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Howard Stern signs a new three-year deal with SiriusXM, after a report earlier this year suggested that his show was about to be canceled (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/howard-s…

Howard Stern Inks New Deal to Stay With SiriusXM
The radio host had been in talks with the satellite radio company for months, after a report suggested he would be exiting his post.

Sources: the US has paused a tech trade deal with the UK, signed in September, over disagreements about the UK's digital regulations and food safety rules (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/business/economy/trump-uk-trade-deal-tariffs…

U.S.-U.K. Trade Deal Hits Stumbling Block
The U.S. government has paused a tech-focused trade pledge with Britain over broader disagreements about Britain’s digital regulations and food safety rules.

Ukraine, Greece reach deal on new gas route, Zelensky says: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/16/ukraine-greece-reach-deal-on.html

John Harbaugh's visit with New York Giants ends without a deal: Sources https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6972933/2026/01/14/john-harbaugh-new-york-giants-visit/

Trump illegally blends governance and family business -- particularly in Persian Gulf countries.
Since returning to office, the Trump family and businesses have announced new ventures abroad involving billions of dollars,
made hundreds of millions from cryptocurrency,
and sold tickets to a private dinner hosted by Trump.
Trump is set to host Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler, in Washington next week.
He hopes to sign a mutual defens…

Trump Organization Is Said to Be in Talks on a Saudi Government Real Estate Deal
The chief executive of a Saudi firm says a Trump-branded project is “just a matter of time.” The Trump Organization’s major foreign partner is also signaling new Saudi deals.

Kushner's Firm Pulls Out of Trump-Branded Hotel Deal in Serbia (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/us/politics/kushner-trump-hotel-deal-serbia.html?unlocked_article_code=1.9E8.9Kai.k2gTyGDSDAF7&smid=url-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/251215/p142#a251215p142

The Department of Commerce says the US and Taiwan have reached a trade agreement as part of which Taiwan will invest $250B in chip production capacity in the US (Kif Leswing/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/15/us-taiwan-chips-deal-china.html

Taiwan will invest $250 billion in U.S. chipmaking under new trade deal
The U.S. and Taiwan have reached a trade agreement to build chips and chip factories on American soil, the Department of Commerce announced Thursday.

Giants working to finalize deal and hire John Harbaugh as their next coach, per report

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/giants-to-finalize-deal-and-hire-john-h…

TONIGHT: (December 15, 2025) "Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home" screening at The New Deal Cafe Greenbelt, MD
https://www.newdealcafe.com/events/reel-and-meal/december-15-2025/

Re: https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@imp3tuz/115552260205239405
Itch.io bundles are always a great deal and (like this one) support important causes.
You'll find like 10 new videogames or zines or solo RPGs that you never would have encountered otherwise that are really cool.
Looks like this bundle is set to go live November 28 with applications still live through November 21.

Sources: the MLS-Apple TV deal will end in 2029, three and a half years earlier than planned; compensation averages $250M for the three remaining full seasons (Sportico)
https://www.sportico.com/leagues/soccer/2025/apple-mls-streaming-contract-cha…

Apple TV MLS Streaming Deal Will End in 2029 Under Revised Terms
MLS and Apple's streaming rights agreement will now end three and half years early, letting the league explore new partners after the 2026 World Cup.

AWS signs a two-year supply deal with Rio Tinto to access its Arizona copper mine, the US' first new source in 10 years, as AI data centers create huge demand (Ryan Dezember/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.

Their season is over, but it's a winning week for the Giants: Solak on John Harbaugh's impact https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47619832/john-harbaugh-new-york-giants-best-coaching-hire-carousel

Sources: the US nears a trade deal with Taiwan that would reduce tariffs on the island's exports and include a commitment from TSMC to build 5 fabs in Arizona (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/business/economy/trump-taiwan-deal.html

Trump Administration Nears Trade Deal With Taiwan
The deal would cut tariffs and include a commitment from Taiwanese Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation, the island’s chip giant, to build more manufacturing plants in the United States.

So, apparently, Mamdani is the new mayor of NYC. This could be a huge deal for modern democraciea and the societies that want to retain them. https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/577912/us-politics-zohran-mamdani-wins-election-for-new-york-mayora…

Ravens owner wants new Lamar pact done by March https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47602451/ravens-owner-bisciotti-wants-new-pact-jackson-march

Minimizing smooth Kurdyka-{\L}ojasiewicz functions via generalized descent methods: Convergence rate and complexity
Masoud Ahookhosh, Susan Ghaderi, Alireza Kabgani, Morteza Rahimi
https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.10414 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2511.10414 https://arxiv.org/html/2511.10414
arXiv:2511.10414v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: This paper addresses the generalized descent algorithm (DEAL) for minimizing smooth functions, which is analyzed under the Kurdyka-{\L}ojasiewicz (KL) inequality. In particular, the suggested algorithm guarantees a sufficient decrease by adapting to the cost function's geometry. We leverage the KL property to establish the global convergence, convergence rates, and complexity. A particular focus is placed on the linear convergence of generalized descent methods. We show that the constant step-size and Armijo line search strategies along a generalized descent direction satisfy our generalized descent condition. Additionally, for nonsmooth functions by leveraging the smoothing techniques such as forward-backward and high-order Moreau envelopes, we show that the boosted proximal gradient method (BPGA) and the boosted high-order proximal-point (BPPA) methods are also specific cases of DEAL, respectively. It is notable that if the order of the high-order proximal term is chosen in a certain way (depending on the KL exponent), then the sequence generated by BPPA converges linearly for an arbitrary KL exponent. Our preliminary numerical experiments on inverse problems and LASSO demonstrate the efficiency of the proposed methods, validating our theoretical findings.
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Shameful and pathetic.
Cornell Reaches Deal with Trump Administration to Restore Research Funds - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/us/cornell-deal-trump-administration.html

Sources: Harbaugh, Giants working to finalize deal https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47616292/sources-john-harbaugh-giants-expected-barring-setbacks

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

@… @… #homeassistant
I know I could download an older #HAOS disk image, back up, make a new VM, and restore but frankly that's more hassle than I want to deal with.
It would also be useful in the case where someone hasn't updated in many months and may need to move forward in steps to deal with versions that had breaking changes.

Donald Trump on Wednesday further inserted himself into the drama around the sale of Warner Bros. Discovery,
saying he believes CNN
— one of several cable networks owned by WBD
— should be sold as part of any deal.
While the president doesn't have the power to unilaterally block a merger he doesn't like
— unless there are serious national security concerns pertaining to foreign investments
— his comments do have the ability to sway the decisions of…

Trump says CNN "should be sold" as part of WBD deal
The president said it was "imperative" that CNN gets a new owner in any transaction.

Source details how Apple's Gemini deal works: new Siri features launching in spring and at WWDC, Apple can finetune Gemini, no Google branding, and more (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/apple-using-gemini-give-chatgpt-like-ans…

How Apple is Using Gemini to Give ChatGPT-Like Answers
In another AI win for Google lately, Apple announced on Monday that it will use Google’s Gemini models to power its artificial intelligence features, including an upcoming updated version of its Siri voice assistant.With Gemini powering its answers, Siri will have the ability to answer factual ...

What to know about Logan Wilson, Cowboys' new LB traded from Bengals and nicknamed 'The Cowboy' https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/dallas-cowboys/news/what-know-about-logan-wil…

Sources: WBD chose Netflix partly fearing limited recourse if Paramount's bid failed, since Larry Ellison has not provided a personal guarantee (Lauren Hirsch/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/business/paramount-warner-bros-netflix-dea…

Paramount Says Money Is No Object. Warner Bros. Isn’t Convinced.
Larry Ellison is backstopping Paramount’s bid for Warner Brothers, but Warner Brothers is concerned that the billionaire has not provided a personal guarantee to pay.

Jaguars trade rumor from CBS Sports could lead to deal with Saints, Raiders or Dolphins https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/jacksonville-jaguars/news/jaguars-trade-rumor-cbs-sports-coul…

A Hunger for Justice: Why SNAP Cuts Are a Feminist Public Health Issue - Ms. Magazine
https://msmagazine.com/2025/11/07/snap-cuts-feminist-new-deal-welfare-queen-work-requirements-black-women/

What Trump's New Drug Pricing Deal Means for People With Obesity (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/health/trump-obesity-drug-prices-explainer.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/251106/p137#a251106p137

Cinemas, unions sound alarms over Netflix deal
For Netflix, having films launch on its platform allows the company to attract new users, as well as keep existing customers engaged.
But that stance has led to a testy relationship between Netflix and some exhibitors, which have pushed in general for more films to be released on the big screen.
Theater owner trade group Cinema United has voiced staunch opposition to the deal, saying it represented an “unprecedented threat to…

Sources: Axel Springer CEO Mathias Döpfner is looking for big acquisitions, including talking to Bari Weiss earlier this year about acquiring The Free Press (Max Tani/Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/11/09/2025/axel-springers-ce…

Exclusive: Axel Springer’s CEO — and biggest star — is chasing his next deal
Mathias Döpfner is emerging as a new-school mogul: ubiquitously public, sitting on a pile of cash, and on the hunt for more deals.

To my mind the following article suggests that the present day "AI" approach is very wrong.
Why? Because biological RI (Real Intelligence) out performs CI (Computer Intelligence) by orders of magnitude on many dimensions: power required (perhaps 20 to 50 watts for the human brain), weight, size, cooling, and ability to innovate in new ways.
Our present digital computer approach to intelligence seems about as apt as trying to power passenger airplanes using onboard coal…

OpenAI Signs $38 Billion Cloud Computing Deal With Amazon
After signing agreements to use computing power from Nvidia, AMD and Oracle, OpenAI is partnering with the world’s largest cloud computing company.

Apple announces a multi-year deal to use Google's Gemini to power new Siri features later in 2026, saying Google's tech "provides the most capable foundation" (CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/12/apple-google-ai-siri-gemini.html

Apple picks Google's Gemini to run AI-powered Siri coming this year
Google's market value surpassed Apple for the first time since 2019 last week and topped $4 trillion on the news.

Yep. Czechia went full fascist, as expected.
https://mstdn.social/@noelreports/115486381147929935

NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (@noelreports@mstdn.social)
Attached: 1 image A coalition deal has been signed in Czechia between populist ANO, the far-right SPD, and Motorists for Themselves. Andrej Babis is set to become PM, while SPD’s Tomio Okamura, known for anti-Ukrainian rhetoric, is expected to be elected Speaker. Ukrainian refugees may face tougher conditions under the new government.

For the past few years, I have grabbed the "$2/mo for new and eligible returning subscribers" #Hulu black friday deal. Last year, I also grabbed the $3/mo Disney deal. Going from $5/mo to $29.99/mo is not happening.
That's just insane.
https://www.macrumors.com/2025/11/24/black-friday-streaming-deals-2025/

New business daddy for John, huh.
https://social.heise.de/@heiseonline/115666975490161818

Democrats warn that their party, when it returns to power, may attempt to block or unravel any Paramount acquisition of WBD due to national security concerns (Max Tani/Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/12/10/2025

Democrats warn their party may try to unravel any Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery deal
A new letter from Reps. Sam Liccardo (D-Calif.) and Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) also raised concerns about foreign investors’ involvement.

Jetzt wird es total Gaga: Nachdem schon Meta in den USA riesige Datacenter ohne Stromanschluss nur mit Dieselgeneratoren baut, passiert das jetzt auch in GB. Dort sollen zunächst 4 Anlagen gebaut werden, die angeblich CCS abscheiden. Das alles ist ein energiepolitischer und klima- und umwelttechnischer Wahnsinn.

New wave of UK data centres to run on gas engine and CCS microgrid
Deal marks collaboration between AVK, Landmark Power Holdings and Rolls Royce.

Glad that Apple is keeping games and excited to see MLB return to broadcast TV. #mlb
https://9to5mac.com/2025/11/19/apple-tv-keeps-friday-ni…

Apple TV keeps ‘Friday Night Baseball’ deal - 9to5Mac
MLB announced new agreements with ESPN, NBCUniversal, and Netflix, and confirmed Apple will continue to stream “Friday Night Baseball”.

It’s funny how many people have no idea how to buy used stuff for non-inflated prices.
Here’s some tips to get you started (for eBay):
1. The first thing about eBay is that most things listed as “buy now” are overpriced—otherwise someone else would have bought it already. You have to always look at sold listings to see what things are actually worth.
2. Use saved searches specifically limited in price and distance.
3. Always sort by newly listed for “Buy Now” and ending soonest for auctions.
4. Look for older buy now listings and make offers. The older the listing the lower you offer. Some tools like flippah.net show you the listed date directly without having to dig deep on the eBay website. You can make offers even when the button isn’t there, just send a message.
5. Never buy anything from sellers with 0 feedback or less than a 98% or so rating.
A general thing to remember is that unless you buy new stuff or see a listing from a store (some categories have a lot of stores, e.g. cameras) you’re likely to deal directly with a private seller and a human being. Be polite and respectful but don’t be afraid to say no. Don’t make insulting offers.

Inside the Pentagon's Scramble to Deal With Boat Strike Survivors (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/us/politics/pentagon-boat-strike-survivors.html?unlocked_article_code=1.7k8.jM8D.lP08UUlO_wlc
http://www.memeorandum.com/251209/p148#a251209p148

Oh great, new issue spam attack on @…. People really have too much time on their hands. This time posting random images from 4chan, etc., as well as AI-generated bogus issues.
Sorry you guys have to deal with such crap.

Source: Blue Owl's Digital Infrastructure funds are investing ~$3B in a New Mexico-based Stargate data center, set to consume 4.5GW, as Blue Owl expands into AI (Miles Kruppa/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/open…

OpenAI’s Stargate Project Gets $3 Billion Blue Owl Investment
Blue Owl Capital, one of Wall Street’s biggest private lenders, is ramping up its big bet on artificial intelligence with a roughly $3 billion investment in a New Mexico data center that’s part of OpenAI’s Stargate project, said a person with knowledge of the deal. Blue Owl, which has nearly ...

Kalshi strikes a deal with CNBC that will integrate Kalshi's prediction data into CNBC's channel, site, and app starting in 2026, days after striking a CNN deal (James Faris/Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/kalshi-cnbc-deal-c…

Prediction giant Kalshi strikes a new media partnership with CNBC, days after its CNN deal
Prediction site Kalshi is partnering with CNBC, days after striking a deal with CNN. Prediction sites are popular but getting regulatory pushback.

"On Tuesday, the Department of Education announced that it had reached a settlement with the state of Missouri to end the Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) program, which allowed more than 7 million mostly low-income Americans to reduce their federal student loan payments."
Trump admin blasted for 'unrelenting push to jack up costs' with new 'backroom deal' - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/linda-mcmahon-2674384567/

What did the Jets get in return for Quinnen Williams? Full trade details on blockbuster deal with Cowboys https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/new-york-jets/news/what-did-jets-get-quinnen-willi…

What Jakobi Meyers' Deal With Jaguars Says About Raiders https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-jakobi-meyers-deal-says-about-raiders

NBCUniversal plans to launch cable sports channel NBCSN, with NBA games, Big Ten college football, and more, on November 17; source: NBCU is closing an MLB deal (Joe Flint/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/business/media/nbcu-ne

The US supreme court on Monday appeared poised to support the Trump administration’s argument that the president should be able to fire independent board members
-- dismissing a precedent that for nearly a century they have been protected from presidential interference.
The case gives the court, which has a 6-3 conservative majority,
an opportunity to overturn a New Deal era supreme court precedent in a case called
"Humphrey’s Executor v United States"
…

European Union Agrees to Landmark Free-Trade Deal With South America (Patricia Cohen/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/business/economy/european-union-mercosur-trade.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260109/p39#a260109p39

Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman says his new superintelligence team will build "frontier-grade research capability" and Microsoft needs AI self-sufficiency (Ashley Stewart/Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-

OpenAI used to prevent Microsoft pursuing AGI. Now, the software giant is free to compete, Mustafa Suleyman says.
A renegotiated deal lets Microsoft independently pursue artificial general intelligence. Suleyman is seizing the moment.

Paramount says Jon Stewart has renewed his contract to executive produce and partially host The Daily Show through 2026 (Tony Maglio/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/jon-stewart-new-daily-show-deal-1236416716/

Jon Stewart Re-Ups ‘Daily Show’ Deal Through 2026
Monday nights will look the same.

Cowboys' Jerry Jones makes wild admission on Micah Parsons, Quinnen Williams Jets trade https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/new-york-jets/news/cowboys-jerry-jones-micah-parsons-quinnen-williams-jets-de…

Northwestern Agrees to Deal With Trump Administration - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/us/politics/northwestern-deal-trump-administration.html

The Netflix-WBD deal should quiet concerns, for now, from CNN employees worried about the prospect of Paramount combining CBS News and CNN in a WBD acquisition (John Koblin/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/business/media/cnn-net…

CNN Is Excluded From Netflix’s Warner Bros. Deal for Now
The prospect of Paramount’s buying Warner Bros. Discovery had led CNN journalists to wonder if the channel may be combined with CBS News. Instead, CNN will remain in a separate corporate entity.

New trade deal pushes UK to increase drug spending to avoid Trump tariffs (Nathaniel Weixel/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5628347-trump-tariffs-uk-trade-deal-drugs/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251201/p72#a251201p72

Sources: JPMorgan Chase has reached a deal to take over the Apple credit card program from Goldman Sachs; JPMorgan plans to launch a new Apple savings account (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/finance/bank…

Apple is nearing a deal with Google that would see the iPhone maker pay the tech giant roughly
$1 billion a year for a custom version of Google’s Gemini AI model
to power its overhaul of Siri.
The move is a big one for Apple,
which has traditionally relied on its own technology
but plans to use Google’s model as a temporary solution until its own AI becomes powerful enough,
including to power a slate of upcoming features for the voice assistant.
The…

Apple nears deal to pay Google $1B annually to power new Siri, report says | TechCrunch
Apple is turning to Google's technology to help revamp Siri and power a slate of upcoming features for the voice assistant.

Paramount signs a deal with Professional Bull Riders to make Paramount the primary streamer for the PBR Unleash the Beast tour, after a similar deal with UFC (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/paramount-pbr-professiona…

Paramount Inks PBR Five-Year Streaming Deal for Unleash the Beast
Paramount and TKO Group's Professional Bull Riders set a new five-year media rights agreement that will make Paramount+ the primary streaming home of PBR's premier tour, Unleash The Beast, starting in the 2026 season beginning Dec. 12.

President Trump letting Nvidia sell advanced AI chips to China reverses decades of US tech restrictions on its adversaries, giving China a boost in the AI race (David E. Sanger/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/us/politics/trump-nvidia-ai-chip…

Trump’s Nvidia Chip Deal Reverses Decades of Technology Restrictions
President Trump’s decision to allow Nvidia to sell its chips to China has raised questions about whether he is prioritizing short-term economic gain over long-term American security interests.

Puck: Disney offered YouTube the same rates as major distributors at least for ESPN, but YouTube wants to pay less; Disney is losing $30M/week without YouTube (Ben Schoon/9to5Google)
https://9to5google.com/2025/11/11/youtube-tv-rate-report-disney-losses/

YouTube TV deal reportedly hung up on ESPN pricing as Disney loses $30 million a week
According to a new report, YouTube TV is seeking even better rates on Disney channels than other providers, while Disney is losing money.

Congress leaves town until 2026
with no health care deal,
forcing premium hikes
Four Republicans teamed up with Democrats to require a vote to revive ACA funds in early 2026.
But Senate Republicans tell NBC News that bill is dead on arrival across the Capitol.

Congress leaves town until 2026 with no health care deal, forcing premium hikes
The Republican-led House and Senate adjourned Thursday until the new year with no solution on expiring health care subsidies under the Affordable Care Act, meaning insurance premiums for about 22 million Americans will rise next month.

Source: Taylor Sheridan's NBCUniversal deal is worth $1B ; a movie deal starts in 2026 and will run for eight years while a TV deal starts at the end of 2028 (Sharon Waxman/The Wrap)
https://www.thewrap.com/taylor-sheridan-1-billion-tv-movie-deal-nbcuniversa…

Taylor Sheridan’s Deal: $1 Billion+ for TV, Movies at NBCUniversal | Exclusive 
How NBCUniversal's Donna Langley beat out David Zaslav and wrestled Taylor Sheridan away from Paramount with a new deal worth $1 billion.

Meta strikes a 20-year deal to buy 2,600 MW of nuclear power from Vistra, and announces deals to back new reactor projects from TerraPower and Oklo (Jennifer Hiller/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/meta-unveils-sweeping-…

Trump Leaves Behind a Reeling Washington to Chase a Deal With China (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/us/politics/trump-china-trade-deal.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/251025/p29#a251025p29

Quinnen Williams trade details: Jets deal star DL to Cowboys in blockbuster move, per reports https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2025/11/04/quinnen-williams-trade-details-jets-cowboys/87089159007/

ESPN announces DraftKings as the new sports betting partner for ESPN Bet, effective December 1 with a "full rollout expected in 2026" (Tony Maglio/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/busines…

ESPN Gets Right Back in the Betting Business With New Partner DraftKings
That was a short-lived exit.

What could go wrong?
Trump Media to Merge With TAE Technologies, a Nuclear Fusion Firm, in a $6 Billion Deal - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/business/trump-media-tae-technologies-fusion-power-deal.html

Apple announces JPMorgan Chase as the new issuer of the Apple Card, taking over from Goldman Sachs, with an expected transition in about 24 months (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/finance/banking/jpmorg

New Seahawks WR Shaheed: 'I'm here to stay' https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46864240/wr-rashid-shaheed-view-half-season-rental

Trump's Proposed Ukraine 'Deal' Is a Disgrace (Thomas L. Friedman/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/opinion/ukraine-russia-negotiations-trump-deal.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/251122/p64#a251122p64

FINANCIAL TIMES
The US and Ukraine have drafted a new 19-point peace deal,
but left the most politically sensitive elements to be decided by the countries' presidents,
according to Ukrainian first deputy foreign minister Sergiy Kyslytsya.
Washington had previously put Kyiv under pressure to agree a 28-point proposal that had been developed by US and Russian officials and crossed several long-standing Ukrainian red lines.
Kyslytsya, who was in the room as par…

US and Ukraine draft new 19-point peace plan but defer biggest decisions
The most politically sensitive elements are left for Trump and Zelenskyy to discuss

Netflix's WBD bid marks a striking strategy shift for a company long known for pivots, especially after years of avoiding full commitment to theatrical releases (Nicole Sperling/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/business/media/ne…

Netflix Changes Course Again With Warner Bros. Deal
The streaming giant has changed its strategy many times over the years. But the decision to get deeply into theatrical releases may be the most startling yet.

Q&A with iRobot co-founder Colin Angle on the company's Chapter 11 bankruptcy, regulatory pressure that killed Amazon's deal, his new robotics startup, and more (Connie Loizos/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/20/it-f

'It felt so wrong': Colin Angle on iRobot, the FTC, and the Amazon deal that never was | TechCrunch
The iRobot founder opens up about the 18-month regulatory process that he says doomed the Roomba maker -- and what it means for American innovation.

Sources: Chargers add Penning to help O-line https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46849451/sources-chargers-trade-saints-ol-trevor-penning

U.S. scrambles to save Gaza peace deal amid new clashes (Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/10/19/trump-gaza-deal-hamas-israel
http://www.memeorandum.com/251019/p41#a251019p41

TikTok Signs Agreements With Investors in Step Toward Avoiding a U.S. Ban - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/business/media/tiktok-deal-agreements-us-investors.html

US and Russian officials have quietly drafted a new plan to end the war in Ukraine that would require Kyiv to surrender territory and severely limit the size of its military, it was reported on Wednesday
The draft plan, which was reportedly developed by Donald Trump’s envoy, Steve Witkoff, and the Kremlin adviser Kirill Dmitriev,
would force draconian measures on Ukraine that would give Russia unprecedented control over the country’s military and political sovereignty.
The…

A look at the auction for the Oscars' TV rights, as sources say Netflix is out, NBCUniversal gains ground, and YouTube and ABC remain active bidders (Matt Donnelly/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/film/news/oscars-tv-rights-nbcuniversal-a…

Oscar TV Rights Auction: NBCUniversal Leads Charge to Nab Telecast
NBCUniversal is in the lead to nab TV rights to the Oscars starting in 2029 as the Motion Picture Academy shops around for a new deal.

US and Russian officials have quietly drafted a new plan to end the war in Ukraine that would require Kyiv to surrender territory and severely limit the size of its military, it was reported on Wednesday
The draft plan, which was reportedly developed by Donald Trump’s envoy, Steve Witkoff, and the Kremlin adviser Kirill Dmitriev,
would force draconian measures on Ukraine that would give Russia unprecedented control over the country’s military and political sovereignty.
The…

EA strikes a partnership with Stability AI to build game developer tools that serve as "smarter paintbrushes" (Jennifer Maas/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/digital/news/electronic-arts-stability-developer-deal-1236559755/

Electronic Arts Partners With Stability AI
Video game giant Electronic Arts has struck a new partnership with generative tech company Stability AI

In Private Letters, Harvard and Trump Administration Escalate Duel (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/us/trump-harvard-letters-deal.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/251224/p53#a251224p53

Sources: Fluidstack, an AI cloud provider that is aiding Google's effort to expand access to its TPUs, is in talks to raise $700M led by Situational Awareness (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/ai-cloud-pr…

AI Cloud Provider Aiding Google’s Chip Push Is in Talks to Raise $700 Million
Fluidstack, a cloud provider aiding Google’s AI chip push, is in talks to raise more than $700 million in new financing, according to two people with knowledge of the deal. A one-year-old investment fund started by ex-OpenAI researcher Leopold Aschenbrenner is in talks to lead the financing, one ...

Cinemark signs a deal with Imax to add 17 theaters, including four new US Imax laser projection screens, amid a rise in event cinema like Avatar: Fire and Ash (Etan Vlessing/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus…

Cinemark Signs 17-Theater Imax Deal in Latest Premium Play
The rise of event cinema has exhibitors nabbing new Imax locations, even as they have their own branded premium large format screens, in a bid for more assured revenue streams.

Samsung, SK Group, and others announce billions in domestic investment after US-South Korea trade deal; Samsung plans to invest $310B and SK Group pledged $88B (Kim Tong-Hyung/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/south-korea-samsung-…

Samsung Electronics leads new domestic investment plans in South Korea
Samsung Electronics and other major South Korean companies have announced new domestic investment plans. This comes after a meeting with President Lee Jae Myung, who hopes to counter concerns about prioritizing U.S. investments under a recent trade deal. Samsung plans to invest $310 billion over five years to expand domestic operations, including a new production line at its Pyeongtaek hub. Hyundai Motor Group also plans to invest $86.3 billion from 2026 to 2030 in research and development. SK …

Netflix's WBD bid marks a striking strategy shift for a company long known for pivots, especially after years of avoiding full commitment to theatrical releases (Nicole Sperling/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/business/media/ne…

Netflix Changes Course Again With Warner Bros. Deal
The streaming giant has changed its strategy many times over the years. But the decision to get deeply into theatrical releases may be the most startling yet.

The Chinese can pump or dump the Trump family's net worth by billions any time they want to.
The response will be predictably Pavlovian.
https://universeodon.com/@cryptadamist/115448291085354467

⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯ (@cryptadamist@universeodon.com)
Attached: 1 image recent price chart for the #TRUMP #memecoin shows a massive crash in price on the left (when Trump announced new tariffs on #china) and a massive pump just now (when Trump TACOed and announced there would be a trade deal with china). 99.9% of TRUMP trading happens on offshore #crypto exchanges that are controlled by chinese nationals and banned from operating within the US. every $1 the price moves up the trump family gets a billion dollars and every $1 the price goes down…

A profile of Pure Storage co-founder John Colgrove, as AI-driven demand for data storage pushes the company's stock to record highs, reaching a $30B market cap (Alicia Park/Forbes)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/aliciapark/…

After Four Decades In Silicon Valley, This Engineer Is A New Billionaire Thanks To The AI Boom
Pure Storage’s low-key cofounder John Colgrove joins the three-comma club after signing a flashy deal with Meta amid increasing data storage demand.

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 (Max Tani/Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/11/23/2025/cnn-drops-out-of-apple-news-feed

Exclusive: CNN drops out of Apple News feed, for now
The two companies are continuing to discuss a new deal that would restore CNN’s stories to Apple News.

HSBC signs a deal with Mistral to access Mistral's AI models and collaborate on developing new models for internal use, as big banks rush to adopt generative AI (Ortenca Aliaj/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/7b8e4ea8-ae17-4ada-9117-9f859589ce1d

Lee Enterprises stabilizes its finances as investors buy $50M in new stock, led by $35M invested by David Hoffmann, who will become chair of the company (Josh Funk/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/lee-enterprises-news…

Lee Enterprises secures $50 million investment with help from billionaire investor
Lee Enterprises has announced a compromise with the billionaire investor who tried to take over the nation's third-largest newspaper chain this year. The deal is intended to help stabilize the company's finances with a $50 million investment and set Lee up for the future. Investor David Hoffmann will become Lee's chairman as he continues to pursue his goal of becoming the country's largest newspaper publisher. The deal will also allow Lee to renegotiate its debt and save about $18 million a yea…

Anthropic commits to buy $30B in Azure capacity in a new deal with Microsoft and Nvidia, which commit to invest up to $5B and $10B, respectively, in Anthropic (Microsoft)
https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2025/11/18/microsoft-nvidia-…

Microsoft, NVIDIA and Anthropic announce strategic partnerships - The Official Microsoft Blog
Anthropic to scale Claude on Azure Anthropic to adopt NVIDIA architecture NVIDIA and Microsoft to invest in Anthropic Today Microsoft, NVIDIA and Anthropic announced new strategic partnerships. Anthropic is scaling its rapidly-growing Claude AI model on Microsoft Azure, powered by NVIDIA, which will broaden access to Claude and provide Azure enterprise customers with expanded model choice and new capabilities. Anthropic...

Anthropic's Skills for Claude, which are conceptually very simple, may become a bigger deal than MCP, whose high token usage is its most significant limitation (Simon Willison/Simon Willison's Weblog)
https://simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/16/claude-skills/

Claude Skills are awesome, maybe a bigger deal than MCP
Anthropic this morning introduced Claude Skills, a new pattern for making new abilities available to their models: Claude can now use Skills to improve how it performs specific tasks. Skills …

Sources: if Netflix wins the WBD bid, DOJ's Gail Slater and her senior reports have discussed how they plan to launch a multiyear investigation into the deal (Charles Gasparino/New York Post)
https://nypost.com/2025/12/03/medi…

Exclusive | Netflix acquisition of Warner Bros. studio and HBO Max would face stiff DOJ antitrust opposition: sources 
Antitrust officials are likening the Netflix purchase of WBD to Ticketmaster buying a popular entertainment venue like Madison Square Garden.

ESPN plans to make its College Gameday telecast available on host Pat McAfee's X account, as Disney and YouTube TV continue to spar over a new carriage deal (Brian Steinberg/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/disney-youtube-tv-college-gameday-…

ESPN Puts College GameDay on X as Disney-YouTube TV Clash Continues
ESPN Puts College GameDay on X as Disney-YouTube TV Clash Continues

Sources: White House officials discussed antitrust concerns over Netflix's interest in WBD, questioning if a deal would give Netflix too much power in Hollywood (Charles Gasparino/New York Post)
https://nypost.com/2025/11/…

Exclusive | White House officials have raised antitrust concerns over Netflix's bid for Warner Bros. Discovery: sources
A high-level meeting that took place about 10 days ago hasn’t been previously reported. Several White House officials also suggested during the sitdown that a broader investigation is necessa…

ESPN plans to make its College Gameday telecast available on host Pat McAfee's X account, as Disney and YouTube TV continue to spar over a new carriage deal (Brian Steinberg/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/disney-youtube-tv-college-gameday-…

ESPN Puts College GameDay on X as Disney-YouTube TV Clash Continues
ESPN Puts College GameDay on X as Disney-YouTube TV Clash Continues

A look at Cal State's plans to become an "AI-empowered" university via partnerships with Amazon and a $16.9M deal to provide ChatGPT Edu to students and staff (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/tec…

Cal State Invited Tech Companies to Remake Learning With A.I.
Spurred by titans like Amazon and OpenAI, California State wants to become the nation’s “largest A.I.-empowered” university.

Sources: Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan is leaving Paramount after closing a major film and TV deal with NBCU; he was unhappy with Paramount's new regime (Matthew Belloni/Puck)
https://puck.news/taylor-sheridan-is-leaving-paramount-for/

Source: Microsoft's and Nvidia's investments in Anthropic push its valuation to the range of $350B, up from its $183B valuation after raising $13B in September (CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/18/anthropic-ai-azure-microsoft-nvidia.html

Anthropic valued in range of $350 billion following investment deal with Microsoft, Nvidia
Microsoft announced new strategic partnerships with Nvidia and the AI startup Anthropic.