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5:45 AM ET, December 28, 2024

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Greg Stohr / Bloomberg:
Filing: Trump asks SCOTUS to pause the law that could ban TikTok, saying the court should give him time to “pursue a political resolution” of the dispute  —  President-elect Donald Trump asked the US Supreme Court to pause a law that would ban the TikTok social media platform …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Eight free-speech groups, including the EFF, and three members of Congress file briefs with SCOTUS in support of TikTok's appeal against the divest-or-ban law  —  Groups alleging China's government has engaged in human-rights violations argue U.S. Constitution does not protect TikTok as “an unregistered foreign agent”
CBS News:
Greg Gumbel, a CBS Sports anchor and commentator who covered the NFL and college basketball for more than 20 years, died at 78 of cancer  —  Greg Gumbel, the renowned CBS Sports anchor and commentator, has died at the age of 78.  —  His family confirmed the news in a statement on Friday, saying:
Youkyung Lee / Bloomberg:
Shares of South Korean entertainment companies related to Squid Game drop 20%+ following a less-than-perfect debut for the new season of the series on Netflix  —  - Some reviews for blockbuster's second season are not great  — Shares of actor Lee Jung-jae's firm Artist United sink 30%
New York Times:
Sources: after Trump's election win, NPR is preparing for a variety of funding possibilities, including that government money will be clawed back immediately  —  Republicans in Congress have tried to defund public media for decades.  With the help of Elon Musk, could they finally make good on their threat?
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.
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
Emma Bubola / New York Times:
Italy says Cecilia Sala, an Italian journalist for the newspaper Il Foglio, was arrested in Iran on Dec. 19; the reason for the arrest has not been made public  —  Cecilia Sala, 29, was arrested on Dec. 19, but news of her detention only became public on Friday.
Marshall Cohen / CNN:
Source: Smartmatic has asked a probate court to turn over sealed documents from the Murdoch succession battle that may bolster its defamation suit against Fox  —  Smartmatic, the voting technology company suing Fox News over its promotion of 2020 election lies, is trying to obtain evidence …
Discussion: New Republic, Raw Story and Mediaite
Associated Press:
Survey of 1,251 US adults: 65% feel the need to limit news consumption about politics and government due to fatigue and information overload  —  As a Democrat who immersed himself in political news during the presidential campaign, Ziad Aunallah has much in common with many Americans since the election.
Sean Hollister / The Verge:
A YouTuber who streams game playing on a 17-year-old channel won a DMCA takedown fight with an apparent fake Nintendo lawyer by spotting a spoofed email address  —  In late September, Dominik “Domtendo” Neumayer received a troubling email. … Now, those videos were gone.
Discussion: Techdirt, Tubefilter and Ars Technica
Deadline:
How Apple TV+, Disney+, Max, Netflix, Paramount+, Peacock, and Prime Video fared in 2024, and their challenges and growth outlook for 2025  —  The company says engagement time, operating profit and revenue offer better gauges of performance, calling the subscription tally “just one component of our growth.”
Discussion: Benzinga and The Streamable
 
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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
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
Discussion: Radio Ink, Business Wire and Billboard
Reuters:
Palestinian sources say an Israeli airstrike killed five journalists from Al-Quds Today; the Israeli military called the five “operatives posing as journalists”
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
Discussion: Bloomberg
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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
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
 

 
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Bloomberg:
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Angrej Singh / Axios:
Some conservative critics of Elon Musk allege censorship and claim they were stripped of their X verification badges after challenging his views on H-1B visas

Reuters:
Experts say hackers compromised several companies' Chrome browser extensions, including Cyberhaven's, in a series of intrusions dating back to mid-December
 
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