Media News 1/1/25
1. President Carter, R.I.P.
https://www.cartercenter.org/news/pr/2024/statement-on-president-jimmy-carter-122924.html
2. Ozempic vs. Big Junk Food https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/29/podcasts/the-daily/ozempic-big-food.htm
2a. Neurological effects of 'junk content' https://english.elpais.com/technology/2024-12-26/the-effects-of-brain-rot-how-junk-content-is-damaging-our-minds.html
3. Surgical robots learn tasks by watching videos
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/ar-AA1wH147
4. End of a century: America now has more Republicans than Democrats
https://www.patrickruffini.com/p/america-now-has-more-republicans
4a. Inside the right-wing knick knack racket
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/30/rightwing-knicknack-racket
4b. Operation Liberal Joe Rogan
https://campaignsandelections.com/industry-news/opinion-the-secret-to-building-liberal-media-that-works-three-rules-to-avoid-another-air-america/
4ba. Economics of Media Bias
https://www.wsj.com/video/wsj-opinion-the-economics-of-media-bias/B4B459BD-8BCB-4F9D-860A-E3A867CB77F7?mod=media_videos_pos1
5. Wild Russian propaganda video shoots Santa out of sky
https://www.thebarentsobserver.com/news/prokremlin-propaganda-video-blows-santa-out-of-the-sky/422522
7a. New trends in Russian media
https://uacrisis.org/en/russian-propaganda-in-2024-traditions-and-new-trends
6. Down in 2024, Hollywood remains optimistic
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2024-12-29/2024-was-a-better-but-not-great-year-for-movie-theaters-whats-to-come-in-2025
7. Streaming's Cable Moment
https://www.axios.com/2024/12/12/youtube-tv-price-increase-netflix
8. Charles Dolan, Cable-TV Pioneer Behind HBO and AMC, Dies at 98
https://www.wsj.com/business/media/charles-dolan-cable-tv-pioneer-behind-hbo-and-amc-dies-298782b8?mod=media_news_article_pos1
9. Tick Tock: TikTok headed for ban — can Trump save it?
https://www.vox.com/politics/392893/trump-tiktok-ban-supreme-court
9a. How the TikTok reversal happened
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/28/us/politics/trump-tik-tok-ban.html
10. New York City: Broadway Shows to See This Winter: ‘Gypsy,’ ‘Othello’ and More
https://www.nytimes.com/article/broadway-shows-musicals.html