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Sony and TCL sign a non-binding agreement to spin off Sony's TV and home audio hardware business into a new joint venture, aiming to finalize the deal by March (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/864263/sony-tcl-tv-busines…

Sony’s TV business is being taken over by TCL
Sony has announced plans to spin off its TV hardware business, shifting it to a new joint venture with TCL.

A Solstice song to celebrate or get you through:
It begins before it begins. It begins before it begins when the light is longest. It begins in triumph and jubilation. It begins in winning. It begins in the fat of the land and the plenty. Such light. Such light as we had not imagined. You felt the joy of it, I know you did. It begins in that joy…

The Endarkening
Words for the longest night and an invitation to join with others for the solstice at Hildegard garden in Berlin.

[Redacted] and his big mouth
https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2025/11/21/jury-begins-deliberations-in-defamation-case-against-denis-obrien/

Jury begins deliberations in defamation case against Denis O’Brien
Case centres on meaning of words in a press release issued on behalf of businessman in response to a report on media ownership in Ireland

Sony’s TV business is being taken over by TCL
The two companies are planning to form a new joint venture that will carry the ‘Sony’ and ‘Bravia’ branding.
https://www.theverge.com/news/864263/sony-tcl-tv-business-partnership-takeover-announc…

Sony’s TV business is being taken over by TCL
Sony has announced plans to spin off its TV hardware business, shifting it to a new joint venture with TCL.

Sony and TCL sign a non-binding agreement to spin off Sony's TV and home audio hardware business into a new joint venture, aiming to finalize the deal by March (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/864263/sony-tcl-tv-busines…

Sony’s TV business is being taken over by TCL
Sony has announced plans to spin off its TV hardware business, shifting it to a new joint venture with TCL.

https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-11-20/former-google-chief-accused-of-spying-on-employees-through-account-backdoor
Holy sh*t
Ritter is accusing Schmidt of stealing business out from unde…

Former Google chief accused of spying on employees through account 'backdoor'
Former Google CEO and chairman Eric Schmidt was accused in a lawsuit filed Wednesday by a former girlfriend and business partner of using a Gmail "backdoor" to spy on her and company employees.

Layoffs hit Vimeo for the second time since September 2025, when it laid off 10% of its workforce; Bending Spoons acquired Vimeo for around $1.38B in November (Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/vimeo-laying-off-staff-after-bi…

Vimeo is laying off staff globally after its $1.38 billion sale to Bending Spoons
Vimeo is letting go of workers globally in a new round of layoffs after selling its business to tech-holding company Bending Spoons.

Business Insider joins Microsoft's Publisher Content Marketplace pilot, which compensates publishers when their content is used in AI-generated results (Barbara Peng/Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/announcing-our-new-ai-partnersh…

Announcing our new AI partnership with Microsoft
This pilot creates a framework for a lasting, usage-based partnership between publishers and technology platforms to ensure quality content is credited and rewarded.

Greg Peters says Netflix plans to bring new content types like video podcasts to its vertical video feed, and plans to roll out a new mobile UI later in 2026 (Caitlin Huston/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business

Netflix Is Testing Vertical Video Features For Mobile
The streamer plans to add video podcasts into its mobile feed and upgrade its mobile user interface.

Nielsen: Christmas Day 2025 set a record for US streaming usage with 55.1B minutes, or 54% of all TV viewing for the day, up by 3.9B minutes on Christmas 2024 (Rick Porter/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business

Christmas 2025 Was the Biggest Streaming Day Ever in the United States, Says Nielsen
The month of December also marked another all-time high for streaming usage.