town hall with Erika Kirk, the widow of Charlie Kirk, set to air on December 13 — Exclusive: event, scheduled to air on 13 December, will focus on ‘grief, faith, politics, and more’, according to internal files
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Jill Goldsmith / Deadline:
Comcast's board approves the spinoff of Comcast's cable TV networks and their digital platforms to create Versant Media Group, trading as VSNT as of January 5 — The spinoff has been a year in the making and comes as the Philadelphia-based media giant is bidding to acquire the studio …
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The Wrap, Sports Media Watch and Business Wire
A.J. Goldmann / Columbia Journalism Review:
An interview with Laura Poitras about her new film, Cover-Up, which examines the career of Seymour Hersh and the role of investigative journalism — The filmmaker on her twenty-year project, the “crisis” in investigative journalism, and how truth-telling can still change the world.
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@ajgoldmann and @freedom.press
Bloomberg:
Sources: SoftBank agrees to sell a large portion of its stake in InMobi back to the Indian mobile ad company for ~$250M, reducing its holding to <10% from 30%+ — SoftBank Group Corp. has agreed to sell a large portion of its stake in InMobi Pte back to the mobile advertising company …
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Entrackr, Moneycontrol, The Economic Times and VCCircle
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
US Rep. Jamie Raskin demands CBS explain how it edited a recent Trump interview, saying Trump seems to be exercising “direct control” over editorial choices — Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) is demanding that CBS, and its parent company Paramount, provide more information about how it edited …
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Deadline, The Wrap, Entertainment Weekly, @jeremymbarr, New York Sun, NewsMax.com, Axios, TVNewsCheck, House Committee …, The Independent, Joe.My.God. and NewsNation
Alexandra S. Levine / Bloomberg:
Some YouTube creators are using AI tools to make videos for kids and babies, raising concerns that such AI content may negatively impact early brain development — As younger children spend more time on the platform, concern is growing that their brains are being shaped by AI-generated videos purporting to be educational.
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Shona Ghosh on LinkedIn, Dexerto, Gizmodo and nextbigwhat
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Spotify releases Wrapped 2025, which adds features like Wrapped Party, its first live interactive experience, Top Song Quiz, Listening Age, and Wrapped Clubs — Spotify Wrapped is back. After last year's widely criticized flop that included an AI podcast as its highlight …
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Dan Milmo / The Guardian:
AI Forensics: 354 AI-focused TikTok accounts pushed 43K posts made with GenAI tools that hit 4.5B views, including posts with anti-immigrant and sexual material — Researchers uncovered 354 AI-focused accounts that had accumulated 4.5bn views in a month — By Dan Milmo, Global technology editor.
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The Sun, Satish Konakalla on LinkedIn, @fabiochiusi.bsky.social and @gabriellanonino.com
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Reddit CEO Steve Huffman says the company is “moving away” from r/popular, the default feed for new users, and will replace it with more personalized feeds — Reddit is also limiting how many popular communities one person can moderate, and pushing more personalized feeds.
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@alextecplayz@techhub.social and spez on Reddit, more at Techmeme »
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