The U.S. registered 4,327 COVID-19 deaths on Tuesday, a new single-day record. The country has recorded more than 4,000 daily deaths only once before, on Jan. 7.

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• Since the beginning of the pandemic, the U.S. has recorded 22.8 million confirmed COVID-19 cases and more than 380,000 deaths.
• In the past seven days, the U.S. has been averaging at least 3,223 COVID-19 deaths per day, along with 248,650 new cases.
• According to the COVID Tracking Project, 131,326 Americans are currently hospitalized.

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• According to the CDC, more than 9.3 million Americans have received first doses of the vaccine. At least 27.6 million doses have been distributed.
• President-elect Joe Biden's team has requested and received the resignation of Moncef Slaoui, the head of President Trump's Operation Warp Speed.

Google will suspend all political ads beginning Jan. 14. Ads referencing the election results, impeachment process, the upcoming inauguration, and last week's attack on the U.S. Capitol will be blocked on platforms such as Google Ads and YouTube.

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• The ban will remain in place until at least Jan. 21, one day after President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration.
• In an internal memo, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai called last week's events the "antithesis of democracy."
• On Monday, Google suspended political donations alongside other tech giants such as Microsoft and Facebook.
• In December, Google lifted a ban on post-election political ads, one month before the Senate runoff elections in Georgia.
• On Tuesday, YouTube removed a video from President Trump's account, saying it incited violence, and suspended Trump's account for one week.
• Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram have suspended Trump's accounts.

Airbnb will cancel all reservations made in Washington, D.C., for the week of January 18th. The move intends to prevent travelers from going to Washington during the inauguration of President-elect Biden. The company is also blocking any new reservations from being made in Washington for that week. 

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• Airbnb will be reimbursing all travelers who currently have bookings. 
• The company will also pay all hosts a sum equivalent to what they would have earned from their guests. This money will come out of the company's own accounts. 
• The move is part of a new Airbnb safety plan that includes banning individuals involved in the U.S. Capitol riot and people linked to known hate groups from using the service. 

 A version of this story first appeared in Inside Business. 

The most-streamed shows in the U.S. in 2020 were network mainstays "The Office," "Grey's Anatomy," and "Criminal Minds," all on Netflix, according to media rating company Nielsen. The most-watched film on Nielsen's chart was "Frozen II" on Disney+.

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• This is the first time Nielsen has published a list of the most-streamed shows for a given year; the company also started releasing weekly streaming charts in 2020.
• Currently, Nielsen only monitors programming from Netflix, Disney+, Hulu, and Amazon; it has not yet added the ability to measure Apple TV+, HBO Max, or Peacock viewership.
• As well, Nielsen only measures shows or films viewed on televisions, as opposed to computers or mobile devices.
• The most-viewed show that debuted on a streaming platform was "Ozark," while the lone non-Netflix show to crack the Top 10 was Disney+'s "The Mandalorian."

A version of this story first appeared in Inside Streaming. You can read the full issue here. 

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• Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) says that President-elect Joe Biden should call for the approval of stimulus checks worth $2,000 as soon as he takes office to help "heal our deeply divided nation."
• Biden is expected to nominate Gary Gensler as SEC Chair. Gensler was chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) between 2009 and 2014.
• Amazon's Prime Video has launched a mobile-only plan in India that starts at $1.20 per month and includes 6GB per month of free data.
• Visa has canceled plans to acquire fintech provider Plaid for $5.3B after the Justice Department filed an anti-trust lawsuit challenging the deal. 
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