Top News:
Jillian Deutsch / Bloomberg:
EU approves Digital Markets Act measures: mandating social app interoperability, banning ad targeting to minors, and fines up to 20% of global annual sales — - Competing messaging apps may have to be interoperable — Companies would have to stop targeting some ads to minors
Discussion:
TechCrunch, European Parliament, @ansip_eu, @jduch, @paultang, @ep_singlemarket, @alexandrageese, @blackamazon and Politico, more at Techmeme »
Ronan Shields / Digiday:
Outbrain announces a $55M acquisition of Video Intelligence, an ad tech company that matches video with text content, as it aims to differentiate from Taboola — Ad tech's spate of public listings over the last 12 months has helped spur a further round of mergers and acquisitions in the space …
Discussion:
@tweetvi and @yarongalai, more at Techmeme »
@wirecutterunion:
Wirecutter union announces a strike from Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday, citing management's refusal to negotiate — With @wirecutter/@nytimes management refusing to come to the table to reach a deal, 100% of our unit will be striking from Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday. The best way you can support us is by boycotting @wirecutter from 11/25-11/29: https://www.wirecutterunion.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Hulu is offering its ad-supported tier for $1/month for one year, an 86% discount, to new and returning customers through November 29 — Hulu is back with another aggressive Black Friday promotion, as the Disney-controlled service aims to boost its base amid the fiercely competitive streaming wars.
Discussion:
The Streamable, Billboard, @alexweprin, Hollywood Reporter, Adweek and Cord Cutters News
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Spotify debuts Netflix Hub, collecting official soundtracks, playlists, and podcasts for top Netflix content, in seven countries including the US, UK, and India — Looking for the soundtrack from your favorite Netflix show? Now, it will be easier to find thanks to an expanded partnership between Netflix and Spotify.
Discussion:
Spotify, XDA Developers, @jherskowitz, The Verge, @sleepwellcap, Engadget and Waivly, more at Techmeme »
Mike De Souza / The Narwhal:
Canadian police collected information about journalists Amber Bracken and Michael Toledano, who were arrested while covering protests and released Monday — Police in Canada have been collecting information about their interactions with at least two journalists in a national database …
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@davidpugliese, @akkabah, Reuters, @mikedesouza, New York Times, CWA Canada and Globe and Mail, Thanks:@gitagovinda
Reuters:
A NY judge extends a ban keeping NYT from publishing some materials about Project Veritas, at least until December 1, despite precedent against prior restraint — A New York trial judge on Tuesday extended a ban keeping the New York Times from publishing some materials concerning …
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The Reporters Committee …, Media Matters for America and Freedom of the Press …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
TikTok launches a TikTok TV app for Google TV, Android TV, LG smart TVs, and Samsung smart TVs in North America — TikTok is now playing on more connected TVs — bringing a stream of viral videos and memes to the living room. — The short-form video app, which claims …
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RAIN News, nexttv.com, Advanced Television, TikTok, ScreenRant, The Streamable and The Verge
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Nine months in, Biden has done about a dozen one-on-one interviews with major outlets vs. 50+ for Trump and 100+ for Obama in the same period of their tenures — So far in his tenure, the president has given far fewer one-on-one interviews than his two predecessors.
Discussion:
Politico, @oliverdarcy, @grynbaum, @jadedcreative, @justinsink and The Guardian
Sara Guaglione / Digiday:
BuzzFeed signed a yearlong deal with TikTok to produce live video series for which TikTok will find sponsors, starting with I Made This from the Tasty vertical — BuzzFeed and TikTok signed a year-long deal in which BuzzFeed will premiere multiple live video series on the social media platform …
Discussion:
@davejorgenson
Knight First Amendment Institute:
Knight Institute and ACLU petition SCOTUS to review a challenge to prepublication review, which bars ex-public servants from writing without government approval — Say that the regimes impose unconstitutional restrictions on the speech of former government employees
Discussion:
Publishers Weekly, @jameeljaffer, @johnkiriakou, @glynco, @smkleinman and @ghelt
Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch:
Tidal taps DistroKid and others to offer direct artist payments, where up to 10% of a user's HiFi Plus subscription goes to their most-listened-to artists — Tidal and DistroKid, a popular independent music distributor, teamed up last week to introduce a direct artist payments system.
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@asilbwrites