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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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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”
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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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Madison Malone Kircher / New York Times:
Spotify Wrapped's Listening Ages sparks widespread social media discussion and follows in Spotify's tradition of issuing gimmicky, loosely data-backed offerings — The wrinkle in this year's Spotify Wrapped release was an estimate of the user's “listening age.” Some wore it like a badge of honor.
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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
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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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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:
The EU says it is gathering information and feedback from ~200 stakeholders on Google's offer to fix alleged antitrust violations linked to its ad tech business — The European Commission is seeking industry feedback on Google's offer to fix alleged antitrust violations linked to its ad tech business …
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Reuters:
Jimmy Wales says Wikimedia is working with Big Tech on AI deals similar to Google and reader donations are “not to subsidize OpenAI costing us a ton of money” — Wikipedia is working with Big Tech on deals similar to its arrangement with Google, the online encyclopedia's co-founder …
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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