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Sources: David Ellison's interference in WBD's failed summer talks to extend HBO Max's South Park licensing deal left David Zaslav distrustful of Ellison (Oliver Darcy/Status)

Mediagazer , Friday, Dec 5, 2025 7:30:01 PM

Pakistan Demands Extradition of Political Dissidents From UK in Exchange for Taking Members of "Grooming Gangs"

Drop Site News , Friday, Dec 5, 2025 7:18:02 PM

The Mighty Fitz & Me

MetaFilter , Friday, Dec 5, 2025 6:51:16 PM

Federal Agents Pepper Spray Protesters During Tucson Taco Shop Raid

The Marshall Project , Friday, Dec 5, 2025 6:40:00 PM

L.A. City Council president moves to delay full Olympic wage boost for tourism workers

Suhauna Hussain , Friday, Dec 5, 2025 6:28:09 PM

It's time to take the fact-checking uses of AI seriously

The End(s) of Argument , Friday, Dec 5, 2025 6:15:47 PM

Biden Slams Republicans for Using L.G.B.T.Q. Identity as ‘Political Football’

NYT > Amy Harmon , Friday, Dec 5, 2025 5:57:33 PM

The WGA, which routinely opposes media mergers, says the Netflix-WBD deal must be blocked, and the Producers and Directors guilds express concern over the deal (Variety)

Mediagazer , Friday, Dec 5, 2025 5:35:01 PM

Netflix To Buy Warner Bros For $82.7 Billion, But Trump FCC, DOJ Could Intervene For All The Wrong Reasons

Techdirt , Friday, Dec 5, 2025 3:46:49 PM

In no particular order, these are ten albums released this year that I enjoyed. ...

Brad Barrish , Friday, Dec 5, 2025 3:35:45 PM

The Indissoluble Filament Connecting Us All: Patti Smith on What It Means to Be an Artist

The Marginalian , Friday, Dec 5, 2025 3:22:13 PM

Netflix-WBD: Apocalypse Not?

Status , Friday, Dec 5, 2025 3:21:04 PM

French electronic duo Air performs a Tiny Desk Concert. Setlist: Le Voyage...

kottke.org , Friday, Dec 5, 2025 3:16:14 PM

‘Substantial Risk’: Mohican Young Star Academy Admissions Suspended as State Investigates

The Marshall Project , Friday, Dec 5, 2025 3:05:00 PM

The Beloved Episodes That Inspired Creator Joe Brumm’s Last ‘Bluey’ Hurrah

io9 | We Come From the Future , Friday, Dec 5, 2025 3:00:53 PM

Section 415: The 22-year-old broadcasting 49ers games

The San Francisco Standard , Friday, Dec 5, 2025 3:00:00 PM

The December Comfort Watches 2025, Day Five: Dredd

Whatever , Friday, Dec 5, 2025 2:59:31 PM

Former DEA official's alleged co-conspirator in attempt to launder cartel money is infamous former CIA asset

All-Source Intelligence , Friday, Dec 5, 2025 2:58:13 PM

This Week in the IndieWeb

https://indieweb.org/this-week/, Friday, Dec 5, 2025 2:50:09 PM

Emptywheel Fridays on the Nicole Sandler Show 12-5-25

The Nicole Sandler Show , Friday, Dec 5, 2025 2:43:22 PM

Netflix secured $59B in bridge financing from Wells Fargo, BNP Paribas, and HSBC for its WBD bid, one of the largest loans of its kind; Wells' share is $29.5B (Bloomberg)

Mediagazer , Friday, Dec 5, 2025 2:40:00 PM

The EU’s Fine Against X is Not About Speech or ‘Censorship’

Tech Policy Press , Friday, Dec 5, 2025 2:27:23 PM

Fact check: Anchor Brewing is dormant but not departed

The San Francisco Standard , Friday, Dec 5, 2025 2:24:11 PM

Fran Sans is a font based on the display type of SF’s...

kottke.org , Friday, Dec 5, 2025 2:18:00 PM

Down the Rabbit Hole Chasing Fractals via the Grand Canyon and Animated Triangles

CogDogBlog , Friday, Dec 5, 2025 2:11:26 PM

Friday Squid Blogging: Vampire Squid Genome

Schneier on Security , Friday, Dec 5, 2025 2:06:14 PM

DC Studios Is Trying to Move to Other Theme Parks

io9 | We Come From the Future , Friday, Dec 5, 2025 2:00:13 PM

SAG-AFTRA puts off taking a position on the Netflix-WBD deal but says a deal benefiting its members "must result in more creation and more production, not less" (Katie Campione/Deadline)

Mediagazer , Friday, Dec 5, 2025 1:40:02 PM

They have to be able to talk about us without us

Stephen's Web ~ OLDaily , Friday, Dec 5, 2025 1:37:00 PM

Walking home in the the dark...

Rudiger Meyer’s Notes & Short Posts , Friday, Dec 5, 2025 1:35:48 PM

The Land of Giants, a conceptual proposal to build power line towers...

kottke.org , Friday, Dec 5, 2025 1:32:15 PM

Better Ways to Build Self-Improving AI Agents

Yohei Nakajima , Friday, Dec 5, 2025 1:31:40 PM

Sources: Forbes has cut ties with dozens of contributing writers; one exec said Forbes needs to ensure the contributor model is "financially sound" (Alexandra Steigrad/New York Post)

Mediagazer , Friday, Dec 5, 2025 1:30:00 PM

Techdirt Podcast Episode 439: The Resonant Computing Manifesto

Techdirt , Friday, Dec 5, 2025 1:30:00 PM

Sri Lanka’s interest Rate Trap

J. W. Mason , Friday, Dec 5, 2025 1:17:01 PM

Perpetual futures, explained

Bits about Money , Friday, Dec 5, 2025 1:16:46 PM

White House 'Censorship' Grievance Fantasy Kicks Into High Gear

Tech Policy Press , Friday, Dec 5, 2025 1:16:15 PM

Time for Musk to Pay the Piper

wiczipedia , Friday, Dec 5, 2025 1:15:36 PM

Interiors: The “Commodore Club” aboard the ocean liner Queen Mary 2.

The Garden of Memory , Friday, Dec 5, 2025 1:15:29 PM

Free money for SF kids: Which neighborhoods are eligible for $250 Trump Accounts

The San Francisco Standard , Friday, Dec 5, 2025 1:05:35 PM

‘Renegades’ Is Good ‘Star Wars’ and Pretty Okay ‘Destiny 2’

io9 | We Come From the Future , Friday, Dec 5, 2025 1:00:37 PM

SF General social worker stabbed in clinic without weapons screening

The San Francisco Standard , Friday, Dec 5, 2025 1:00:00 PM

Google Workspace Updates Weekly Recap - December 5, 2025

Google Workspace Updates , Friday, Dec 5, 2025 12:55:44 PM

Congressional Democrats and Republicans criticize the Netflix-WBD deal, saying it would raise streaming subscription prices and lessen workers' pay and control (Jody Godoy/Reuters)

Mediagazer , Friday, Dec 5, 2025 12:55:00 PM

Trump Administration Locks Arms with Musk’s X Against EU Tech Enforcement

Tech Policy Press , Friday, Dec 5, 2025 12:54:55 PM

Abington police issue Officer Commendation for the apprehension of a suspect who defrauded a local doctor’s office out of $1.2M | Multiple fire companies in greater Glenside welcome new members following Firefighter 1 certifications

Glenside Local , Friday, Dec 5, 2025 12:53:57 PM

Court to hear cases on arbitration, where one can be tried for an offense

SCOTUSblog , Friday, Dec 5, 2025 12:53:40 PM

Los Campesinos on streaming:

jwz , Friday, Dec 5, 2025 12:53:24 PM

Email template to ask Beehiiv newsletters to enable RSS

Tracy Durnell's Mind Garden , Friday, Dec 5, 2025 12:46:01 PM

The Fascinating Map of Fungi

kottke.org , Friday, Dec 5, 2025 12:45:09 PM

Melting Spoons and Autistic Burnout

MetaFilter , Friday, Dec 5, 2025 12:41:19 PM

Things We Like: A Few More Cookbooks, From Kate

The Bittman Project , Friday, Dec 5, 2025 12:38:58 PM

WBD confirms that Warner Bros. Games will be acquired by Netflix along with its wider streaming and television business (Chris Kerr/Game Developer)

Mediagazer , Friday, Dec 5, 2025 12:35:01 PM

Judge Signals Win for Software Freedom Conservancy in Vizio GPL Case

https://fossforce.com , Friday, Dec 5, 2025 12:30:03 PM

Documents and source: WBD CEO David Zaslav's stock in WBD would be worth close to $660M if the Netflix deal closes (Alex Sherman/CNBC)

Mediagazer , Friday, Dec 5, 2025 12:30:02 PM

Glenside Celtic Winter Academy begins Jan. 5, club prepares for pending US Youth Soccer age change

Glenside Local , Friday, Dec 5, 2025 12:25:11 PM

Radicalized Anti-AI Activist Should Be A Wake Up Call For Doomer Rhetoric

Techdirt , Friday, Dec 5, 2025 12:23:16 PM

Sources: Vanity Fair and Olivia Nuzzi have agreed to part ways following new allegations about her affair with RFK Jr. and her behavior while reporting on him (Isabella Simonetti/Wall Street Journal)

Mediagazer , Friday, Dec 5, 2025 12:21:45 PM

Friday Report: December 5, 2025

Take Control Books , Friday, Dec 5, 2025 12:20:59 PM

History with Mike: Jenkintown’s Strawbridge & Clothier, John Wanamaker Department Store through the years

Glenside Local , Friday, Dec 5, 2025 12:17:44 PM

Cheltenham Township public hearing to discuss 3-story mixed-used building proposal along Glenside Ave. on Dec. 8

Glenside Local , Friday, Dec 5, 2025 12:13:47 PM

This week’s news in Venn diagrams.

Literary Hub , Friday, Dec 5, 2025 12:12:32 PM

The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Investors Get Back To Writing Large Checks

Crunchbase News , Friday, Dec 5, 2025 12:05:45 PM

Legal News for Fri 12/5 - Trump DC Troop Deployment Endures, SCOTUSBlog Goldstein Fights to Sell Home, Grand Jury Win for Letitia James and $300M in fees in Anthropic Case

Minimum Competence - Daily Legal News Podcast , Friday, Dec 5, 2025 12:01:28 PM

‘Jujutsu Kaisen: Execution’ Is All the Worst Impulses of the Anime Compilation Film Format

io9 | We Come From the Future , Friday, Dec 5, 2025 12:00:07 PM

Bloomberg’s Jealousy List for 2025, a collection of journalism admired by the...

kottke.org , Friday, Dec 5, 2025 11:57:54 AM

A look at the First Amendment Watch's SLAPP Back Initiative, a US SLAPP tracker; in 2024, 69 of 500 cases involved the media, of which 46 were dismissed (Liam Scott/Columbia Journalism Review)

Mediagazer , Friday, Dec 5, 2025 11:50:03 AM

Elkins Park multimedia artist’s ongoing 76ers project feat. by The Inquirer

Glenside Local , Friday, Dec 5, 2025 11:46:49 AM

This Week in Matrix 2025-12-05

Matrix.org , Friday, Dec 5, 2025 11:41:50 AM

Christmas shopping in the tri-state area? Check out the estate sale selling 100,000 books.

Literary Hub , Friday, Dec 5, 2025 11:38:41 AM

The US will reinstate library grants canceled by Trump.

Literary Hub , Friday, Dec 5, 2025 11:37:54 AM

It’s Official: The Original Theatrical Cut of ‘Star Wars’ Is Coming Back to Theaters

io9 | We Come From the Future , Friday, Dec 5, 2025 11:34:55 AM

BYOD on Google Meet on Chrome OS touch controller rooms

Google Workspace Updates , Friday, Dec 5, 2025 11:27:43 AM

Huntingdon Valley investor purchases the Joseph Ambler Inn in Montgomery Township for $5.725M

Glenside Local , Friday, Dec 5, 2025 11:27:10 AM

‘Avengers: Endgame’ Is Returning to Theaters Before ‘Doomsday’

io9 | We Come From the Future , Friday, Dec 5, 2025 11:26:25 AM

Numbers game

Mixture , Friday, Dec 5, 2025 11:25:36 AM

Supreme Court agrees to hear Trump’s challenge to birthright citizenship

SCOTUSblog , Friday, Dec 5, 2025 11:20:20 AM

Classical music of 2025

Marginal REVOLUTION , Friday, Dec 5, 2025 11:17:38 AM

Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans and intersex people, memo says

The 19th , Friday, Dec 5, 2025 11:15:43 AM

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)

Mediagazer , Friday, Dec 5, 2025 11:15:06 AM