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Premium Lite is available now in the US as a pilot, with access launching in Thailand, Germany, and Australia in coming weeks. Targeting streamers: YouTube recently announced that its users are watching on TVs more than any other device, including smartphones.

Meta to end News Tab in US, Australia as it focuses on video content: The shift reflects changing digital media consumption patterns.

Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP): This agreement includes Canada and 10 other countries: Australia, Brunei, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, and Vietnam. For Canada, a key benefit is access to the Japanese automotive market for parts and its consumer market for beef and pork exports.

While adoption is very high in Australia, China, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, the region’s other countries are laggards, underlining their market potential. China’s retail sales will be tepid in 2025, but new policies have set the stage for change. Retail sales growth in China will decelerate from 3.2% in 2024 to 2.0% in 2025, to about $6.228 trillion.

Respondents represented Australia, Canada, the UK, and the US.

Key stat: Marketers are actively using emerging social platforms. 82% are either already posting on or planning to build a presence on Bluesky, while 80% of marketers are either posting on or planning to build a presence on Threads, according to a Sprout Social survey of marketers in the US, UK, and Australia.

It will use Mastercard Send so customers in Australia and Hong Kong can send payments to more than 1.5 billion Mastercard cards.