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In a letter, David Ellison told the WBD board that Paramount was WBD's only viable suitor, as offers from bigger companies would invite regulatory scrutiny — A letter from Paramount's chief executive, David Ellison, to Warner Bros.' board of directors reveals weeks of talks between the two companies.
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Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Source: WBD plans to require potential bidders to sign NDAs before it shares sensitive financial data; sources say Amazon and Apple have shown an interest — Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. expects to begin asking would-be bidders for the film and TV giant to sign nondisclosure agreements as early this week …
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Mike Isaac / New York Times:
Reddit files a lawsuit against Perplexity and three data scraping companies, accusing them of illegally stealing its data by scraping Google search results — In a lawsuit, Reddit pulled back the curtain on an ecosystem of start-ups that scrape Google's search results and resell the information to data-hungry A.I. companies.
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The Pentagon unveils a “new media” press corps, largely from right-wing outlets like Gateway Pundit, with 60+ people signing its new restrictive press policy — A new crop of conservative media and influencers — including the Gateway Pundit, the Post Millennial …
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
TelevisaUnivision reports Q3 revenue down 3% YoY to $1.3B and $90.5M net income, down from $190.3M YoY; subscription and licensing revenue rose 3% YoY to $493M — Spanish-language giant TelevisaUnivision said third-quarter profit declined as the company continued its efforts to streamline operations …
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Josh Russell / Courthouse News Service:
Michael Wolff sues Melania Trump in a NY court to try to stop her from suing him over his claims about Melania and Donald Trump's ties to Jeffrey Epstein — The “Fire and Fury” author says he looks forward to subpoenaing President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump as part of discovery in his civil defamation suit.
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Max Goldbart / Deadline:
BBC Strictly Come Dancing presenters Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman are leaving at the end of this season after 10+ years; Strictly is the BBC's biggest show — Strictly Come Dancing presenters Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman are exiting at the end of this season.
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Charles Pulliam-Moore / The Verge:
Perkins Miller, CEO of Fandom, which acquired TV Guide, GameSpot, Metacritic, and other outlets in 2022, has left the company and is now PlayOn Sports' new CEO — Perkins Miller oversaw Fandom's layoff-filled acquisitions of TV Guide, Metacritic, GameSpot, and Giant Bomb.
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
The UK's Observer signs a commercial partnership deal with AI-powered news reader Particle News, joining Time, the LAT, Fortune, and The Atlantic — The Observer has signed a commercial partnership deal with AI-powered news platform Particle News as it ramps up its digital presence as a standalone brand.
Andy Robinson / Video Games Chronicle:
Press Engine: 1,200+ video game journalists left the industry in the past two years; including amateur, part-time, and freelance writers, 4,000+ left since 2023 — ACCORDING TO PRESS ENGINE DATA, THE GLOBAL POOL OF GAMES JOURNALISTS HAS SHRUNK BY 25% — More than 1,200 video game journalists …
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
B2B travel trade magazine TTG closes its print edition after 72 years to focus on digital and events, which it says account for 45% and 40% of its revenue — B2B travel trade magazine title TTG is closing in print after 72 years. — However chief executive and TTG Media owner Daniel …
Najat Kantouar / Wall Street Journal:
AI creative studio Wonder Studios, backed by OpenAI and Google DeepMind execs, raised a $12M seed led by Atomico and aims to release its first content in 2026 — The funds will double the company's engineering team and accelerate a push into intellectual-property ownership and content production
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