The Brief – Wednesday 26 November 2025 – Spotify, the IPA, Ofcom on socials, sports tv growth.

📵 Ofcom has released new guidance aimed at combating revenge porn and “pile-ons” on social media platforms. The measures suggest tech companies enforce limits on the number of abusive replies to posts and that they use “hash-matching” technology to quickly detect and remove illicit images (real or deepfaked) posted online without consent. (The Guardian)

🗞️ A six-month government delay in approving funding for degree apprenticeships is preventing employers from recruiting journalists, the NCTJ has warned. (HoldtheFrontPage)

🎧 The IPA has published the first episode of its new podcast series, featuring former IPA president and Ogilvy vice chairman Rory Sutherland. In the episode, Sutherland contends that agencies have limited their relevance by selling execution rather than thinking. (IPA)

📺 Q4 Nielsen Gracenote data found that sports programming increased 9.3% quarter on quarter across the five largest global SVOD providers, led by Disney+ (+29% since Q3). Sports programming has also grown substantially (+20.4% quarter on quarter) on FAST channels. (Nielsen Gracenote)

📰 Politico will stop publishing its print newspaper at the end of this year, with a spokesperson saying it “no longer makes sense” to publish in print when the “overwhelming majority” of its audience comes from online consumption. (Scott Nover/Washington Post)

🍄 Spotify is preparing to raise US subscription prices in the first quarter of 2026, according to three people familiar with the matter. The move comes as Spotify pushes to show sustained profitability following the jump in share price by more than 30% this year. (Financial Times)