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12:25 PM ET, November 19, 2025

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Colby Hall / Mediaite:
The Olivia Nuzzi comeback shows everything that is wrong with modern media, where personal branding, access trading, and controversy trump credibility  —  When news broke last September about Olivia Nuzzi's alleged relationship with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., my first instinct—within minutes, actually—was sympathy.
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Marisa Kabas / The Handbasket:
Moral rot within journalism makes it hard for ethical practitioners to do their jobs, as they watch successful people in the field displaying malleable ethics
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
TikTok is rolling out new digital well-being features like an affirmation journal and says it will also give users badges for limiting their daily screen time  —  TikTok is rolling out new digital well-being features like an affirmation journal and a background sound generator aimed at improving the mental health of its users.
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Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
TikTok plans to test letting users choose how much AI-generated content appears in their For You feed, and will add more advanced labeling tech for AI-content
Ted Johnson / Deadline:
Trump calls for ABC to lose its broadcast license and says Brendan Carr “should look at that” after an ABC reporter asked questions about Khashoggi and Epstein  —  Donald Trump called for ABC to lose its broadcast license after he grew irate at correspondent Mary Bruce …
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Washington Post:
In a meeting with Mohammed bin Salman, Trump says “a lot of people didn't like” Jamal Khashoggi, adding, “things happen, but [MBS] knew nothing about it”
Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
WHCA reporters raise concerns about Saudi's Al Arabiya being the sole foreign outlet at Trump's MBS meeting and no mention of Khashoggi in background info
Emine Sinmaz / The Guardian:
NYT says it will not renew Larry Summers' contract as a contributing writer for its Opinion section, after the publication of his emails with Jeffrey Epstein  —  Publication said it will not renew former treasury secretary's contract in latest fallout after release of emails
Anna Nicolaou / Financial Times:
Sources: Warner Music settles its suit with AI startup Udio, which is planning a service that lets users create songs from licensed tracks of artists who opt-in  —  Agreement with Udio could allow fans to create their own songs using licensed tracks if artists opt in
Variety:
Sources: Paramount Skydance formed a consortium with Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth funds to bid $71B for WBD; Paramount denies the claim  —  UPDATED: Paramount Skydance has denied a Variety report that the company was forming an investment consortium with the sovereign wealth funds …
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Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Bloomberg Media says it has added 100K+ subscribers over the past year and is nearing 700K paying readers and viewers, and reports revenue up 7% YoY in 2025  —  Bloomberg Media chief operating officer Julia Beizer has explained how the business has used AI to create “synthetic characters” …
Krishani Dhanji / The Guardian:
ABC MD Hugh Marks criticizes attacks on the Australian broadcaster as “opportunistic” over claims its Four Corners program distorted Trump's January 6 speech  —  ABC managing director tells National Press Club comparisons between BBC program edit and Four Corners episode are not legitimate
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Katherine Sayre / Wall Street Journal:
AI music platform Suno raised $250M led by Menlo Ventures at a $2.45B valuation, up from ~$500M in 2024, and says its annual revenue has reached $200M  —  Startup has raised $250 million and says annual revenue has reached $200 million  —  Suno, an AI music platform in which users …
Steven J. Horowitz / Variety:
Spotify expands Song Credits to include all contributors to a track, like engineers and mixers, and launches SongDNA, a map showing connections between songs  —  Spotify is providing users with deeper insight into their listening experience through the expansion of Song Credits …
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Roblox plans to require all users to undergo an age estimation process to access chat features, starting January 2026, in an effort to enhance child safety  —  After scrutiny over its ability to protect children on the platform, Roblox is making a big change.
Jesse Whittock / Deadline:
Christoph Schneider, Prime Video Germany's Country Director since 2022, is leaving Amazon after 13 years due to an internal restructure that eliminates his role  —  His exit is the result of an internal restructure that eliminates his Country Director post and sees several other executive assuming his duties going forwards.
 
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Terrence O'Brien / The Verge:
Google's pivot to AI Overviews cut Stereogum's ad revenue by 70%, founder Scott Lapatine says, so the site is shifting toward a subscription-focused model
Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
A look at Nexstar's $6.2B proposed merger with Tegna, which would result in Nexstar reaching 60% of US homes; CEO Perry Sook is confident about FCC approval
Bloomberg Law:
A US judge rules that Meta's Instagram and WhatsApp acquisitions don't violate antitrust law as the FTC failed to prove the deals let Meta monopolize the market
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Alice Brooker / Press Gazette:
The Financial Times launches its free newsletter FT Alphaville on Substack to reach younger readers, joining Reach, the Daily Mail, and other publishers
Jessica Davies / Digiday:
Forbes launched an AI-powered dynamic paywall on November 14 to help drive subscriptions; print and digital subscriptions make up 9% of its commercial revenue
Al Tompkins / Poynter:
Memo: after Sinclair bought an 8% stake, Scripps says it's exploring stations sales with “many” broadcasters but talks with Sinclair didn't lead to an agreement
Ted Johnson / Deadline:
During an Air Force One gaggle, President Trump said “Quiet, quiet, piggy” to a female Bloomberg reporter when she asked him about the Jeffrey Epstein emails
 

 
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Eli Tan / New York Times:
Sources: this fall, Alexandr Wang told people that he disagreed with top Meta execs like Chris Cox and Andrew Bosworth, including on using Instagram data for AI

The Information:
Sources: DeepSeek is developing its new AI model using several thousand Nvidia Blackwell chips, which were smuggled into China via third-party countries

Dylan Butts / CNBC:
Amazon plans to invest $35B+ in India's cloud and AI sector by 2030, adding to the nearly $40B it has invested in India, and expects to create 1M more jobs
 
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