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Former NSA insider Kosiba brought back as spy agency’s No. 2
https://therecord.media/timothy-kosiba-nsa-new-deputy-chief

Former NSA insider Kosiba brought back as spy agency’s No. 2
Tim Kosiba, who has a long history of national security positions at the NSA and elsewhere, will be the signals intelligence agency's new deputy chief.

Perplexity Head of Publisher Partnerships Jessica Chan says it isn't "taking any new advertisers", and that ads aren't currently planned for AI browser Comet (Trishla Ostwal/Adweek)
https://www.adweek.com/media/perplexity-pauses-n…

Perplexity Pauses New Advertising Deals to Reassess Ambitions
The move highlights the AI search startup's monetization challenges.

How about let’s not?
#apple #liquidAss

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#FoodNamedAfterPlaces

Kimi Onoda, Japan's new Minister of State for Economic Security, is a 43 year old half-Irish ex-game industry PR femcel with an extensive history of defending her exclusive attraction to anime boys on twitter

I subscribe to a few of these. I'll have to use this as a recommendation list to check out the rest.
"Outstanding Independent Journalism (formerly Outstanding Blog)
Assigned Media
Buckeye Flame
Charlotte’s Web Thoughts
Erin in the Morning
Impact Media
Queer Kentucky
Queer Review
Trans News Network
Under the Desk News
Xtra Magazine"
I'd add to the recommendations list @…

GLAAD Media Awards: ‘Heated Rivalry,’ ‘I Love L.A.,’ ‘Stranger Things’ and The Hollywood Reporter Score Nominations
Jacob Tierney’s ‘Heated Rivalry’ starring Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams netted a nom for outstanding new TV series while THR landed in the outstanding magazine overall coverage category.

"Scientists develop new floating box array for offshore PV"
#SolarPower #Energy #Renewables

Scientists develop new floating box array for offshore PV
Researchers have tested a 9 x 11 floating box array for offshore photovoltaics in a large wave flume, under regular and irregular wave sequences. They have placed wireless gyroscopes on three of the boxes, representing the front, middle, and rear positions.

New gene therapies offer a universal approach to treating retinitis pigmentosa https://www.drugdiscoverynews.com/new-gene-therapies-offer-a-universal-approach-to-treating-retinitis-pigmentosa-16866 Mutation-agnostic …

New gene therapies offer a universal approach to treating retinitis pigmentosa
Emerging optogenetic, gene, and cell therapies are moving beyond single-gene treatments, offering hope for a broader range of patients with retinitis pigmentosa.

new_zealand_collab: New Zealand scientific collaborations (2015)
A network of scientific collaborations among institutions in New Zealand. Nodes are institutions (universities, organizations, etc.), and two nodes i,j are connected if Scopus lists at least one publication with authors at institutions i and j, in the period 2010-2015. Edges are weighted by the number of such collaborations. Nodes are annotated with the categorical type of institution.
This network has 1511 nodes an…

If you're thinking of applying and want to visit the Quad, or if you're an alum and you have not been back for a while, we think you'll enjoy our new virtual tour! https://tour.concept3d.com/share/SIWhkklH_Y/stop/1

The US CBP proposes vetting five years of social media history for travelers from the UK, France, Germany, and more; the current system only requires basic info (Christine Chung/New York Times)
https://www.nyti…

U.S. Plans to Scrutinize Foreign Tourists’ Social Media History
Even visitors from countries like Britain and France, whose citizens don’t need visas, would have to share five years’ worth of social media.

Good lord, this new Rosalía album is powerful magic.
#music

A Science Strategy for the Human Exploration of Mars: #Mars, Says New Report: https://www.nationalacademies.org/news/search-for-life-should-be-top-science-priority-for-first-human-landing-on-mars-says-new-report -> In a major new report, scientists build rationale for sending astronauts to Mars: https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/12/in-a-major-new-report-scientists-build-rationale-for-sending-astronauts-to-mars/

This horrific green shed is finally nearing its end.
Screw piles going in for its replacement so they can settle in over winter
Architect impression for new shed and tiny office combo yay

✅ entering #TSMC headquarters. We got a green #semiconductor manufacturing tour through fabs. Sustainability as a roadshow.
Then we visited a village that had been kindly asked to relocate for a new 2 nm fab. Cutting edges. The temple and local god had to move, too – better get the deity’…

New desk setup, 34" 6K monitor for the main screen, 15.6" 4K monitor for a second side screen. Finally found a workable small monitor mount!

Apologies for not properly updating this thread: This year we have also gotten two new kittens - Smoky on the left, Tips on the right

Monday jam: The New Mastersounds | The Vandengburg Suite | #jazz

Vandenburg Suite by The New Mastersounds
Listen now on your favorite streaming service. Powered by Songlink/Odesli, an on-demand, customizable smart link service to help you share songs, albums, podcasts and more.

U.S. Plans to Scrutinize Foreign Tourists' Social Media History (Christine Chung/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/travel/social-media-tourists-visa-border-patrol.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/251209/p140#a251209p140

An interesting social media datapoint: @… and I recently posted about our new research:

Two former Polygon editors say they are launching Mothership, a new game publication, on January 26, to analyze games through the lens of gender and identity (Danielle Riendeau/Game Developer)
https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/new-gender-fo…

New, gender-focused video game site Mothership announced
The new publication will focus on gender inclusivity and building community.

Finished our first room renovation! Tore out the old builtin wardrobe and minging carpet, replaced skirting board and coving, plastered where the old wardrobe was, laid new flooring, painted. Took ages but happy with it on the whole!
Learnt a lot! Surface on the teal wall is pretty poor due to bad surface prep and thinking paint was more forgiving than it actually is, so will redo that in the new year, and flooring could be laid a bit better with practice. But very happy on the whole!<…

Brilliant new ad campaign I just spotted at the Southwark tube station in London.

This is an actual opinion piece by The Washington Post.
Fuck Bezos and his various businesses.

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#FamousBiographyASong

This phishing content hosting technique described by Barracuda is very clever. I find that the anti-analysis features are especially so: "it prevents right-clicking the mouse, blocks the keyboard’s F12 key (used for developer tools), and prevents common keyboard shortcuts like Ctrl/Cmd and Ctrl/Cmd Shift."
Regardless, the standard phishing prevention techniques of strong technical controls combined with end-user training (don't click on links in unexpected email messages…

Threat Spotlight: Introducing GhostFrame, a new super stealthy phishing kit
Barracuda threat analysts have spotted a deceptively simple phishing-as-service kit called GhostFrame that’s already launched a million attacks.

We just released a new version of #kcwarden, our #Keycloak configuration auditor that checks for common misconfigurations. Among other changes, we also fixed a false positive regarding the use of unmanaged user attributes. Apologies for any confusion this one might have caused.
You can fin…

GitHub - iteratec/kcwarden: Keycloak Configuration Auditor
Keycloak Configuration Auditor. Contribute to iteratec/kcwarden development by creating an account on GitHub.

The street names in this part of Queens, New York City, seems deliberately confusing. 🤨🗺️
(Map © #OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL 1.0)
#NYC #NewYorkCity

Can right-wingers please find something new to hate instead of the private lives of other people?
How about potholes? Hate on potholes.

A Fifth #Drumpf-appointed acting U.S. attorney disqualified by Federal Judge...
John Sarcone, ostensible U.S. attorney for the Northern District of New York, has been ruled to be serving #unlawfully for months according to a new #Federal

Ähm…
https://www.twitter.new/

From Translink
Customer-driven improvements are coming to Metro Vancouver transit
TransLink’s new five-year plan outlines 34 actions shaped by feedback, focused on reliability
Better real-time transit information, more reliable elevators and escalators, easier ways to report cleanliness issues, and continuing design work for Bus Rapid Transit are among the improvements TransLink is advancing through its new Customer Experience Action Plan.

"When we synchronize initiatives that are small enough to manage and big enough to matter ... things actually happen. Parks get built. Gardens get planted. Food gets served."
—Andrew K. Barnett ’12 M.Div./M.E.M. writing in the new issue of Reflections in his piece titled "The Gospel Politics of Hope"

"Interpol announces a new global fight against illegal deforestation"
#Trees #Environment #Deforestation

Interpol announces a new global fight against illegal deforestation
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Interpol and partners launched a global law enforcement effort Wednesday aimed at dismantling criminal networks behind illegal logging, timber trafficking and gold mining, which drive large-scale deforestation and generate billions in illicit profits each year. The effort announced ahead of the U.N. COP30 climate summit in Brazil will focus mainly on tropical forests […]

A statue from Egypt, 1069-664 BCE (about 3,090-2,690 years ago), in bronze and gold.
Currently on display at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, as part of their new "Made in Egypt" exhibition. #art #archaeology #ancienthistory

NSA cyber directorate gets new acting leadership
https://therecord.media/nsa-cyber-directorate-new-acting-leadership

NSA cyber directorate gets new acting leadership
David Imbordino, a NSA senior executive who is currently serving as the directorate’s deputy chief, will take the reins in an acting capacity at the end of the month.

Sources: Anderson Cooper has signed a new deal with CNN (Brian Steinberg/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/anderson-cooper-cnn-new-contract-1236603476/

Anderson Cooper Will Stay at CNN After Striking New Deal
Anderson Cooper has renewed a deal to stay at CNN, a move that may not have been expected as news outlets scrutinize top anchor salaries

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#FastFoodABook
#HashTagGames

"We are all capable of the change we seek, and we must not let the distractions of unyielding thoughts—'I can’t, I shouldn’t, or someone else will do it'—lead us into a place of complacency."
—Living Village resident Sheena Lefaye Crews ’28 M.Div. writing in the new issue of Reflections in her piece "A Villager’s Dream of Sustainable Faith."

a16z announces an eight-week new media fellowship for people with a record of creating "impactful content" via newsletters, podcasts, communities, and more (a16z)
https://a16z.substack.com/p/introducing-the-a16z-new-media-fellowship

Introducing the a16z New Media Fellowship
A new 8-week program for operators, creators, & storytellers shaping the future of media

Preferential Accretion onto the Secondary Black Hole Strengthens Gravitational-wave Signals: #GravitationalWaves mystery: https://www.colorado.edu/today/2026/01/07/new-study-examines-gravitational-wave-mystery

Awaiting a clearer picture to evaluate the long term financial viability of #Starlink:
"I doubt that investors are fully factoring in launch costs, satellite support and management into their bullishness. Most of them have no access to operating expenses. These include ground network costs, customer support, and satellite management."

The Starlink Financial Mystery: Caveats Concerning Its Profitability
subsea cables, internet infrastructure, telecom infrastructure, 2Africa, new subsea cable projects, layer 1 pricing on key international routes,

Trump says he won't pardon New Jersey's Bob Menendez (Natalie Fertig/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/08/trump-wont-pardon-new-jersey-bob-menendez-00718085
http://www.memeorandum.com/260108/p153#a260108p153

The LA Times Media Group announces plans to raise up to $500M selling private shares and is preparing an NYSE IPO in fall 2026 under the ticker symbol LAT (Katie Robertson/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/business/media/la-times-ipo.html
…

Los Angeles Times Moves Closer to a Public Stock Offering
The company, which says it plans an initial public offering next fall, announced on Thursday that it would seek to raise up to $500 million selling private shares to investors.

You don't want to miss today's Metacurity for a surprising number of critical infosec developments you might have missed over the weekend, including
--Pro-Hamas hackers stole plans for Australia's next-gen infantry fighting vehicles,
--Australia, UK, Denmark and Norway raise security concerns about Chinese buses,
--CISA 2015 will extend once US government shutdown ends,
--Chinese cyber company with close ties to Beijing suffered massive hack,
--New NS…

Pro-Hamas hackers stole plans for Australia's next-gen infantry fighting vehicles
Australia, UK, Denmark and Norway raise security concerns about Chinese buses, CISA 2015 will extend once US government shutdown ends, Chinese cyber company with close ties to Beijing suffered massive hack, New NSO Group owner seeks US headquarters, much more

To ChatGPT: Why does it take Neuralink so long to even come up with a compelling monkey video showcasing the promise of their Neuralink Blindsight brain implant for restoring vision to the blind? https://chatgpt.com/share/69384562-e9a4-8004-89f3-f472209351e0
ChatGPT…

ChatGPT - New chat
Shared via ChatGPT

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#TheOnion

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#MusicEggCorns
#HashTagGames

"Pay to protect: Brazil pitches new forest fund at COP30"
#Brazil #COP30 #Environment

Pay to protect: Brazil pitches new forest fund at COP30
Tropical countries from Cameroon to Colombia could earn tens of millions of dollars a year under a novel approach to protecting the world's rainforests being launched at the COP30 summit in Brazil.

Under its contract with Artists Equity, Netflix will pay the crew a bonus if The Rip performs well, a departure from its usual refusal to make back-end payments (Nicole Sperling/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/business/media/ne…

With ‘The Rip,’ Netflix Makes an Exception for Ben Affleck and Matt Damon
The streaming giant agreed to pay the entire production crew of the pair’s new movie a bonus if the film performs well on the service.

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#TongueTwisterFood

Maybe Don't Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani (Peter Coviello/Literary Hub)
https://lithub.com/maybe-dont-talk-to-the-new-york-times-about-zohran-mamdani/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251108/p27#a251108p27

Dynamical development of strength and stability of #asteroid material under 440 GeV proton beam irradiation: #impact – and reveals the hidden strength of space rocks, a breakthrough with direct implications for #PlanetaryDefence strategies: https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2026-01-08-new-study-simulates-asteroid-impact-and-reveals-hidden-strength-space-rocks

Despite worries by some that vendor reports on AI cyber threats are merely hype to sell new defensive tools, most cyber defenders and threat intel experts say CISOs who dismiss AI in the attack chain do so at their own risk.
Check out my latest CSO piece.
Many thanks to Marcus Hutchins, Steve Stone of SentinelOne, Billy Leonard of Google Threat Intelligence Group, the folks at Anthropic, Rob T. Lee of SANS Institute, Morgan Adamski of PwC, Joe Levy and Alexandra Rose of Sophos, …

Ignoring AI in the threat chain could be a costly mistake, experts warn
While some researchers dismiss reports of AI-driven cyberattacks as merely marketing messages, threat intel experts counter that CISOs ignore mounting evidence of AI use in the threat chain at their own peril.

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#PungentMoviesOrFonts

NY Mayor Zohran Mamdani invited dozens of "new media" figures to City Hall for a tour and private news conference while excluding legacy media outlets like NY1 (Michael M. Grynbaum/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/busines

Mamdani Hosts Influencer Summit, Sidestepping Traditional Media
A friendly summit at New York’s City Hall with digital content creators and social media stars symbolized the new mayor’s attitude toward the changing news media.

"Oceans struggle to absorb Earth's carbon dioxide as microplastics invade their waters"
#Oceans #Microplastics #Plastic

Oceans struggle to absorb Earth's carbon dioxide as microplastics invade their waters
A new study reveals that microplastics are impairing the oceans' ability to absorb carbon dioxide, a process scientists find crucial for regulating Earth's temperature.

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#PizzaABookOrPlay

The filibuster is the new MAGA litmus test (Adam Wren/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2025/11/08/the-trump-card-is-the-new-maga-litmus-test-00643732
http://www.memeorandum.com/251109/p1#a251109p1

CBS names Tony Dokoupil as the new anchor of CBS Evening News as part of a major overhaul under Bari Weiss; Dokoupil is currently an anchor on CBS' morning show (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-ne

Tony Dokoupil Named New Anchor of ‘CBS Evening News’ In Major Overhaul
Dokoupil, currently an anchor on the CBS morning show, will lead an overhaul of the evening newscast under CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss.

North Korean Scammers Are Doing Architectural Design Now
https://www.wired.com/story/north-korean-scammers-are-doing-architectural-design-now/

North Korean Scammers Are Doing Architectural Design Now
New research shows that North Koreans appear to be trying to trick US companies into hiring them to develop architectural designs using fake profiles, résumés, and Social Security numbers.

Sources: micro-drama app DramaBox seeks to raise $100M from US backers at a $500M valuation; Disney had invested in the app via its accelerator program (Lucia Moses/Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/dramabox-seeks-new-fu…

Disney-backed DramaBox is seeking new funding as it tries to win the micro drama race in the US
DramaBox, a top micro-drama app, is looking to raise fresh funding as the short-video format gains popularity.

"Did you know that for every US$1,000 a person has in savings is roughly equivalent to the direct #Emissions generated by flying from New York to Seattle every year”
#Banks are a core part of how we store and spend money. This

Why I Changed Banks For The Planet
Banks are integral to our daily lives. We rely on them to receive our salaries, make transactions, pay bills, and secure loans or mortgages. However, behind each of these transactions lies a financial system that subtly influences not just our economy but also, albeit less obviously, our planet. The practices

Check out my latest CSO piece, which provides the key takeaways from the 2026 NDAA compromise bill released earlier this week, chief among which are provisions that protect the mobile communications of top brass and requirements to safeguard AI systems from digital threats.
https://www.

Key cybersecurity takeaways from the 2026 NDAA
A 4.1% increase in military cyber funding in the FY2026 NDAA budget underpins new requirements for hardened mobile devices, AI security frameworks, and expanded DoD cyber workforce authorities.

Supreme Court Will Consider New Curbs on Human-Rights Suits (Greg Stohr/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-09/supreme-court-will-consider-new-curbs-on-human-rights-suits
http://www.memeorandum.com/260109/p117#a260109p117

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 (Katie Robertson/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/business/media/usa-today-to…

USA Today’s Top Editor Departs, the Second in Less Than Two Years
Caren Bohan, who was named editor in chief in September 2024, will no longer continue in her role “effective immediately,” the company told employees.

https://www.billboard.com/pro/taylor-swift-sabrina-carpenter-impersonators-scam-fans-2025/
TAYLOR SWIFT, SABRINA CARPENTER IMPERSONATORS SCAM FANS OUT OF $5.3 BILLION IN 2025: REPORT

Taylor Swift, Sabrina Carpenter Impersonators Scam Fans Out of $5.3 Billion in 2025: Report
Taylor Swift, Sabrina Carpenter impersonators scammed fans out of $5.3 billion in 2025 as AI-powered fraud surged, a new report reveals.

Gas Prices Plunge to New Multi-Year Low -- and They're Trending Lower ⛽ (President Donald J. Trump/The White House)
https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/12/gas-prices-plunge-to-new-multi-year-low-and-trending-lower/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251208/p98#a251208p98

Omfg
"NSO’s new executive chairman, David Friedman, a former U.S. ambassador to Israel and onetime bankruptcy lawyer for President Trump, said he wants to use his ties to the Trump administration to help rebuild the company’s spyware business in the U.S."
Israeli Spyware Maker NSO Gets New Owners, Leadership and Seeks to Mend Reputation

"Canada may approve a new oil pipeline. First Nations fear another ‘worst-case scenario’"
#Canada #FossilFuels #Climate

Mamdani Moves to 'Trump-Proof' New York as ICE Tensions Rise (Myles Miller/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-08/mamdani-moves-to-trump-proof-new-york-as-ice-tensions-rise
http://www.memeorandum.com/251208/p87#a251208p87

https://www.wsj.com/tech/israeli-spyware-maker-nso-gets-new-owners-leadership-and-seeks-to-mend-reputation-166ac50e
Israeli Spyware Maker NSO Gets New Owners, Leadership and Seeks to Mend Reputation

The New Yorker adds Jason Zengerle and Ruby Cramer as staff writers for politics and Jon Allsop as a contributing writer; Emily Nussbaum will be theater critic (Michael Luo/@michaelluo)
https://x.com/michaelluo/status/1998423522524426421

Michael Luo (@michaelluo) on X
News from @NewYorker! Welcome to @zengerle @rubycramer @jon_allsop. New beat for @emilynussbaum. Also, belated welcome to @RuthMarcus @lsjamison and Manvir Singh.

Former Trump lawyer Alina Habba resigns as New Jersey U.S. attorney after disqualification (Dan Mangan/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/08/trump-alina-habba-new-jersey-prosecutor.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/251208/p104#a251208p104

CNN revamps its app's homepage with a new Shorts tab that provides a TikTok-style feed of short-form vertical video clips covering news stories (Emma Roth/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/816638/cnn-app-shorts-feed-videos-launch

CNN’s app is adding a ‘Shorts’ feed for bite-size videos
CNN is putting a new “Shorts” feed inside the homepage of its app, allowing you to scroll through a feed of short-form videos with stories from CNN.

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#CheapSongsOrPoems

Former Trump attorney Alina Habba resigns as top federal prosecutor in New Jersey (Ryan Lucas/NPR)
https://www.npr.org/2025/12/08/g-s1-101204/trump-attorney-new-jersey-habba
http://www.memeorandum.com/251208/p115#a251208p115

After Big Tech implemented a blackout on political advertising in the EU following a new law, the European Commission says it's in talks with Big Tech (Politico)
https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-political-ad-rules-google-meta-microsoft-big-…

Backlash as new EU political ad rules kick in
Politicians and campaigners fear that an advertising law designed to improve transparency could stifle it.

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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 (Ted Johnson/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2025/12/matt-gutman-joins-cbs-news-chief-correspon…

Matt Gutman Departs ABC News For New Post At CBS News
Matt Gutman is leaving ABC News for a new post at CBS News, where he will be chief correspondent, reporting across the network as well as lead correspondent for 48 Hours. Gutman also will contribute to future seasons of 60 Minutes, and will serve as fill-in anchor. He will start in Jan. 5 and will […]

Republican Bruce Blakeman planning to enter race for New York governor (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/08/republican-bruce-blakeman-planning-to-enter-race-for-new-york-governor-00681465
http://www.memeorandum.com/251208/p112#a251208p112

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Former Trump personal lawyer Alina Habba resigns as acting US attorney for New Jersey (CNN)
https://cnn.com/2025/12/08/politics/alina-habba-resigns-acting-us-attorney-for-new-jersey
http://www.memeorandum.com/251208/p91#a251208p91

A look at the advantages and pitfalls of AI use in major newsrooms: from sifting through big datasets to suggesting headlines to causing embarrassing errors (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/business/media/ai-news-media-.html

Who Wrote That Headline? Maybe a Robot.
A.I. has taken newsrooms by storm, setting off industrywide soul-searching about its potential and pitfalls.

Jared Kushner, the President's Son-in-Law, Is Part of Paramount's Bid for Warner Bros. Discovery (Lauren Hirsch/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/business/media/jared-kushner-paramount-bid-warner-bros-discovery.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/251208/p117#a251208p117

a16z announces an eight-week new media fellowship for people with a record of creating "impactful content" via newsletters, podcasts, communities, and more (a16z)
https://a16z.substack.com/p/introducing-the-a16z-new-media-fellowship

Introducing the a16z New Media Fellowship
A new 8-week program for operators, creators, & storytellers shaping the future of media

Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Establishes New Department of Justice Division for National Fraud Enforcement (President Donald J. Trump/The White House)
https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2026/01/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-establishes-new-department-of-justice-division-for-national-fraud-enforcement/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260108/p126#a260108p126

WSJ: during a recent Washington visit, David Ellison offered assurances to Trump admin officials that if Paramount bought WBD, he'd make sweeping changes to CNN (Brian Stelter/@brianstelter)
https://x.com/brianstelter/status/1998206606857715774

Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) on X
New WSJ reporting: "During a December visit to Washington, David Ellison offered assurances to Trump administration officials that if he bought Warner, he'd make sweeping changes to CNN, a common target of President Trump's ire, people familiar with the matter said. Trump has

Sources: Tony Dokoupil is set to be the next CBS Evening News anchor beginning in the new year, despite an external search for a high-profile star (Oliver Darcy/Status)
https://www.status.news/p/david-ellison-david-zaslav-warner-bros-paramount-bids<…

Ellison’s Endgame
What began as quiet courtship by David Ellison has morphed into a hostile takeover attempt of Warner Bros. Discovery—with the battle only likely to get messier in the days ahead.

UK CMA designates Google with "strategic market status" in online search and advertising and will begin consultation on potential new regulations later in 2025 (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/google

Google search, AI Overviews, AI Mode and Discover designated for UK regulation
Google search has formally been designated with "strategic market status" by the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA).

TikTok announces Shared Collection, to organize and share saved videos, and plans to launch Shared Feed, a daily curated selection of 15 videos, globally (Lawrence Bonk/Engadget)
https://www.engadget.com/apps/tiktok-announces-shared-feed-and…

TikTok announces shared feed and collections features
TikTok just announced new social elements for the app. There's now a shared feed and a collections feature.

WBD merging with either Netflix or Paramount should be challenged by US antitrust authorities and would be bad for US streaming market competition (Tim Wu/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/opinion/netflix-paramount-warner-bros.html

Opinion | Netflix? Paramount? They’re Both Terrible for Warner Bros.
Either merger would be bad for the country.

A YouGov survey estimates 9% of UK adults, or 4.7M people, watched sports via illegal streams in the six months to October, about 200K people more than in 2023 (Adam Leventhal/The Athletic)
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6742752/2025/11/09/illegal-stream…

Illegal streaming: Research reveals rise in piracy and desire for scrapping of 3pm blackout
A new audio documentary from The Athletic reveals the data behind the growing use of illegal streams to watch Premier League football

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 (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/arts/television/youtube-alans-universe.html

‘Alan’s Universe’ Shows What It Might Look Like to Win at YouTube
As Gen Alpha’s attention drifts from TV and movies, video creators like Alan Chikin Chow are eager to fill the void.

Q&A with Greg Gutfeld, host of Gutfeld!, on his rivals Colbert and Kimmel, what offends his audience, Fox News persuading him to do a NYT interview, and more (David Marchese/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/magazine/greg-gutfeld-interview.html

Fox News Wanted Greg Gutfeld to Do This Interview. He Wasn’t So Sure.
The pugnacious conservative late-night host on his “hierarchy of smears” and the risks of being a scold.

Trump attacks Paramount owners as "no better than the old ownership", demanding an apology from 60 Minutes and Lesley Stahl for Marjorie Taylor Greene interview (Ted Johnson/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2025/12/trump-paramount-60-minutes-david-el…

Donald Trump Lashes Out At Paramount Owners In Rant About Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Appearance On ’60 Minutes’
Trump took to Truth Social to call the new ownership no better than the old.

Uber launches Uber Intelligence, an insights platform that lets advertisers tap into Uber's data about customer trips and deliveries (Lara O'Reilly/Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/uber-ads-launches-intelli…

Uber is turning trip and takeout data into insights for marketers
Uber has said its ad business is on track to generate $1.5 billion in revenue in 2025. It's hoping a new insights platform will encourage more spend.

An analysis details how right-wing influencers and Trump officials have formed a powerful alliance to target critics, spread false claims, and reshape media (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/investigations/trump-20-maga-aligned…

After the building fire, Hong Kong summoned AFP, FT, NYT, AP, Bloomberg, and WSJ journalists, telling them to avoid "trouble making", and arrested a commentator (Committee to Protect Journalists)
https://cpj.org/2025/12/hong-kong-arre

Hong Kong arrests commentator, summons international media over deadly fire - Committee to Protect Journalists
Updated on December 8, 2025 2:31 AM EST New York, December 8, 2025—Chinese and Hong Kong authorities must immediately stop harassing journalists, release news commentator Wong Kwok-ngon, and allow the media to freely cover the city’s most deadly fire in decades, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Monday. In a rare move, Beijing’s national security arm...

Reddit is rolling out new safety features globally for all users under 18, ahead of Australia's social media ban for under-16s taking effect on December 10 (Newley Purnell/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20