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9:40 AM ET, December 23, 2025

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Sara Fischer / Axios:
60 Minutes' CECOT segment, pulled by Bari Weiss, was mistakenly aired in Canada via an app owned by Global Television, which airs 60 Minutes in the country  —  The “60 Minutes” segment pulled from air by CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss did not include new comments from Trump administration officials …
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Sources: Bari Weiss thinks that the existing 60 Minutes framework did not provide sufficient checks and balances to ensure that the reporting met her standards  —  CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss told top “60 Minutes” producers Sunday afternoon, after holding a controversial news segment …
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
CBS staff call: Bari Weiss says the 60 Minutes story “was not ready”, “did not advance the ball”, and needed to “get the principals on the record and on camera”  —  The venerable CBS newsmagazine canceled plans to present a story that took a tough look …
Brian Stelter / CNN:
Source: Bari Weiss got personally involved with political stories after Trump criticized 60 Minutes for interviewing Marjorie Taylor Greene earlier this month  —  Earlier this month, after President Donald Trump blasted “60 Minutes” for interviewing Marjorie Taylor Greene, correspondents noticed a change behind the scenes.
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Bari Weiss' spate of unforced errors keeps scrutiny high on CBS News, as Paramount tries to acquire WBD via a hostile bid and can ill afford negative attention
David Folkenflik / NPR:
Email: Sharyn Alfonsi says CBS' decision was “not an editorial decision, it is a political one” and “we have effectively” handed the government a “kill switch”
Ted Johnson / Deadline:   FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez says CBS' 60 Minutes decision gives the Trump administration “veto power over critical reporting by simply refusing to engage”
Sara Salinas / CNBC:
Paramount says Larry Ellison “agreed to provide an irrevocable personal guarantee of $40.4B” for its hostile WBD bid, but did not increase its $30-per-share bid  —  Paramount Skydance on Monday guaranteed the backing of billionaire Larry Ellison in an amended offer for Warner Bros. Discovery …
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Dave Michaels / Wall Street Journal:
How Makan Delrahim, a top antitrust enforcer in Trump's first term, is helping Paramount buy WBD; sources say he told WBD investors the DOJ may reject Netflix  —  Former Justice Department antitrust chief Makan Delrahim is at the center of Paramount's bid to wrestle Warner Bros. from Netflix
Discussion: Associated Press
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
WBD's board says it will “carefully review and consider” Paramount's revised offer, which includes a full backstop personally guaranteed by Larry Ellison  —  David Ellison submitted his revised tender offering, backed by his father Larry Ellison, Monday morning.
Financial Times:
Despite concerns, Labour MPs and other left-wing UK politicians stay active on X; the UK government says it stopped paid ads in 2024, after spending £9M in 2021  —  Despite concerns, politicians continue to use Elon Musk's platform in search of a ‘civilised debate’ with constituents
Advanced Television:
The UK's Channel 4 reports streaming minutes up 14% YoY in 2025 to 69B, with total individual audience up 2% YoY; the average viewer streamed 1,000+ minutes  —  Channel 4 has revealed a snapshot of the nation's viewing habits for 2025, in a roundup of facts that reveal how audiences spent …
Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
Email to staff: NPR's standards chief proposes limiting quotes from University of Richmond law professor Carl Tobias, “an expert at getting himself quoted”  —  From the @semafor media newsletter: NPR says no more quotes from someone named Professor Carl Tobias [image]
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
An interview with Manchester Evening News editor Sarah Lester about the outlet's £4.99/month paywall, for which sign ups are “slightly ahead” of expectations  —  Manchester Evening News editor Sarah Lester has said she is “fed up of playing algorithmic games” …
Discussion: Acast
Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
Source: Threads plans to add podcast previews to let snippets of shows play directly in user feeds; it is focusing on live events, seeking to attract podcasters  —  The social network is launching podcast previews in a bid to attract more creators to the app
 
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Joe Rossignol / MacRumors:
Italy's competition watchdog fines Apple €98.6M, saying the company's ATT rules are “disproportionate” and “harmful” to app developers and advertisers
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
A survey of 700 Hollywood insiders: 52% think Netflix will buy WBD, 80% say they use AI in their work, 30% predict Josh D'Amaro as Disney's next CEO, and more
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Ali Watkins / New York Times:
Channel 4 says Jimmy Kimmel will share a message on Christmas Day as part of its Alternative Christmas Message show, emphasizing the importance of free speech
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Mitchell Peters / Billboard:
Pirate activist group Anna's Archive says it scraped 86M music files and 256M rows of track metadata from Spotify, and releases them in ~300TB of torrent files
 

 
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Similarweb: Threads had 141.5M DAUs on iOS and Android as of January 7, driven by Instagram promotions, while X had 125M DAUs; X continues to lead on the web

George Hammond / Financial Times:
Sources: Sequoia is planning a big investment in Anthropic, joining a round led by GIC and Coatue, which are investing $1.5B each; Anthropic aims to raise $25B+

Bradley Olson / Wall Street Journal:
Similarweb: Claude's web audience more than doubled in December 2025 compared with December 2024, as many coders spent their holiday breaks on a “Claude bender”
 
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