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7:10 AM ET, November 24, 2025

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Pew Research Center:
A survey of US adults on social media: 84% use YouTube, 71% Facebook, 50% Instagram, 37% TikTok, 32% WhatsApp, 26% Reddit, 25% Snapchat, 21% X, and 8% Threads  —  Growing shares of U.S. adults say they are using Instagram, TikTok, WhatsApp and Reddit, but YouTube still rises to the top
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Pew: 57% of US adults ages 65+ prefer to watch their news, while among adults under 30, 45% prefer to get news by reading, 31% by watching, and 23% by listening  —  More Americans prefer to watch the news than read or listen to it By Emily Tomasik and Christopher St. Aubin The information environment …
Rebecca Rubin / Variety:
Universal's Wicked: For Good debuted with $150M in North America and $76M overseas in its opening weekend, the biggest global opening for a musical adaptation  —  Glinda and Elphaba remain “very very popular” at the box office.  —  “Wicked: For Good,” Universal's rendition of Act …
Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Kantar Media appoints former WPP boss Mark Read as its chairman, after HIG Capital acquired the analytics company from Kantar Group in a $1.1B deal in August  —  Appointment to media analytics group follows its acquisition this year by HIG Capital  —  Former WPP boss Mark Read …
Max Tani / Semafor:
Source: CNN quietly removed its stories from Apple News over the weekend, ending a contract to share content on the app; CNN and Apple are discussing a new deal  —  THE SCOOP  —  One of the biggest news publishers is pulling its content off of Apple News — for now.
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Sophie Culpepper / Nieman Lab:
A look at local podcast network City Cast, which is in 13 US cities after shutting down in two, has a staff of ~90, and is focusing on being personality-driven  —  “We no longer begin with the idea that we're a local podcast network, even though that is the most familiar thing to most people.”
Maya Phillips / New York Times:
How Toy Story, released 30 years ago, changed animation, relying on 117 computers running rendering software 24/7, as modern animation now appears artificial  —  The Pixar Era kicked off 30 years ago with the first installment of the popular franchise.  It's given us countless hits, but something has also been lost.
Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
Daily Mail owner DMGT strikes a £500M deal with RedBird IMI to buy Telegraph titles, in a deal likely to trigger an in-depth investigation by Ofcom and the CMA  —  Acquisition likely to trigger in-depth investigation by regulator after agreement between DMGT and Redbird IMI
Jeff Horwitz / Reuters:
Filing: Meta axed research based on a Nielsen survey in 2020 that found evidence of social media harms, claiming the survey was tainted by the “media narrative”  —  - Plaintiffs allege Meta hid product risks from users and authorities  — Meta accused of ineffective youth safety features …
Ginia Bellafante / New York Times:
Vanity Fair is reviewing its ties to Olivia Nuzzi, hired in September, after being “taken by surprise” by an essay that raised new questions about her ethics  —  The magazine, which recently hired the journalist, said it had been “taken by surprise” by new claims in an essay by her former fiancé, Ryan Lizza.
 
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Matt Craig / Forbes:
Streaming provides some movie stars like Mark Wahlberg with guaranteed paydays they wouldn't be able to command in the turbulent theatrical marketplace
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Fubo pulls NBCUniversal channels from its service, including local NBC stations, regional sports networks, CNBC, and MS Now, following a distribution dispute
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A US judge is expected to rule next year on breaking up Google's ad tech monopoly, after the DOJ and Google delivered closing arguments in a remedies hearing
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BBC board member Shumeet Banerji resigns, saying he was cut out of discussions that led to the resignation of BBC Director General Tim Davie
Aisha Down / The Guardian:
Researchers say Russia-aligned Pravda network is engaging in “LLM grooming”, flooding the internet with disinformation to influence chatbots like ChatGPT
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Google says ads that some users are seeing in AI Mode are part of a test; the ads have a “sponsored” label and appear at the bottom of the page
 

 
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Maxwell Zeff / Wired:
OpenAI launches GPT-5.2, its “best model yet”, in Instant, Thinking, and Pro variants, with significant improvements in writing, coding, and reasoning

Reuters:
President Trump signs an executive order aimed at preempting a growing number of state AI laws, saying “we want to have one central source of approval”

Kif Leswing / CNBC:
Broadcom reports Q4 revenue up 28% YoY to $18.02B, vs. $17.49B est., and forecasts Q1 revenue above estimates, with AI chip sales doubling to $8.2B
 
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