-
CNBC: Letter: Paramount expresses concern to WBD about the “fairness and adequacy” of the sales process, accusing WBD of favoring Netflix's offer -
19 minutes ago Wall Street Journal: Sources: WBD is seeking another round of bids by Thursday's end and aims to finish the auction by year end; Netflix's bid is the highest so far, mostly cash -
James Faris / Business Insider: Kalshi strikes a deal with CNBC that will integrate Kalshi's prediction data into CNBC's channel, site, and app starting in 2026, days after striking a CNN deal -
Erik Wemple / New York Times: The NYT sues the Pentagon in Washington, DC, arguing that the US DOD's new reporting restrictions infringed on its journalists' constitutional rights -
The Guardian: Ireland, Spain, Slovenia, and the Netherlands exit Eurovision after Israel received an all-clear to compete; the BBC and Germany's SWR plan to participate -
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter: CBS Evening News co-anchor Maurice DuBois will exit CBS News on December 18, as EIC Bari Weiss and President Tom Cibrowski overhaul the evening newscast -
Sara Fischer / Axios: MS NOW, formerly MSNBC, plans to launch membership subscriptions in the summer of 2026, offering events, curated insights, and moderated community spaces -
Max Tani / Semafor: Sources: Atlas Obscura's co-founders were pushed out of the company amid clashes with CEO Louise Story, who has trimmed staff and changed editorial strategy — The Scoop -
Mark Stenberg / Adweek: Bloomberg Media COO Julia Beizer is leaving the company, a source says to lead Microsoft's AI news product, working under Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman -
Jane Fonda / The Ankler: Jane Fonda warns that a WBD merger in any form is an alarming escalation in media consolidation, threatening the entertainment industry and the First Amendment -
Blake Brittain / Reuters: A US federal judge rules that OpenAI must produce 20M anonymized ChatGPT chat logs in the copyright lawsuit brought by The New York Times and other news outlets -
Klaudia Jaźwińska / Columbia Journalism Review: The Tow Center releases a tracker that monitors lawsuits, deals, grants, and other developments between news publishers and AI companies -
Sam Becker / Fast Company: TBPN signs a partnership with the NYSE, giving the video podcast the same on-floor access enjoyed by major financial networks such as CNBC -
Kim Chandler / Associated Press: The University of Alabama suspends two student-run magazines, one focused on Black students and another on women's issues, citing federal anti-DEI guidance -
Natalie Korach / Status: Sources: Vanity Fair's February issue, already in print, lists Olivia Nuzzi as West Coast editor; staffers are yet to get an update on VF's Nuzzi investigation -
Harmeet Kaur / CNN: Olivia Nuzzi's book American Canto is seeing slow initial sales, with the hardcover edition ranked No. 6,709 on Amazon's bestseller list as of early December 3 — Storms -
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Spotify releases Wrapped 2025, which adds features like Wrapped Party, its first live interactive experience, Top Song Quiz, Listening Age, and Wrapped Clubs