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7:40 PM ET, December 26, 2024

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Rick Porter / The Hollywood Reporter:
Nielsen: the NFL's two Christmas Day games that streamed on Netflix averaged 24.2M US viewers, peaking at 27M for Beyoncé's Ravens-Texans halftime show  —  The NBA's annual Christmas showcase also grows substantially, with all five games up year to year.
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Richard Deitsch / New York Times:
Netflix's first livestream of NFL games avoided major buffering and freezing issues that plagued the Tyson-Paul fight for the most part, after early glitches  —  If you believe in omens, Netflix appeared to be in for a very long day on Wednesday.  As the streaming giant began …
Lynette Rice / Deadline:
Netflix says it will provide on-demand access to Beyoncé's full NFL Halftime Show as a standalone special “later this week”  —  Don't fret if you missed Beyoncé's halftime performance during Netflix's first-ever NFL Christmas Gameday.
Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Richard Parsons, who had a long career as chairman, CEO, and as a board member of media companies including CBS and Time Warner, died at 76 of bone cancer  —  Mr. Parsons's lengthy résumé is a catalog of corporate emergencies at Time Warner, Citigroup and the Los Angeles Clippers.
Reuters:
Palestinian sources say an Israeli airstrike killed five journalists from Al-Quds Today; the Israeli military called the five “operatives posing as journalists”  —  Gaza authorities said an Israeli airstrike killed five Palestinian journalists in a vehicle outside a hospital …
Inside Radio:
iHeart reduces its total debt by over $440M and extends most of its debt maturities by three years, by using debt exchange transactions  —  The year is ending with a vote of confidence in where iHeartMedia is heading in 2025 and beyond from the financial community.
Washington Post:
How NewsGuard, which attained “sustainable profitability” six years after its launch, became a prime target of the GOP's battle against disinformation watchdogs  —  NewsGuard, which prizes its nonpartisan criteria, has become a prime target of the GOP's battle against disinformation watchdogs.
Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
CNN hopes its paywall can offset some of the losses from its TV business, after seeing a 45% drop in prime-time viewership since the November 5 election  —  With traditional viewership on a decline, the cable news network leans into its strong digital presence as it heads into uncertain times covering the second Trump administration.
BBC:
The BBC says Gavin & Stacey: The Finale topped UK Christmas Day overnight ratings with 12.3M viewers, and its shows were the top 10 most-watched of the day  —  The BBC's cracking line-up dominated the ratings with ten out of ten of the most watched shows of the day
Reuters:
Maoyan: China's Christmas Eve box office revenue hit its lowest point in at least 13 years at only $5.26M, less than 25% of 2023's $23.37M  —  China's box office revenues for Christmas Eve plummeted to the lowest in at least 13 years, data from ticket booking platform Maoyan (1896.HK) showed on Wednesday.
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Hannah Miller / Bloomberg:
Newsweek says its “fairness meter”, added in Oct. 2023 to let readers decide if an article is biased based on five potential choices, has gotten strong support  —  - The LA Times is introducing a new bias tracker for editorials  — Public support for the media has been hitting all-time lows
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OpenAI:
OpenAI says its board of directors is evaluating its corporate structure, including a plan to turn its for-profit arm into a Delaware Public Benefit Corporation

Stephanie Palazzolo / The Information:
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