{"id":282832,"date":"2025-12-11T15:56:55","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T20:56:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?post_type=newsletterglue&#038;p=282832"},"modified":"2025-12-15T11:09:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T16:09:17","slug":"the-briefing-2025-12-11","status":"publish","type":"newsletterglue","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/newsletter\/the-briefing\/the-briefing-2025-12-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Status of CNN in limbo as Netflix and Paramount both bid to take over WBD"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-7d27bd1b77f9d1f5 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p><strong>\u2600\ufe0f Happy Thursday!<\/strong>&nbsp;<em>The Briefing is your guide to the world of news and information<\/em>.<em> <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/sign-up-for-the-briefing\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/sign-up-for-the-briefing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Sign up here!<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-61252b3ce1a5cd8d wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p><strong>In today<em>\u2019<\/em>s email:<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-2c6a83afc63e87b9 wp-block-newsletterglue-list ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px;padding-left:40px;padding-right:20px;color:#2a2a2a\"><ul class=\"wp-block-newsletterglue-list\"><li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>Featured story:<\/strong> Status of CNN in limbo as Netflix and Paramount both bid to take over Warner Bros. Discovery<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>In other news:<\/strong> Meta announces AI deals with several news organizations<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>Looking ahead:<\/strong> Australia bans social media for users under 16<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>Director&#8217;s note:<\/strong> The great media divide<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-27f4ac2e7691998d wp-block-newsletterglue-spacer ng-block\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" height=\"25\" style=\"height: 25px !important\" data-height=\"25px\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-5633e9eba5762193 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:18px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>\ud83d\udd25&nbsp;<strong>Featured story<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-acc5e828e28b45dd wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>After&nbsp;<strong>Warner Bros. Discovery<\/strong>&nbsp;struck a deal last week to sell its studio and streaming services to&nbsp;<strong>Netflix, Paramount Skydance<\/strong>&nbsp;responded by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/paramount-warner-bros-discovery-netflix-trump-347540ae7a4f83fced833fe882f25680\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">launching a hostile takeover bid<\/a>. But there is a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/cnn-warner-bros-paramount-netflix-ellison-14124eaeaadd13d31323ea3fb5312793\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">key difference between the two potential transactions<\/a>: While the Netflix deal would not include&nbsp;<strong>CNN&nbsp;<\/strong>and other cable networks, Paramount is seeking to acquire WBD\u2019s cable properties.&nbsp;<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-97384dfba84e4cf6 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>Government approval is also a wild card in the process, and&nbsp;<strong>President Donald Trump<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/12\/10\/media\/trump-cnn-sold-paramount-warner-bros-netflix\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said this week<\/a>&nbsp;that it is \u201cimperative that CNN be sold.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-73fbc898340a005c wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>CNN is one of the most common news sources for Americans:\u00a0A third of U.S. adults regularly get news there, according to a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/feature\/news-media-tracker\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">March 2025 survey<\/a>. But there are stark partisan differences when it comes to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/feature\/news-media-tracker\/cnn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">whether people both use and trust CNN<\/a>. Nearly half of Democrats say they regularly get news from CNN (48%), compared with 20% of Republicans and GOP leaners.\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-055c4e8277f88e76 wp-block-newsletterglue-spacer ng-block\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" height=\"25\" style=\"height: 25px !important\" data-height=\"25px\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-d1e48e0d59dd5541 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:18px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>\ud83d\udccc&nbsp;<strong>In other news<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-4990f86b00d83b14 wp-block-newsletterglue-list ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px;padding-left:40px;padding-right:20px;color:#2a2a2a\"><ul class=\"wp-block-newsletterglue-list\"><li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>Meta <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/12\/05\/meta-ai-deals-news-publishers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announces AI deals<\/a> with several news organizations\u00a0<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>EU <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/12\/05\/technology\/eu-elon-musk-x-140-million-fine.html?partner=slack&amp;smid=sl-share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fines X $140 million<\/a>, citing the platform\u2019s \u201cdeceptive design\u201d\u00a0<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>Trump admininstration<\/strong> proposes plan to require tourists from 42 countries to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/us-tourists-social-media-history-5-years-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">submit five years of social media history<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\">Journalists in <strong>Israel <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cpj.org\/2025\/12\/under-the-radar-israel-steps-up-censorship-and-suppression-of-independent-reporting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">report media censorship and suppression<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/technology\/interactive\/2025\/tiktok-algorithm-video-map-interests\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Washington Post analysis<\/a> explores <strong>TikTok\u2019s algorithm<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/tech\/tech-news\/ai-chatbots-used-inaccurate-information-change-political-opinions-stud-rcna247085\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New research<\/a> analyzes <strong>AI chatbots\u2019 ability to persuade<\/strong> and share misleading information\u00a0<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>Utah judge<\/strong> will <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/charlie-kirk-assassination-tyler-robinson-media-e90d404b03383dec9e0d9a327b491920\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">determine media\u2019s access to details<\/a> of <strong>Charlie Kirk<\/strong> murder case\u00a0<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>Public Media Bridge Fund<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/current.org\/2025\/12\/public-media-bridge-fund-announces-initial-round-of-grants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announces recipients<\/a> of first round of grants totaling $26 million\u00a0<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-2fe1d71bd9c655c8 wp-block-newsletterglue-spacer ng-block\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" height=\"20\" style=\"height: 20px !important\" data-height=\"20px\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-084a88b1df873437 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:18px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>\ud83d\udcc5&nbsp;<strong>Looking ahead<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-49a2c82e0eef7940 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>An&nbsp;<strong>Australian&nbsp;law&nbsp;restricting social media access for users under the age of 16<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/12\/09\/world\/asia\/australia-social-media-ban-under-16.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">took effect<\/a>&nbsp;earlier this week. The law, which requires social media companies to identify and deactivate accounts owned by young users, is part of a larger effort by the Australian government to protect young people from the potential harms of social media use.&nbsp;<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-e35d93f5ee5c0bd5 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>In the U.S., social media use among teens ages 13 to 17 is widespread: 92% say they ever use <strong>YouTube,<\/strong> 68% use <strong>TikTok <\/strong>and 63% use <strong>Instagram,<\/strong> including majorities who use each of these three platforms daily, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/internet\/2025\/12\/09\/teens-social-media-and-ai-chatbots-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2025 Pew Research Center survey<\/a>.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-daaf9a8eacc608d7 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>In a different <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/internet\/2025\/04\/22\/teens-social-media-and-mental-health\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Center survey<\/a> conducted in 2024, U.S. teens expressed<strong> mixed views about social media\u2019s impact on their lives.<\/strong> Nearly half of U.S. teens (48%) said social media has a mostly negative effect on people their age, although far fewer (14%) said it has a negative effect on them personally. <\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-a12be0c84da026ec wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>While many teens said that social media hurts their productivity (40%) and amount of sleep (45%), majorities also reported that what they see on social media makes them feel more connected to their friends (74%) and able to express creativity (63%).\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-b583e9be9bba6e72 wp-block-newsletterglue-spacer ng-block\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" height=\"25\" style=\"height: 25px !important\" data-height=\"25px\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-329107ea26edf74a wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:18px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>\ud83d\udca1\u00a0<strong>Director&#8217;s note<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-9ab9b4567a2771c0 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p><em>Introducing an occasional Briefing feature with insights from <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/staff\/katerina-eva-matsa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Katerina Eva Matsa<\/a>, director of news and information research.<\/em><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-dc6e3a2774172c71 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>As we <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2025\/12\/09\/striking-findings-from-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reflect on 2025<\/a>, one recurring theme is how <strong>partisanship continues to shape trust in news.<\/strong> In a <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2025\/06\/10\/the-political-gap-in-americans-news-sources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">recent report<\/a>, we found that <strong>Fox News<\/strong> is the news source trusted by the largest share of Republicans \u2013 but is distrusted by most Democrats. There is a similar pattern in reverse for <strong>CNN,<\/strong> which is the source Republicans are most likely to distrust, even as Democrats generally trust it.\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-60cb815dd470d04f wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>This isn\u2019t just about two networks \u2013 it\u2019s about the massive partisan gap in where Americans turn for information. Democrats tend to trust a broad range of outlets, while Republicans concentrate their trust in a few. These divides matter not only for what information people receive but also what they believe to be true.\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-a8461bb35e90f82a wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>In a year defined by major news stories \u2013 from a presidential return to rapid advances in AI \u2013 shared facts are more important than ever. Yet as trust fractures along partisan lines, finding common ground becomes harder. Understanding these dynamics is essential for anyone navigating today\u2019s polarized media landscape.\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-5c57ea59f7518f59 wp-block-newsletterglue-spacer ng-block\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" height=\"20\" style=\"height: 20px !important\" data-height=\"20px\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-e4409dac5e4c4ae8 wp-block-newsletterglue-image ng-block aligncenter size-640-wide is-resized\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"center\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;padding-right:0px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/12\/SR_25.12.09_striking-findings_9.png?resize=640,762\" alt=\"\" class=\"ng-image\" style=\"border-style:none;border-color:transparent\" width=\"600\" height=\"714\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-3508ecc815c89c82 wp-block-newsletterglue-spacer ng-block\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" height=\"25\" style=\"height: 25px !important\" data-height=\"25px\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-eedeecd515e4bf7c wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p><em>\ud83d\udc4b That&#8217;s all for this week.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-42bd416172a4cff5 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>The Briefing is compiled by Pew Research Center staff, including Katerina Eva Matsa, Naomi Forman-Katz, Jacob Liedke, Christopher St. Aubin, Luxuan Wang, Emily Tomasik, Joanne Haner, and Sawyer Reed. It is edited by Michael Lipka and copy edited by David Kent.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-40859f430a8fcd84 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p><em>Do you like this newsletter? 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