Mediagazer: A look at S. Korean independent nonprofit newsroom Newstapa, whose donor base dropped after it investigated liberal politicians amid improving press freedoms (Lee Taehoon/Nieman Lab)

Todd Spangler / Variety:

Bloomberg Media is rebranding its social media news network from TicToc to QuickTake by Bloomberg, which will launch its own streaming news channel in 2020 — Bloomberg Media is dropping TicToc as the name of its two-year-old social-media news service, rebranding it as “QuickTake by Bloomberg.”

Discussion: Digiday, MediaPost, The Streamable, Adweek, PR Newswire, @mcproulx, @xpangler, @justin_b_smith and The Drum

David Gilbert / VICE:

A Facebook employee and content moderators working for subcontractor CPL Resources are suing Facebook for trauma in Ireland's High Court — DUBLIN — Sean Burke spent years working for big tech like Cisco and SAP. But nothing could prepare him for the work he did for Facebook.

Discussion: @daithaigilbert, @daithaigilbert, @vicenews, @daithaigilbert, @daithaigilbert and @daithaigilbert, more at Techmeme »

Apple:

Apple announces first ever Apple Music Awards with ceremony on December 4; Album of the Year and Song of the Year were determined based on streaming data — Billie Eilish Takes Top Honor as Global Artist of the Year — Apple Music Celebrates with Global, Live-Streamed Performance …

Discussion: Business Insider, @cheriehu42, Gizmodo, 9to5Mac, Variety, Fortune, @pennyfractions, The A.V. Club, Engadget, @shortformernie, @jasonisbell, @dwiskus and Datebook

Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:

Following its ACLU settlement, Facebook says its US ads that involve housing, employment, or credit can't target based on age, gender, ZIP code, or race — Under the terms of a a settlement with the ACLU and other civil rights groups earlier this year, Facebook has been taking steps to prevent discriminatory ad targeting.

more at Techmeme »

Steve McClellan / MediaPost:

GroupM reports 6.2% US ad growth in 2019 and forecasts 15% digital ad growth and a 4% overall ad spend rise in 2020, to approximately $253B, minus political ads — GroupM is forecasting U.S. ad growth next year of 4% to approximately $253 billion. That's underlying growth …

Discussion: Digiday, The Wrap and AdExchanger

Lee Taehoon / Nieman Lab:

A look at S. Korean independent nonprofit newsroom Newstapa, whose donor base dropped after it investigated liberal politicians amid improving press freedoms — Under a conservative government that restricted press freedom, Newstapa became a favorite of Korean liberals who backed its lonely fight.

Discussion: @niemanlab

Evan Smith / The Texas Tribune:

Texas Tribune announces a three-year, ~$4M initiative called RevLab, a revenue and training lab, with a starting $2.5M donation from Facebook Journalism Project — It's a $4 million, three-year effort to identify sustainability strategies for our industry — a freestanding entity …

Discussion: American Press Institute, @evanasmith, @silvermanjacob, @dhiott, @jneutron1969 and @rebekahallen

Dani Deahl / The Verge:

Genius sues Google and LyricFind alleging anticompetitive behavior and that song lyrics on its service were stolen, asking for over $400M in damages — It's asking for more than $400 million from Google and LyricFind — Lyrics website Genius is suing Google, saying the company continues …

Discussion: @caseynewton and Music Business Worldwide, more at Techmeme »

Laurel Wamsley / NPR:

Russian law lets state label journalists and bloggers as foreign agents if they get foreign funding or share content from outlets registered as foreign agents — The Russian government now has the right to classify individual journalists, bloggers and even social media users as “foreign agents” …

Discussion: The Guardian, New Europe, Reuters, San Diego Union-Tribune and The Hill

Jim Waterson / The Guardian:

Ofcom concludes that Channel 4's decision to replace Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage with ice sculptures during debate did not breach due impartiality rules — Tories complained to Ofcom that broadcast breached due impartiality rules, alleging pattern of bias at channel

Discussion: Press Gazette, @ahmedka1, @charliebeckett and Associated Press

Dexter Filkins / New Yorker:

Profile of Rana Ayyub, one of India's best-known investigative journalists reporting on Narendra Modi's India amid increasing anti-Muslim bigotry — The Prime Minister's Hindu-nationalist government has cast two hundred million Muslims as internal enemies.

Discussion: @ranaayyub, @ichotiner, @safimichael, @ichotiner, @mirakamdar and @salilshetty

Patrick Brzeski / Hollywood Reporter:

South Korean NGO files complaint against Disney alleging Frozen 2 was shown on 88% of local screens on opening day, violating the country's anti-monopoly laws — An NGO based in Seoul has alleged that the film occupied 88 percent of local screens on its opening day, violating Korea's anti-monopoly laws.

Discussion: @loudmouthjulia, @loudmouthjulia, @franksfandoms, @thr, International Business Times, The Korea Times, Comic Book, Fortune, The Korea Herald and New York Post