Nearly half of teens in the U.S. are online almost constantly, and the platform they’re using the most is YouTube, a new study from the Pew Research Center has found. - TechCrunch
This year, the biggest categories for YouTube were sports and children’s entertainment. Watch time for sports content grew 30% year-over-year, according to the company, which did not give the exact watch times for either 2023 or 2024. - The Wrap
The broadcaster has undergone a series of radical transformations, often referred to using the shorthand TeleMeloni. A monologue in which the writer Antonio Scurati was set to criticize Italy’s “post-fascist” leaders for failing to repudiate their neofascist origins was canceled. - Columbia Journalism Review
The company's new global linear networks division will house its networks of news, sports, scripted and unscripted programming like CNN, TBS, TNT, HGTV and the Food Network. A streaming and studios unit will house WBD's film studios and streaming platform Max. - CNBC (MSN)
"(The giant media conglomerate) said it is restructuring into two operating divisions, one focused on the legacy cable TV business and the other on streaming and studios, a move that could set the company up for dealmaking down the road." - The Wall Street Journal (MSN)
Andrew Wallenstein, then-co-editor-in-chief of Variety: "I’m not going to say if I had to do it all over again I would do it differently because I understand why I did what I did then. But looking back on the hack, I wish I’d taken a different tack. Let me explain why." - Variety
"YouTube just released some new stats that show how the service is being consumed on televisions, and the numbers are enormous. … The trend hasn’t changed in forever, but YouTube has spent the last couple of years finally doing something about it." - The Verge
"In the lame-duck session …, support continues to build for a bill that would require AM receivers to be included in vehicle dashboards. Three more House members have signed on as co-sponsors for the proposed AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act, bringing the total number of supporters in the House to 271." - Inside Radio
The reality was that none of the people allegedly working for the Ashland Daily Tidings existed, or at least were who they claimed to be. The bylines listed on Daily Tidings articles were put there by scammers using artificial intelligence, and in some cases stolen identities, to dupe local readers. - Oregon Public Broadcasting
"Efforts to defund NPR and PBS … (along with) their member stations and their primary funding mechanism, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting … have been raised by Republicans and successfully batted away by public media defenders with annual regularity for decades. This time could be different." - Semafor
They generate a cumulative economic impact of $368 billion, a figure comparable to the GDP of Hong Kong and more than the entire economic output of Finland, New Zealand, or Greece. - Fast Company
On the TV side, FX/Hulu’s “The Bear” continues its trophy domination with the most nominations for any series; that’s five for the restaurant-set dramedy. - Variety
And Emila Pérez is in. Of course, “the Globes have been in turmoil since 2021,” and last year’s ceremony was a rushed stinkbomb of an experience for everyone. But hope springs eternal when celebrity-infused cash is involved. - The New York Times
