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Published: Dec. 9, 2022, 5 p.m.

A 2020 story about Hunter Biden's hacked laptop keeps finding its way back into the news cycle. On this week's On the Media, a look at Elon Musk's so-called Twitter Files and whether they\u2019re newsworthy. Plus, the meteoric rise and fraught future of HBO, which turned 50 this year.

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1. Blake Montgomery [@blakersdozen], tech news editor at Gizmodo, and\xa0Olivia Nuzzi\xa0[@Olivianuzzi], Washington correspondent for New York Magazine,\xa0on the Twitter Files and their relationship to the story of Hunter Biden's laptop. Listen.

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2. Christopher Grimes [@grimes_ce], correspondent for the Financial Times, on Disney's foray\xa0into the culture wars and its ongoing battle with the governor of Florida. Listen.

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3. John Koblin [@koblin], co-author of\xa0It's Not TV: The Spectacular Rise, Revolution, and Future of HBO, on the history and lasting impact of\xa0HBO. Listen.