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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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Natalie Korach / Status:
Sources: Vanity Fair's February issue, already in print, lists Olivia Nuzzi as West Coast editor; staffers are yet to get an update on VF's Nuzzi investigation — The Vanity Fair sign at an Oscars party. (Photo by Eric Charbonneau/VF/Getty Images for Vanity Fair) Come February …
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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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Erik Wemple / New York Times:
The NYT sues the Pentagon in Washington, DC, arguing that the US DOD's new reporting restrictions infringed on its journalists' constitutional rights — The company said in a lawsuit that the Defense Department's new reporting restrictions infringed on the constitutional rights of journalists.
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Wall Street Journal, CNN and DNYUZ
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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Us Weekly, Newser, The Independent, @nywonk.bsky.social, The Wrap, New York Times, @devonheinen.bsky.social, @robertscotthorton.bsky.social, @badfoxgraphics, @newsjennifer.bsky.social, IJR, @joshsternberg.com, @jessehawken.bsky.social, @dceiver.bsky.social, @eoinhiggins.bsky.social, Mediaite and Fox News
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
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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