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9:05 AM ET, December 30, 2024

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Shalini Ramachandran / Wall Street Journal:
Cablevision founder Charles Dolan, a cable TV industry pioneer who launched HBO and AMC Networks and whose family controls Madison Square Garden, dies at 98  —  Cablevision founder's holdings stretched from local TV systems to Madison Square Garden  —  Charles Dolan, a pioneer …
Lillian Rizzo / CNBC:
Industry executives say media companies expect ad spending to stabilize in 2025 and even grow for platforms with sports and live events  —  The advertising market has positive momentum going into 2025 — especially for media companies with sports rights and tentpole live programming.
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The Guardian:
The commentary editor of Germany's Welt am Sonntag resigns after the Axel Springer group paper published a piece by Elon Musk in support of far-right AfD party  —  Billionaire Trump adviser said his ‘significant investments’ in the country justified his wading into German politics
Farhad Manjoo / Slate:
Reddit must continue growing its ad and content licensing revenue to justify its market valuation, which could fast-track the platform's “enshittification”  —  If you spent $1,000 on shares of Tesla at the start of 2024, you'd be sitting on nearly $1,700 now—a 70 percent gain …
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:
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
Rachel Hall / The Guardian:
UK Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy urges YouTube, TikTok, and other streaming services to promote higher quality educational content to children  —  UK culture minister says government wants to ‘open a dialogue’, but will intervene if platforms do not comply  —  The UK culture secretary …
William Christou / The Guardian:
A look at Syria's state news agency Sana, which had led the Assad regime's propaganda effort for the past 13 years, with its journalists unable to report freely  —  For years reporters at Syria's state news agency had to toe the line.  As life in Syria grew harder, so did the their work
Financial Times:
Meta expects AI-generated characters to “generate and share content” and “over time, exist on our platforms”, similarly to regular accounts  —  US tech group is rolling out a range of artificial intelligence tools to drive engagement
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?
Dan Gallagher / Wall Street Journal:
Netflix's foray into live sports caps off a strong year, with its share price up 90%+ in 2024, but the stock's rich valuation sets a high bar for follow-up act  —  Foray into live sports caps a strong year, but stock's rich valuation sets a high bar for follow-up act
 
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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
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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
 

 
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Matt Simons / Courthouse News Service:
A judge blocks parts of California's SB 967, a law to protect kids from social media, citing 1A concerns, but allows a ban on “addictive feeds” for minors

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Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
St. Louis-based tech services company World Wide Technology agrees to acquire Canadian IT provider Softchoice in an all-cash deal valuing Softchoice at ~CA$1.8B
 
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