Q&A with Greg Gutfeld, host of Gutfeld!, on his rivals Colbert and Kimmel, what offends his audience, Fox News persuading him to do a NYT interview, and more (David Marchese/New York Times) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

Q&A with Joy Reid on her ouster from MSNBC, her streaming show, why "not being a part of corporate media is actually a gift" at the moment, and more (Jeremy Barr/The Guardian) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

The Washington Post's former letters editor, Alyssa Rosenberg, reflects on her role as a professional listener, offering readers a rare chance to feel heard (Alyssa Rosenberg/NOTUS) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

An interview with Pluribus creator Vince Gilligan on why he choose Apple TV for his show, the AI disclaimer in the credits, Tilly Norwood, and more (Ethan Shanfeld/Variety) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

BBC DG Tim Davie and BBC News head Deborah Turness resign, after BBC was accused of "serious and systemic" bias on topics like Trump, Gaza, and trans rights (Michael Savage/The Guardian) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

An interview with Internet Archive founder Brewster Kahle on copyright lawsuits that threatened to bankrupt the nonprofit, fair use, IA's future, AI, and more (Ashley Belanger/Ars Technica) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

During five months of covering ICE raids, LA Public Press added legal training for staff, digital security protocols, threat assessment policies, and more (Michelle Zenarosa/Poynter) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

In a global first, DAZN will broadcast a live match between two teams in the National League, the fifth tier of English soccer, for free on its TikTok account (Matt Slater/The Athletic) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

Q&A with Mohsin Hamid, co-founder of Equator magazine, which aims to be a "post-American" magazine of politics and culture, avoiding a "Western-centric gaze" (Jem Bartholomew/Columbia Journalism Review) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

About 60% of the Reuters newsroom uses AI tools, including one that suggests what to cover based on press releases and another that creates first drafts (Sara Guaglione/Digiday) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

Apple Music's growth may be stymied by the lack of a free tier as a funnel; Midia: on a weekly level, 43% of consumers used Spotify and 16% turned to Apple (Ashley Carman/Bloomberg) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

A look at the advantages and pitfalls of AI use in major newsrooms: from sifting through big datasets to suggesting headlines to causing embarrassing errors (New York Times) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

In an interview with Screen International, Eddy Cue says Apple currently has no plans for an ad tier on Apple TV and no plans for a bid for WBD, A24, or Disney (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

Disney memo to staff: the YouTube TV blackout remains for now, and "unfortunately, we are headed into another sports-packed weekend without a deal in place" (Caitlin Huston/The Hollywood Reporter) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

Sony Pictures Television and CBS settle their legal battle over the distribution of Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune; Sony will gradually take over distribution (Rick Porter/The Hollywood Reporter) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

A look at Bari Weiss' first month at CBS News, as staffers express concern over unclear lines between the Free Press and CBS, disparate layoff impacts, and more (Washington Post) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

How three Northwest newspapers have remained independent and avoided closure: selling to employees, diversifying print operations, and nurturing future owners (Brier Dudley/Local News Initiative) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

Trump Media reports Q3 net sales down 3.8% YoY to $972.9K and a net loss of $55M, up from $19M in Q3 2024; its stock is down 70% from a January high (Bailey Lipschultz/Bloomberg) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

AMC Networks says it is reducing its 1,800 person workforce by "less than 5%" through voluntary buyouts (Dade Hayes/Deadline) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

Boston's GBH plans to cut 15 positions by January, the fourth round of layoffs in 2025; GBH was set to receive 8% of its budget, or ~$18M, in federal funding (Julian Wyllie/Current) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

Farmers' Almanac, first printed in 1818, says its 2026 edition will be its last, citing financial challenges; access to the online version will end in December (Associated Press) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

A former Teen Vogue editor reflects on the magazine's legacy as a point of entry for early-career journalists and the pressure it faced not to cover politics (Allegra Kirkland/Talking Points Memo) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

WaPo says it was impacted by a series of breaches involving Oracle's E-Business Suite, whose flaws were exploited by a ransomware gang (Jake Bleiberg/Bloomberg) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

AMC Networks reports revenue down 6.3% YoY to $561.7M, operating income down 40.7% to $55.5M, streaming revenue up 14% to $174M, and 10.4M streaming subscribers (Georg Szalai/The Hollywood Reporter) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

ITV says it is in preliminary talks to sell its media and entertainment division to Comcast's Sky for £1.6B, a deal that would require regulatory approval (Paul Sandle/Reuters) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

Shopify joined Substack in October, the latest and the biggest company to do so and a sign that brands take Substack seriously as a marketing channel (Allison Smith/Modern Retail) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

An interview with SAG-AFTRA President Sean Astin on 2026 AMPTP talks, the Jimmy Kimmel suspension, Tilly Norwood AI controversy, the microdrama boom, and more (Cynthia Littleton/Variety) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

USAGM Acting CEO Kari Lake plans to shut down Szabad Europa, RFE/RL's Hungarian service, for programming that has "undermined" Trump policy by opposing PM Orban (Ja'han Jones/MSNBC) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

The owner of the Entrepreneur magazine sues Meta in California federal court, alleging the company used "at least hundreds" of its works to train AI models (Blake Brittain/Reuters) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

Sources: Comcast has hired Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley to evaluate a prospective offer for Warner Bros. Discovery's studio and streaming businesses (Reuters) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

Lionsgate reports Q2 revenue down 21% YoY to $475.1M, net loss of $113.5M, vs. $163.3M a year earlier, $276.4M in motion picture revenue, $198.7M in TV revenue (Etan Vlessing/The Hollywood Reporter) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

News Corp reports Q1 revenue up 2% YoY to $2.14B, above $2.1B est., Dow Jones revenue up 6% to $586M, and News Media with "strong improvement in profitability" (Juby Babu/Reuters) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

Madison & Wall: US ad spending is expected to grow 8.5% this year to $435.22B and Meta, Google, and Amazon are projected to account for 56% of the US ad market (Suzanne Vranica/Wall Street Journal) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

Meta launches Vibes, its short-form video feed of AI-generated videos, in Europe through the Meta AI app, following its US debut six weeks earlier (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

Amazon is testing an AI tool called Kindle Translate that automatically translates books into other languages, for authors that self-publish on the platform (Lawrence Bonk/Engadget) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

Tow Center identifies eight X bot accounts that use X's AI Note Writer API to write between 5% to 10% of the Community Notes visible to the public each day (C.J. Robinson/Columbia Journalism Review) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

A survey of 3,000 people in six countries: streaming viewers average 14 minutes looking for content to watch; 45% say the market is oversaturated with streamers (Matthew Keys/TheDesk.net) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

Sources: Condé Nast fired four staffers who were among a group of over a dozen that confronted its HR head over the Teen Vogue closure and other recent cuts (Max Tani/Semafor) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

a16z announces an eight-week new media fellowship for people with a record of creating "impactful content" via newsletters, podcasts, communities, and more (a16z) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

Nexstar reports Q3 revenue down 12.3% YoY to $1.19B and net income down 64% to $65M as ad revenue fell 23.5% to $476M due to lower political ad revenue (Etan Vlessing/The Hollywood Reporter) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

Investigation: X amplifies right-wing and extreme political content in the UK, as Elon Musk endorses fringe politicians and encourages nationalist sentiment (Sky News) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

A look at CollectiveMetrics.org, a new nonprofit founded by two ex-Meta ad executives that aims to bring more transparency to digital advertising to fight scams (Craig Silverman/Wired) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

Cable company Altice changes its name to Optimum Communications and will change its NYSE ticker symbol to OPTU on November 19 (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

Amazon signs a deal that gives its DSP access to iHeartMedia's streaming music and livestream radio now and to its podcasts and broadcast radio stations in 2026 (Todd Spangler/Variety) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

Internal documents: Meta projected in December 2024 that 10.1% of its annual ad revenue, or $16B, came from fraudulent ads, including $7B from "higher risk" ads (Jeff Horwitz/Reuters) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

ESPN announces DraftKings as the new sports betting partner for ESPN Bet, effective December 1 with a "full rollout expected in 2026" (Tony Maglio/The Hollywood Reporter) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

Disney and Penn Entertainment agree to end ESPN Bet on December 1, after failing to capture significant market share; they signed a 10-year, $2B deal in 2023 (Christopher Palmeri/Bloomberg) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

WBD reports Q3 revenue down 6% YoY to $9B, a $148M net loss, $1.2B in debt repayment, streaming subscribers up 16% YoY to 128M, and $2.63B in streaming revenue (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

Sources: RedBird Capital taps Apollo to provide the debt for its £500M Telegraph takeover, ahead of a UK decision over whether to refer the deal to Ofcom (Daniel Thomas/Financial Times) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

Analysis: in 2025, only 17% of North America's top 100 highest-grossing films were directed by non-white filmmakers, down from 27% in 2021 and 24% in 2023 (Richard Rushfield/The Ankler) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink