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6:20 AM ET, December 10, 2025

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Josh Taylor / The Guardian:
Australia's ban on under-16 social media users takes effect, as Meta, YouTube, and others remove users; platforms that don't comply risk up to AU$49.5M in fines  —  Accounts held by users under 16 must be removed on apps that include TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, X, YouTube, Snapchat, Reddit, Kick, Twitch and Threads under ban
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Nic Fildes / Financial Times:
As Australia enacts the world's first under-16 social media ban, a look at the implications, reaction from parents and teens, and more  —  Under-16s will no longer be able to subscribe to popular apps under groundbreaking Australian law  —  Kirstin Hunter was picking up her daughter …
The Guardian:
Australia's eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant says under-16s slipping through the cracks of the social media ban will be “booted off” the platforms in time  —  Albanese says commencement of ban a ‘proud day’ for him as prime minister, while eSafety commissioner unconcerned by reports of children bypassing restrictions
Nick Vivarelli / Variety:
The UK's Channel 4 names Priya Dogra as CEO, starting March 2026, replacing Alex Mahon, who stepped down after eight years; Dogra currently works for Sky  —  Priya Dogra has been appointed as the next chief executive of U.K. public service broadcaster Channel 4, replacing Alex Mahon who stepped …
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Tim Wu / New York Times:
WBD merging with either Netflix or Paramount should be challenged by US antitrust authorities and would be bad for US streaming market competition
Washington Post:
Right-wing influencers such as Benny Johnson, Laura Loomer, and Jack Posobiec campaign against Netflix's bid for WBD, casting Netflix as a Democratic stronghold
Financial Times:
Inside Paramount's new WBD bid: after six failed proposals across 12 weeks, and alleging WBD's board ignored a final offer, Paramount went hostile to buy WBD
Francesca Stevens / Bloomberg:
Vietnam's parliament passes amendments to its press law that tighten restrictions over information gathering and sharing, weakening confidentiality protections  —  Vietnam's parliament passed amendments to the press law that tighten restrictions over information gathering and sharing …
Discussion: Reuters
Wall Street Journal:
Chernin Group agrees to take a minority stake in Entangled Publishing, a publisher of romance-fantasy books; sources say the deal values Entangled at ~$400M  —  Deal values publisher of popular ‘Fourth Wing’ books at $400 million  —  Media executive Peter Chernin's private-equity firm …
New York Times:
A look at Alan's Universe, a YouTube channel for Gen Alpha with 98.3M subscribers that releases long-form, episodic videos as viewers shift to watching on TV  —  As Gen Alpha's attention drifts from TV and movies, video creators like Alan Chikin Chow are eager to fill the void.
Discussion: Business Standard and TVNewsCheck
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Disney nominates former Apple COO Jeff Williams to its board; he retired from Apple in November after overseeing the design team, supply chain work, and more  —  Williams retired from the tech giant earlier this year.  —  The board of directors of The Walt Disney Co. is getting a veteran tech executive.
Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Email: USA Today EIC Caren Bohan has abruptly left the company, the second editor in chief to do so in less than two years; she became EIC in September 2024  —  Caren Bohan, who was named editor in chief in September 2024, will no longer continue in her role “effective immediately,” the company told employees.
Discussion: Fox News and The Wrap
Reporters Without Borders:
At least 53 of the 67 journalists killed in the past 12 months were victims of war or criminal networks; 503 journalists are detained globally, 121 in China  —  Organisation:  — RSF_en  —  Journalists do not just die - they are killed.  The number of murdered journalists has risen again …
 
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Tyler Falk / Current:
The Public Media Bridge Fund awards $26M across 74 organizations that operate more than 180 public radio and TV stations
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Jaspreet Singh / Reuters:
Spotify rolls out music videos to Premium subscribers in the US and Canada, following a beta launch in nearly 100 markets last year
Ted Johnson / Deadline:
Matt Gutman is leaving ABC News to join CBS News as chief correspondent on January 5, reporting across the network as well as lead correspondent for 48 Hours
 

 
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Sources: DeepSeek is developing its new AI model using several thousand Nvidia Blackwell chips, which were smuggled into China via third-party countries

Dylan Butts / CNBC:
Amazon plans to invest $35B+ in India's cloud and AI sector by 2030, adding to the ~$40B it has invested in India, and says the move will create 1M more jobs

Chance Miller / 9to5Mac:
The European Commission says Apple and Google's Android-iPhone data transfer tool, which will be available globally, is an example of the benefits of the DMA
 
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