BotW: Ticking clock on the TikTok block; Winners and losers in the Nine shakeup

Welcome to Best of the Week, mostly written on a pleasant Saturday morning in Evandale, Tasmania.

There was plenty going on this week. With the industry having psychologically checked out earlier than usual prior to Christmas, there’s also been an earlier than usual pre-Australia Day return. This week Nine’s executives learned their fates in a big structural shakeup. And in the US, we may be entering TikTok’s final hours which will inevitably have knock-on effects here in Australia.

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