
Top of the Ticker: Looking to visually assert its split from MSNBC and CNBC, NBC News launched a new marketing campaign, “Reporting for America.” The campaign, appearing on-air and on social media, focuses on the news division’s core mission: fact-based, widely accessible journalism.
In a note to staffers, NBCUniversal News Group chairman Cesar Conde stated Americans are not disinterested in news, but are hungry for civil discourse and trustworthy reporting.
“Exactly what NBC News stands for,” Conde said.
Second try: This week, CNN debuted its new All Access subscription tier, featuring a selection of live channels, a library of CNN Original Series and CNN Films, day-of catch-up content, video-on-demand programming, as well as all text, audio, and video content available on CNN.com and the CNN app.
In its second attempt at launching a streaming product, available for $6.99 a month or $69.99 annually, CNN’s CEO Mark Thompson, in an interview with Brian Stelter, said, “It’s not CNN ‘extra’ or ‘plus,’ it’s CNN.” He added that CNN All Access carries “all the programs you expect to get from CNN.”
CNN’s All Access Subscription Tier Launches Today with Robust Lineup of Live Channels, Video On Demand, and Library of CNN Original Series and CNN Films https://t.co/AgiKmlE5mj
Stream now at https://t.co/azYMgxneYU, CNN’s mobile app and on connected TV apps. pic.twitter.com/9cXIJNCyw0
— CNN Communications (@CNNPR) October 28, 2025
Deep Concerns: A BBC journalist of Vietnamese origin has had his passport and ID withheld by the Vietnamese government. The news organization says it is “deeply concerned” about the journalist’s well-being, as they have been unable to leave Vietnam for some time and faced “multiple days of questioning.” It is “urging Vietnamese authorities to allow the journalist to leave immediately and return to work by providing the renewed passport.”
BBC ‘deeply concerned’ about journalist unable to leave Vietnam – BBC News https://t.co/QjSKnShrXh
— BBC News Press Team (@BBCNewsPR) October 28, 2025


