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Clare Armstrong / ABC:
Australia broadens its social media ban for under-16s to include Reddit and Kick, which join Facebook, Instagram, Threads, Snapchat, TikTok, X, and YouTube — In short: — Reddit and Kick will be included in Australia's social media ban for children under 16.
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Jake Evans / ABC:
Australia plans to introduce legislation this week requiring streamers with 1M+ Australian subscribers to spend 10%+ of their local expenditure on local content — In short: — Streaming platforms such as Netflix, Disney+ and Amazon Prime will be required to spend a share of their local revenue on making Australian programs.
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Julian Wyllie / Current:
PBS SoCal laid off 10% of staff, amounting to 10 positions, in October, citing the loss of $4.3M in federal funding — PBS SoCal in Los Angeles laid off 10% of staff last month, amounting to 10 positions across the organization. — “Over the past several months, we have carefully reviewed …
Ernesto Van der Sar / TorrentFreak:
Google removed 749M URLs linked to Anna's Archive, a popular shadow library for pirated books, over copyright claims, representing ~5% of all takedown requests — Popular shadow library Anna's Archive has become a top target for copyright holders. In just three years …
Anthony Vargas / AdExchanger:
IAB announces a tool that lets device manufacturers confirm that ad impressions are associated with real devices; Google, Apple, and Amazon have signed on — How do you make sure you're serving ads to real connected TVs and not spoofed devices? Get the manufacturers to confirm they're legit.
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Source: the 60 Minutes interview with Trump on November 2 drew 13.2M viewers, according to early Nielsen data, the highest-rated episode since January 2021 — CBS News' sit-down interview with President Trump Sunday night drew a whopping 13.2 million viewers, according to preliminary Nielsen data shared …
Sophie Culpepper / Nieman Lab:
The Philadelphia Citizen, a decade-old nonprofit dedicated to solutions journalism, acquires Philadelphia Magazine, another instance of nonprofit consolidation — The Philadelphia Citizen, the decade-old nonprofit dedicated to solutions journalism and civic engagement, has acquired Philadelphia Magazine.
Simon Goodley / The Guardian:
Sources: some Telegraph directors alerted the UK government that RedBird's Gerry Cardinale may have breached rules protecting the paper's editorial independence — UK government alerted after RedBird Capital's boss allegedly threatened to ‘go to war’ with the title's newsroom
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Sources: Vox Media's board has discussed spinning off its podcast network due to active interest; Penske may be interested in Vox's digital publishing assets — - Vox Media's largest shareholder, Penske Media Corporation, is possibly interested in the company's digital publishing assets …
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Spotify says it now has nearly 500K video podcasts and more than 390M users have now streamed a video podcast on its platform, up 54% YoY — Spotify says its video podcasts are seeing increased consumer adoption. In its third quarter earnings report, the company shared that its video podcast catalog …
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Peter White / Deadline:
Fox acquires five-year-old rom-com podcast company Meet Cute, the latest in a series of audio acquisitions; Meet Cute has produced over 300 shows — Fox is in a listening phase as the company continues to acquire companies in the audio space. — Fox Entertainment has acquired rom-com …
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Sources: Netflix has sent out dozens of requests to agents at WME, UTA, and CAA for video podcast creators, and plans to launch video podcasts in early 2026 — The streamer has sent out dozens of requests to agents at WME, UTA and CAA for video podcast creators.
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Emma Roth / The Verge:
OpenAI launches its Sora app on Android, including in the US, Canada, and Japan; the app got 1M+ downloads in the five days after its September iOS launch — Now, more people can create and share AI-generated videos on the app's social feed. … OpenAI has brought its AI video app, Sora, to Android.
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