Mediagazer: With Spotify on pace to cross $1B in ad sales this year, a look at its growing ambitions in advertising and its plans to become the YouTube of podcasting (Lucas Shaw/Bloomberg)

8:35 AM ET, November 2, 2021

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With Spotify on pace to cross $1B in ad sales this year, a look at its growing ambitions in advertising and its plans to become the YouTube of podcasting — Millions of people watch videos of Joe Rogan's podcast. They used to do that on YouTube, where Rogan posted full episodes.

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Amazon says TikTok's app is now available on Fire TV in the US and Canada and is coming soon to Echo Show devices — Amazon announced today that a TikTok app is now available on its Amazon Fire TV for users in the U.S. and Canada. The app is also coming soon to Echo Show devices.

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Pinterest to launch a Pinterest TV shoppable live series on November 8, with weekday episodes airing in its app, featuring some of its top creators — The series will feature creators and celebrities, like Olympic athlete Tom Daley and popular makeup artist Manny MUA

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William Turvill / Press Gazette:

Analysis: the top 50 US magazines by circulation retained 95% of sales through the pandemic, as print subscriptions fell 7% from 125M in 2019 to 116M in 2021 — America's largest magazines retained 95% of their circulation through the Covid-19 crisis, Press Gazette research suggests.

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Patrick McGee / Financial Times:

Estimate: Apple's iOS App Tracking Transparency policy has cost Snap, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube almost $10B in combined ad revenue in H2 2021 — Forcing apps to ask for permission to track users for advertising purposes leads to big hit for social media platforms

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NewsWhip: interest in Facebook, measured by social media interactions per article, declined over 2021, with little mainstream attention for “Facebook Papers” — The Facebook Papers and whistleblower accounts were a public relations nightmare for Facebook, but so far …

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Todd Spangler / Variety:

YouTube names veteran ad executive Tara Walpert Levy as VP of Americas, to oversee content partnerships across the US, Canada, Latin America, and Brazil — Tara Walpert Levy, a 10-year Google and YouTube veteran ad exec, is moving over to YouTube full-time in a big new role.

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Mark Kleinman / Sky News:

Source: The Rothermere family is close to taking Daily Mail-owner DMGT private via a deal that involves injecting £400M+ into DMGT's three pension schemes — An agreement that would involve more than £400m being injected into the company's three pension schemes …

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