AGP Executive Report
Last update: 3 hours agoMedia freedom under pressure: Philippines police arrested suspects tied to stolen media equipment at the Senate, while NUJP hit back at Vice President Sara Duterte’s latest attacks on press standards. Platform power & kids online: New research links earlier social media use to worse later grades in Italy, and Australia’s under-16 ban is being defended even as regulators report most teens still use social apps. Big Tech meets regulation: Australia moves to make tech giants pay higher levies if they don’t strike news deals, and India’s Delhi Police crack down on misleading protest social media handles. Money, markets & media: Elon Musk rolls out X Money, and Trump Media launches a paid “Truth API” aimed at feeding market-moving posts to Wall Street. Journalism industry shakeups: CBS News fired “60 Minutes” correspondents Scott Pelley and Sharyn Alfonsi, who are now set as journalists-in-residence at Columbia Journalism School. Censorship abroad: Pakistan blocks Al Jazeera and restricts foreign media reporting in PoK amid unrest coverage. Sports/entertainment tie-ins: Outside Lands 2026 lineup previews and Starbucks’ fall menu (including PSL and the new Chaider) keep mainstream culture in the mix.
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