TikTok finally has a deal, the Oscars are moving off broadcast TV and onto YouTube, and the AI boom is starting to show real stress as the White House pushes to block states from regulating it. At the same time, the jobs report is weakening, manufacturing and younger workers are feeling the pressure, and falling inflation isn’t bringing the relief many expected as we head toward 2026.

🎯 WHAT YOU’LL LEARN

* How TikTok’s U.S. deal works and why it may still fail regulatory tests

* Why the Oscars moving to YouTube signals a deeper media power shift

* What Warner Bros. Discovery’s board sees as red flags in Paramount’s bid

* Why AI valuations are slipping and legacy innovators are collapsing

* How the White House is trying to stop states from regulating AI

* What the latest jobs and inflation data really say about the economy

🔍 TIMESTAMPS

00:00 Intro — Jobs, Inflation, TikTok, AI & Media

00:33 TikTok Deal — Ownership, Algorithms & China Approval

02:41 Media Shift — Oscars to YouTube

03:14 Warner Bros. vs Paramount — Financing & Foreign Ownership

05:43 AI Market Stress — CoreWeave, Oracle & Broadcom

07:07 iRobot Collapse — Tariffs & Industrial Fallout

08:38 AI Regulation Fight — White House vs States

10:48 Jobs Report — Rising Unemployment & Revisions

12:45 Inflation Update — Cooling Prices, Rising Risks

13:38 Takeaway — A More Fragile Economy

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📚 SOURCES & DATA:

Oracle, Silver Lake, MGX Circle TikTok Deal: Is a US Takeover Finally Here?: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/25/oracle-silver-lake-mgx-tiktok.htmlkff
TikTok Deal Signed: https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/18/tech/tiktok-signs-us-sale-deal
TikTok Creates New US Joint Venture: https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/cpi-report-today-inflation-stock-market-12-18-2025/card/tiktok-signs-deal-to-create-new-u-s-joint-venture-Mx6mQFbq3hIrloXa1I2k?mod=hp_lista_pos2
Paramount + WBD in Trouble? Why Old-School TV Networks Are Overpriced in the Streaming Era:https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/paramount-wbd-overvaluing-tv-networks-cnn-tbs-netflix-deal-1236604301/kff
Warners Board Rejects Paramount Offer: https://www.reuters.com/legal/transactional/warner-bros-discovery-board-rejects-rival-bid-paramount-2025-12-17/
Roomba Maker iRobot Near Collapse: Can the Robot Vacuum Pioneer Survive Tariffs and Amazon’s Exit?:https://www.barrons.com/articles/irobot-roomba-bankruptcy-stock-price-amazon-c55c5435#:~:text=Intense%20competition%20from%20abroad%20and,george.glover@dowjones.com kff
Tariffs Crush Roomba: How Trade Wars Pushed iRobot to the Brink of Bankruptcy:https://www.npr.org/2025/12/15/nx-s1-5644772/tariffs-roomba-irobot-bankruptcy kff
Breaking Jobs Data: New US Employment Report Shows Where the Labor Market Is Really Cooling:https://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm kff
Inside the Latest Jobs Report: November 2025 Employment Data and What It Signals for the Economy:https://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/empsit_12162025.htm kff
Wall Street Reacts to November Jobs: What the New Employment Numbers Mean for Rates and Recession Risk:https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/16/jobs-report-november-2025-.html kff
Labor Department Jobs Breakdown: The Official Government View on November’s Employment Shake-Up:https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/economicdata/empsit_12162025.pdfkff
Hot CPI Alert: Latest US Inflation Report: https://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htmkff
AI Executive Order: https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/11/tech/ai-trump-states-executive-order
Trump’s New AI Order: How Washington Plans to Regulate Artificial Intelligence and Reshape Big Tech:https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/technology/ai-trump-executive-order.html kff

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