In brief: President Joe Biden last week signed a $1.7tn (£1.4tn) spending bill into law that contained a provision to outlaw the short-form video app.

In brief: Netflix is estimated to have lost 500,000 UK subscribers in 2022 and is expected to lose a further 200,000 subscribers in 2023.

In brief: Amazon, Apple, and ESPN had been rumoured to have also been interested in the package.

In brief: Netflix is partnering with Nike to stream Nike’s Training Club, a fitness program with over 30 hours of exercise sessions.

In brief: Epic Games reached record-breaking settlements with the US FTC over complaints regarding children’s data privacy and billing practices.

In brief: it is the sixth-largest opening weekend in the UK in 2022.

Thinkbox, the marketing body for TV advertising, is back on TV with its seventh advertising campaign and second from creative agency Mother London.

In brief: 533 journalists are now detained worldwide, a new record and a 13% increase from last year.

In brief: Senator Marco Rubio and Representatives Mike Gallagher and Raja Krishnamoorthi have introduced legislation that would ban TikTok in the US.

Dentsu expects global ad spend to grow by 3.8% in 2023, a slowdown compared to +8.0% in 2022. Much of that growth will be driven by price inflation.