Check out Mini-Mediagazer for simple mobiles or Mediagazer Mobile for modern smartphones.
3:50 PM ET, November 25, 2025

Mediagazer

 Top News: 
Rebecca Rubin / Variety:
Sources: Paramount plans to distribute Brett Ratner-directed Rush Hour 4 after Trump asked it to revive the franchise; Ratner directed Amazon's Melania doc  —  “Rush Hour 4” is in the works, with Paramount on board to distribute the newest installment in the buddy-cop series.
Michael Savage / The Guardian:
Dutch author Rutger Bregman says the BBC removed his Reith Lecture claim that Trump is “the most openly corrupt” US president ever; the BBC cites “legal advice”  —  Dutch writer Rutger Bregman says claim that Trump was ‘most openly corrupt president in US history’ was removed
Emmett Lindner / New York Times:
Charm.io: TikTok Shop reached $10B+ in US sales across 600K creators between January and October, up from $5B YoY; global sales are on par with eBay's  —  The popular app's online marketplace is growing rapidly in the United States, driven by TikTok's popularity and influencer advertisements that look a lot like TV infomercials.
Discussion: TheIndustry.beauty
RELATED:
Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
Sources: podcast companies like AudioBoom, Wave Sports, and Studio71 are discussing potential sales and investments, seeking to cash in on creator economy hype  —  The increasingly visual industry is benefitting from a broader exuberance surrounding the video-creator economy.  —  Welcome back to Soundbite.
Amanda Meade / The Guardian:
Memo: Sydney Morning Herald Editor Bevan Shields resigns after four years to “focus on my health”, to be replaced by Chief Reporter Jordan Baker early in 2026  —  Shields told SMH staff in an email that working in the role had been the honour of his life
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
X exposing political accounts' location shows why trust and safety teams mattered: to combat coordinated inauthentic behavior, not “censorship” of viewpoints  —  from the it's-almost-as-if-there-are-some-bad- actors-online dept  —  For the last few years, Matt Taibbi …
RELATED:
Jason Koebler / 404 Media:
X's location tool shows revenue sharing incentivizes US political content from international sock puppet and bot accounts, making polarization a side hustle
Murray Stassen / Music Business Worldwide:
Warner Music and AI music generator Suno strike a deal, settling previous litigation; Suno will launch licensed AI models and will acquire WMG's Songkick  —  Warner Music Group and AI music generator Suno have struck what they call a “first-of-its-kind partnership”.
Mayumi Negishi / Bloomberg:
Japan's 2026 Oscar entry Kokuho grosses more than $111M, breaking the country's 22-year-old box office record for a domestic live-action film  —  Surprise hit Kokuho grossed more than ¥17.37 billion ($111 million), becoming the first movie in 22 years to break Japan's box office record for a domestic live-action film.
Sarah Rumpf / Mediaite:
A Florida judge grants The Guardian's and others' motions to dismiss Trump Media's defamation lawsuit over reporting on a federal criminal investigation  —  A Florida judge granted motions to dismiss to The Guardian and other defendants in a defamation lawsuit filed by Truth Social's parent company …
Bloomberg:
In interviews, 22 indie food creators say Google's AI Overviews and AI food pics on Pinterest and Facebook have decimated traffic and yielded unusable recipes  —  Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures  —  Eb Gargano has been writing recipes …
Discussion: Search Engine Land and TODAY.com
Stacy Perman / Los Angeles Times:
A profile of Dr. Phil, who launched Envoy Media two weeks after his company Merit Street Media filed for bankruptcy in July, prompting accusations of bad faith  —  (Photo illustration by Jim Cooke / Los Angeles Times; Photos by Jason LaVeris / FilmMagic, Getty Images)  — 16 min Click here to listen to this article
Bart Meijer / Reuters:
Dutch public broadcaster Nos quits X, citing the “amount of hateful responses and disinformation” on the site; The Guardian quit in 2024 and NPR in 2023  —  Dutch public broadcaster NOS on Tuesday said it had stopped posting on Elon Musk's social media platform X …
Tyler Falk / Current:
The NPR Network revenue programs brought in $18.3M in FY25, including $9M from NPR Network donations and podcast subscriptions via NPR+, up nearly 5x YoY  —  NPR's programs to help raise funds for public radio stations have exceeded expectations, network executives reported during a Friday board meeting.
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of Mediagazer at 3:50 PM ET, November 25, 2025.

View the current page or another snapshot:


 
 See Also: 
Mediagazer: site main
Mediagazer River: reverse chronological Mediagazer
Mediagazer Mobile: for phones
Mediagazer Leaderboard: Mediagazer's top sources
 
 Subscribe: 
Mediagazer RSS feed
Mediagazer on X
Mediagazer on Mastodon
 
 
 More News: 
Ben Cohen / Wall Street Journal:
PG-rated movies dominate the US box office, driven by films like A Minecraft Movie; an NRG study finds kids want a social experience with friends and family
Discussion: American Thinker
Anna Nicolaou / Financial Times:
Sources: Spotify plans to raise US subscription prices in Q1 2026, its first US price rise since July 2024, after increasing prices in other countries this year
 Earlier Picks: 
Jaures Yip / CNBC:
A US judge issues a temporary restraining order blocking OpenAI from using the word “cameo” for Sora features, following a trademark lawsuit by video app Cameo
Scott Nover / @scottnover:
[Thread] Politico is ending its print newspaper, which had been publishing three times per week while Congress is in session, at the end of the year
Jeremy Barr / The Guardian:
Documents released as part of Smartmatic's lawsuit against Fox News show the tensions between Fox News executives and Trump before and after the 2020 election
Bart Meijer / Reuters:
The EU unconditionally approves Omnicom's $13.25B all-stock deal to buy Interpublic, creating the world's largest ad agency to better compete with Big Tech
 

 
From Techmeme:

Kif Leswing / CNBC:
Apple says general counsel Kate Adams and policy chief Lisa Jackson will retire, and Jennifer Newstead, Meta's former chief legal officer, will replace Adams

Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg:
Sources: Meta is considering deep budget cuts to its metaverse efforts in 2026, potentially as high as 30% and most likely including layoffs as early as January

Will Oremus / Washington Post:
Two studies suggest AI chatbots can shift political views more effectively than TV campaign ads, especially by presenting many claims, regardless of accuracy
 
Sister Sites:

Techmeme
 Top news and commentary for technology's leaders, from all around the web
memeorandum
 What US political commentators are discussing online right now
WeSmirch
 The top celebrity news from all around the web on a single page