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The NYT Tech Guild and its 600+ members reach a tentative deal with management on a contract enhancing job security, setting flexible hybrid schedules, and more — The union, which represents some 600 tech workers at the publication, had been negotiating for a contract for more than two years.

Sources: CNBC plans to launch streaming outlet CNBC+ in Q1 2025, to make a “global feed” available that lets users follow programming from Asia and Europe — The bottom of a TV screen isn't the only place CNBC fans will be able to follow its famous ticker.
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YouTube says viewers globally streamed 1B+ hours of content daily on TVs in 2024, including 400M+ hours of podcasts monthly; sports content watchtime grew 30%+ — The living room was the place to be for entertainment this year: We watched J Balvin and Lana Del Rey rock Coachella …

A US federal judge rejects Infowars' sale to The Onion in Alex Jones' bankruptcy, after Jones challenged the sale, leaving it to a trustee to decide next steps — A federal judge on Tuesday night rejected the sale of the conspiracy platform Infowars to The Onion satirical news outlet …
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Guardian and Observer journalists hold a second 48-hour strike against The Observer sale to Tortoise Media; the Scott Trust has agreed to the sale in principle — Second two-day action follows news that the deal was agreed in principle last week by the Scott Trust

Donald Trump picks former news anchor and hardline Republican Kari Lake to be the director of US government-funded media outlet Voice of America — U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday said he was picking Kari Lake, a former news anchor and a hardline Republican who failed to win …

Sources say Paul Krugman opted to exit as NYT columnist after fundamental disagreements over the editing process with NYT Opinion Editor Kathleen Kingsbury — Paul Krugman grew frustrated at The New York Times over editing measures implemented in recent years under Opinion boss Kathleen Kingsbury.

In a first, the 97th Academy Awards will stream live on Hulu, along with airing on ABC, giving it an unprecedented boost in accessibility and viewership — ABC also released the key art for the 97th Academy Awards ceremony — A long-overdue shake-up is coming to Hollywood's most celebrated night.
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Australia's Albanese government to introduce a new plan that seeks to penalize Meta, Google, and other tech giants if they refuse to sign deals with publishers — Announcement expected on Thursday after Facebook's parent company Meta said it would opt out of a Morrison-era deal to pay for news

Fox News has been a prominent source of Trump's second-term cabinet picks, as he prioritizes telegenic looks and showmanship over government experience — First reality-show star-turned-president pulls from ranks of entertainment, media as he prepares to retake power
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The editor-in-chief of Haaretz vows that the news outlet will “not be silenced” after Israel's government bans advertising in the newspaper — We won't back down. — TEL AVIV—On November 24, Israel's cabinet unanimously adopted an unprecedented resolution to boycott an Israeli news organization.
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Nexstar Media, owner of NewsNation, The Hill, The CW, and local TV stations, plans layoffs that it says will affect less than 2% of its 13,000-member workforce — Nexstar Media, which has built itself up in recent years with an acquisition spree that includes TV stations and the CW network, now has to make some trims.
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