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8:15 AM ET, December 24, 2025

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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Source: Bari Weiss is planning to create a masthead for CBS News as part of a broader overhaul of standards and procedures  —  CBS News' new editor-in-chief Bari Weiss is planning to create a masthead for the broadcaster as part of a broader overhaul of standards and procedures, according to a source familiar with her plans.
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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 …
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Sources: Bari Weiss skipped five 60 Minutes CECOT screenings; after her edits were added on Thursday, she asked on Friday to add a Stephen Miller interview  —  Several veteran correspondents questioned how Ms. Weiss, the new CBS News editor in chief, had handled the segment, after she defended her decision on a call with the newsroom.
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
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
Fatima Hussein / Associated Press:
The US imposes visa restrictions on five Europeans, including Thierry Breton, accusing them of pressuring US tech companies to censor certain US viewpoints  —  The State Department announced Tuesday it was barring five Europeans it accused of leading efforts to pressure U.S. tech firms to censor or suppress American viewpoints.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Comcast extends Mike Cavanagh's contract through January 1, 2029, and grants a ~$35M performance-based stock package; he's set to become co-CEO in January 2026  —  Michael Cavanagh, as he's set to assume the role of Comcast's co-CEO on Jan. 2, extended his employment contract with the cable …
Discussion: Deadline
Winston Cho / The Hollywood Reporter:
A US judge denies WBD's bid to block Sling TV from selling short-term offerings that let users sign up for access to its bundles for as little as one day  —  Dish Network leveraged ambiguity around the term in licensing deals with Warner Bros. Discovery and Disney to offer short-term Sling TV subscription passes.
Lorcan Lovett / Nieman Reports:
A look at the state of independent media in Myanmar, which lost US and Swedish funding this year and where subscriptions aren't a dependable source of revenue  —  As U.S. funding vanishes, competitors turn collaborators to keep reporting alive  —  Journalists work in the Democratic Voice of Burma …
Washington Post:
A look at DHS and ICE's social media efforts, which are propelled by the White House's demands to “flood the airwaves” and make use of right-wing influencers  —  Inside ICE's media machine … Across thousands of internal ICE messages reviewed by The Washington Post, this kind of celebration has become commonplace.
Advanced Television:
BBC Sounds reports more than 2.5B plays of radio, music, and podcasts between January and November, up 8% YoY; podcast listening alone is up 15% YoY  —  BBC Sounds has reported another record-breaking year with over 2.5 billion plays of radio, music and podcasts between January and November 2025 …
Discussion: BBC and Telecompaper
Max Tani / Semafor:
ActBlue, a payment platform for online donations, is increasing its investments in left-leaning media and content creators through grant-like sponsorships  —  THE SCOOP  —  A key organ of Democratic politics is starting to invest its money in building up a broader progressive media ecosystem.
John Koblin / New York Times:
YouTube dominates daytime TV streaming, with 6.3M viewers at 11am in October on average, above Netflix's 2.8M, per Nielsen; prime-time viewership is more even  —  At Nancy Ann Ling's house in Central Texas, the TV generally goes on around 5 a.m., and Mrs. Ling flips over to the same app each day: YouTube.
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.
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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
Discussion: Associated Press
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
Blake Brittain / Reuters:
NYT reporter John Carreyrou and five other writers sue xAI, Anthropic, Google, OpenAI, Meta, and Perplexity, accusing them of pirating their books to train AI  —  An investigative reporter best known for exposing fraud at Silicon Valley blood-testing startup Theranos sued Elon Musk's xAI …
 
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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:
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Bradley Olson / Wall Street Journal:
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