10:25 PM ET, December 4, 2025
December 4, 2025
9:36 PM
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: WBD is seeking another round of bids by Thursday's end and aims to finish the auction by year end; Netflix's bid is the highest so far, mostly cash
7:10 PM
Jane Fonda / The Ankler:
Jane Fonda warns that a WBD merger in any form is an alarming escalation in media consolidation, threatening the entertainment industry and the First Amendment
6:35 PM
Max Tani / Semafor:
Sources: Atlas Obscura's co-founders were pushed out of the company amid clashes with CEO Louise Story, who has trimmed staff and changed editorial strategy
5:37 PM
Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
Bloomberg Media COO Julia Beizer is leaving the company, a source says to lead Microsoft's AI news product, working under Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman
4:50 PM
Wendy Davis / MediaPost:
The New York Times, AP, RCFP, and other media organizations back an effort to block a new Texas law requiring app stores to verify users' ages
3:55 PM
Kim Chandler / Associated Press:
The University of Alabama suspends two student-run magazines, one focused on Black students and another on women's issues, citing federal anti-DEI guidance
3:30 PM
The Guardian:
Ireland, Spain, Slovenia, and the Netherlands exit Eurovision after Israel received an all-clear to compete; the BBC and Germany's SWR plan to participate
2:40 PM
Rick Porter / The Hollywood Reporter:
Versant says it has acquired Free TV Networks, which owns several digital broadcast and FAST channels, and INDY Cinema Group, which will fold into Fandango
2:30 PM
Jamie Heller / Business Insider:
Business Insider launches a monthlong pilot AI program to publish quick news stories, edited by BI editors, created using a GPT trained on its archives
2:10 PM
Committee to Protect Journalists:
Myanmar releases six journalists from prison, all detained following the military's 2021 coup, but continues to hold at least 27 journalists behind bars
1:50 PM
Sara Fischer / Axios:
MS NOW, formerly MSNBC, plans to launch membership subscriptions in the summer of 2026, offering events, curated insights, and moderated community spaces
1:35 PM
James Faris / Business Insider:
Kalshi strikes a deal with CNBC that will integrate Kalshi's prediction data into CNBC's channel, site, and app starting in 2026, days after striking a CNN deal
1:05 PM
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
CBS Evening News co-anchor Maurice DuBois will exit CBS News on December 18, as EIC Bari Weiss and President Tom Cibrowski overhaul the evening newscast
12:50 PM
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Thanksgiving NFL games averaged nearly 45M viewers each, up from 34.5M in 2024, driven by enhanced Nielsen measurement; streaming averaged 2.2M viewers, up 58%
12:25 PM
Rob Waugh / Press Gazette:
MyJobQuote, a trades-booking business, includes dubious “experts” who have provided AI-generated or misinformed commentary to the UK press at least 600 times
11:50 AM
Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
Condé Nast licenses its content for use across Microsoft Copilot experiences and hires Vasanth Williams as its new chief product and technology officer
11:45 AM
Sam Becker / Fast Company:
TBPN signs a partnership with the NYSE, giving the video podcast the same on-floor access enjoyed by major financial networks such as CNBC
11:10 AM
Emily Sundberg / Feed Me:
The New Yorker joins Substack, which it sees as a social platform for “cultivat[ing] a community of readers”; the newsletter will share one free article/week
10:45 AM
Blake Brittain / Reuters:
A US federal judge rules that OpenAI must produce 20M anonymized ChatGPT chat logs in the copyright lawsuit brought by The New York Times and other news outlets
10:25 AM
CNBC:
Letter: Paramount expresses concern to WBD about the “fairness and adequacy” of the sales process, accusing WBD of favoring Netflix's offer
9:55 AM
Ben Blanchard / Reuters:
Taiwan's interior ministry announces a one-year ban on access to Chinese social media app Xiaohongshu, aka RedNote, citing 1,700+ fraud cases since 2024
9:25 AM
Democracy for Sale:
Ex-Tory MP Ben Howlett says he paid £100 for a 50% stake in influential X account PoliticsUK, which he used for posts that aligned with his clients' interests
8:55 AM
Klaudia Jaźwińska / Columbia Journalism Review:
The Tow Center releases a tracker that monitors lawsuits, deals, grants, and other developments between news publishers and AI companies
7:45 AM
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Future reports revenue down 6% YoY to £739.2M in the year to September 30, pre-tax profit down 11% to £91.9M; CEO Kevin Li Ying wants to cut its Google reliance
7:15 AM
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
6:55 AM
Reuters:
Jimmy Wales says Wikimedia is working with Big Tech on AI deals similar to Google's and reader donations are “not to subsidize OpenAI costing us a ton of money”
6:40 AM
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
6:15 AM
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
5:45 AM
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
December 3, 2025
11:50 PM
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
8:45 PM
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
6:45 PM
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
6:25 PM
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
6:11 PM
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
5:55 PM
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
5:35 PM
URL Media:
URL Media, a network of community publishers that serve BIPOC audiences, receives a three-year, $5M Knight Foundation grant as it works to expand partnerships
5:04 PM
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
4:25 PM
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
4:10 PM
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
3:10 PM
Stephen Totilo / Game File:
Netflix sells game studio Spry Fox back to its co-founders, David Edery and Daniel Cook, after acquiring it in 2022, part of reducing from six studios to three
2:20 PM
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
GB News pays substantial libel damages to Islamic Relief after airing false claims that the charity sent money to terrorist groups in the Middle East
1:45 PM
Tony Maglio / The Hollywood Reporter:
Scott Mills, the president and CEO of BET, is exiting the company after 23 years; BET's president of media sales Louis Carr will take over as CEO
1:35 PM
Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Along with Spotify, The Joe Rogan Experience also topped Apple and YouTube's podcast charts in 2025, dominating all major platforms for the first time
1:00 PM
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
The Scottish Sun editor Gill Smith will be the next editor of The US Sun, succeeding Natalie Evans, who was the inaugural editor of The US Sun from Feb. 2020
12:25 PM
Alex Forbes-Calvin / GamesIndustry.biz:
The Observer partners with Magicave to feature the game developer's Mindset Go puzzles every Sunday in the newspaper's print edition
11:30 AM
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”
11:00 AM
Sara Guaglione / Digiday:
Newsweek is developing an AI-powered homepage, modeled after Google's AI Mode, aiming to boost time spent on-site and counter the drop in search referrals
10:20 AM
Lucas Manfredi / The Wrap:
Amazon adds an Alexa+ feature to Fire TV that lets Prime Video users skip to movie scenes using natural language descriptions, character names, or famous quotes
9:55 AM
James Whitbrook / Gizmodo:
After an online backlash, Amazon Prime Video removes AI-generated English and Spanish dubs that it had quietly rolled out in beta for several anime titles
9:15 AM
Minho Kim / New York Times:
A November 25 notice to Congress: Kari Lake said the Trump administration plans to close VOA's six overseas news bureaus, saving $30M+, despite a judge's order
8:45 AM
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
8:10 AM
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Spotify unveils 2025's top 50 most popular US podcasts, led by The Joe Rogan Experience for the fifth consecutive year; 24 of the top 50 now offer video content
7:55 AM
Jeremy Barr / The Guardian:
Smartmatic v. Fox News: a Smartmatic lawyer says Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch authorized a plan for Fox News to embrace Trump's 2020 claims to win back viewers
7:10 AM
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
The Economist reports revenue up 4% YoY to £170.3M in the six months to September 2025 and pre-tax profit up 28% YoY to £19.7M; a 27% stake is up for sale
6:40 AM
Ellise Shafer / Variety:
HBO Max plans to launch in six European countries, including Italy and Germany, on January 13, leaving only the UK and Ireland left to roll out in Europe
6:15 AM
Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Smartmatic and Fox News ask a judge to rule in their favor in a $2.7B defamation case over Fox's 2020 election claims; a ruling is expected in the coming weeks
6:00 AM
Antonio Ferme / Variety:
A US federal trial of Carl Rinsch, accused of swindling Netflix out of millions when making sci-fi series White Horse, begins with an ex-Netflix exec testifying
5:40 AM
Tony Maglio / The Hollywood Reporter:
HBO Max's 4K Mad Men re-release had many problems, including lacking post-production edits in some scenes; a source says Lionsgate delivered the wrong 4K file
December 2, 2025
11:10 PM
Angus Whitley / Bloomberg:
YouTube says it will comply with Australia's social media ban for under-16s, after rejecting its inclusion in the crackdown and calling the regulation “rushed”
8:45 PM
Reuters:
Sources: in talks with WBD, Netflix said a combination of its streaming service with HBO Max would benefit consumers by lowering the cost of a bundled offering
6:45 PM
Charles Gasparino / New York Post:
Sources: if Netflix wins the auction for WBD, Paramount plans to go directly to WBD shareholders to argue that Netflix's bid would face regulatory issues
6:00 PM
Sean Hollister / The Verge:
Google is conducting a small test for some Discover users, replacing original news headlines with short AI-generated ones that are sometimes misleading or inane
5:40 PM
Rachel Scharf / Billboard:
Warner Music Group sues PacSun for copyright infringement, claiming PacSun used at least 290 recordings by WMG artists in posts on Instagram and TikTok
4:40 PM
Zac Ntim / Deadline:
Netflix says Southeast Asian content on the platform grew nearly 50% from 2023 to 2024 and 40+ Southeast Asian titles were in its Global Top 10 in 2025
4:15 PM
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Former Paramount streaming exec Jeff Shultz is named CEO of Radial Entertainment, which was formed last summer from the merger of FilmRise and Shout! Studios
3:40 PM
Rick Porter / The Hollywood Reporter:
The first four episodes of Stranger Things 5 were the second-biggest premiere for any Netflix original series, behind only the second season of Squid Game
3:27 PM
Sara Fischer / Axios:
CNN partners with Kalshi to use its real-time prediction data in TV, digital, and social channel reporting, on-air data tickers, analysis, and fact-checking
3:05 PM
Sam Gutelle / Tubefilter:
Acast, with Little Dot Studios, is launching a UK-based program to boost ad opportunities for podcasters on YouTube; a beta version launches in January
2:50 PM
Bloomberg:
Sources: Comcast is looking to merge NBCUniversal, including NBC TV, studios, and theme parks, with WBD, whose shareholders would get cash and stock
2:15 PM
Jessica Hammers / Marketing Dive:
Snapchat launches the Winter Village, a shoppable AR experience that includes Chopard, Lancome, and Boss virtual shops, available through December 31
1:05 PM
David Bauder / Associated Press:
The Pentagon denied the AP and others access to a few news briefings, claiming they're orientation events for the new press corps, which now includes Matt Gaetz
12:05 PM
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Sources: Comcast, Netflix, and Paramount submitted second-round WBD bids on December 1; Paramount's includes financing from Apollo and Middle East wealth funds
10:35 AM
Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
The UK's Observer says editor Lucy Rock stepped down in September after being announced as the title's first female print editor in December 2024
9:40 AM
Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:
Luma AI opens its first international office in London and appoints former WPP and Monks executive Jason Day to lead its global expansion outside the US
9:10 AM
Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
YouTube launches Recap, which lets users review their most notable video habits over the past year, in the US on desktop and mobile, arriving globally next week
8:30 AM
Ben Jiang / South China Morning Post:
Chinese short-video company Kuaishou launches Kling Video O1, saying it is the first multimodal AI model to unify video generation, editing, and post-production
7:15 AM
Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
Internal memo: Fortune CEO Anastasia Nyrkovskaya will leave at the end of the year “to move on to new opportunities”, after joining in 2019 as CSO and CFO
6:15 AM
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: as Disney prepares to name Bob Iger's successor in early 2026, parks chief Josh D'Amaro and TV head Dana Walden met with Disney's board this summer
December 1, 2025
9:20 PM
Adamya Sharma / Android Authority:
Netflix quietly removes support for casting from its mobile app to most modern TVs and streaming devices, including Chromecasts, regardless of subscription tier
5:20 PM
Bloomberg:
Sources: Netflix files a new bid for Warner Bros. Discovery that is mostly cash, and is working on a bridge loan that totals tens of billions of dollars
5:00 PM
Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
New: Per a note to staff shared with me, Fortune's CEO Anastasia Nyrkovskaya is leaving the company at the end of the year. The company is currently looking for a new CEO.
3:30 PM
NBC News:
A Florida jury awards Megan Thee Stallion $75K in her defamation suit accusing blogger Milagro Gramz of being a “puppet” for Tory Lanez, who shot Megan in 2020
2:30 PM
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”
2:00 PM
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
12:50 PM
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
12:10 PM
Andrew Deck / Nieman Lab:
In a November 24 ruling, an arbitrator found Politico violated key safeguards for AI adoption that was negotiated into a contract with unionized journalists
11:45 AM
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
11:00 AM
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
10:30 AM
Adweek:
Omnicom announces a restructuring following its $13.5B acquisition of IPG, including plans to cut ~4,000 jobs globally
10:15 AM
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
9:35 AM
Ashley Capoot / CNBC:
Runway debuts the Gen-4.5 AI video generation model, highlighting its physical accuracy; it holds the top spot on Artificial Analysis' Video Arena leaderboard
8:50 AM
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
7:30 AM
Status:
Rachael Bade, who previously co-authored Politico Playbook, Sean Spicer, and Democratic strategist Dan Turrentine plan online political show The Huddle
6:35 AM
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
6:15 AM
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
5:50 AM
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
3:55 AM
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
November 30, 2025
9:25 PM
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