Mediagazer: A US House panel votes 53-2 to advance the American Data Privacy and Protection Act, which would affect ad targeting and how tech companies use people's data (Rebecca Klar/The Hill)

Jon Porter / The Verge:

Facebook splits the Feed on iOS and Android into Home, a TikTok-style tab with recommended content, and Feeds, a chronological tab of followed pages and people — While new Feeds tab will show chronological content from pages you actually follow — Facebook's almighty News Feed is getting split in two... kind of.

Discussion: Axios, CNN, Adweek, TechCrunch, @carnage4life, @aria_gerson, Engadget, @sarafischer, @pierce, @jakemhs, @axios, @jaredlholt, Mashable, @jayrosen_nyu, @fidmart85, @kerrymflynn, @5dollarfeminist and @baekdal, more at Techmeme »

Todd Spangler / Variety:

Netflix VP of Product Todd Yellin, who has worked at the company for almost 17 years, is leaving and plans to pursue potential film and TV projects — Netflix veteran Todd Yellin, who has led the streamer's product teams spanning functions from user interface to pricing, is leaving the company.

Discussion: @jank0, @xpangler, @richlightshed and The Hollywood Reporter

Brian Morrissey / The Rebooting:

How Industry Dive, which has 26 publications in 23 industry segments and $100M+ in revenue, became successful, including embracing ads, making smart bets, more — Riches in niches — Publishing is often treated as a monolith, but there are many types of publishers with different business models.

Discussion: @seangriffey, @simonowens, @christopherwink, @freightalley and @ryanwillumson

Naman Ramachandran / Variety:

Ofcom report finds that 29% of UK teenagers use Instagram for news, 28% use TikTok and YouTube, 24% use BBC One and Two, down from 45% five years ago — Instagram, TikTok and YouTube are now the preferred mode of news consumption for British teenagers, a report by U.K. media regulator Ofcom has found.

Discussion: Press Gazette, The Guardian, 9to5Mac, Reuters, Mashable, Times of India, The Independent and Broadband TV News, more at Techmeme »

Dylan Smith / Digital Music News:

Warner Music Group becomes the first major label to adopt SoundCloud's user-centric payouts based upon listening instead of Spotify and others' pro rata model — About three months after celebrating the anniversary of its fan-powered royalty model, SoundCloud has officially inked a global licensing deal with Warner Music Group.

Discussion: Axios, TechCrunch, Engadget, The Verge, Music Ally and Complete Music Update, more at Techmeme »

Dave Jamieson / HuffPost:

Tech and business workers at The Atlantic tell management they plan to form a union with ~130 people in jobs like data analysis, software engineering, and sales — Workers are following in the footsteps of their editorial counterparts and asking the media company to recognize the union and bargain a contract.

Discussion: @atlbiztechunion, @atlbiztechunion and nyguild.org

Jim Waterson / The Guardian:

BBC agrees to pay damages to a former nanny after false allegations she had an affair with Prince Charles were used to get the Princess Diana Panorama interview — False claims that Tiggy Legge-Bourke had affair with Prince Charles ‘were likely spread to help secure exclusive’

Discussion: New York Times, Press Gazette, CBS News, @cspencer1508 and Variety

Benoit Berthelot / Bloomberg:

Profile of Vincent Bolloré, dubbed France's Rupert Murdoch, whose €20B conglomerate controls Vivendi, which includes Canal+, CNews, and publisher Hachette — The seven-part 2019 American television series “The Loudest Voice” on Roger Ailes, the mastermind behind the rise …

Ryan Barwick / Marketing Brew:

Research: Reddit's brand-safety approach to monetization is cautious, labeling all subreddits as no_ads until a manual human review applies some_ads or all_ads — New research may pull back the curtain on Reddit's seemingly inconsistent approach to monetizing its communities.

Cristina Criddle / Financial Times:

Meta, Apple, Microsoft, Google, Twitter, and others register for a license in Indonesia under which they might have to censor content and hand over users' data — Meta, TikTok and Twitter among groups to register for licences under which authorities can censor platforms

Discussion: Reuters, @mark_ajohnson, @hare_brain, @neerajka, 9to5Mac and AppleInsider, more at Techmeme »

Rebecca Klar / The Hill:

A US House panel votes 53-2 to advance the American Data Privacy and Protection Act, which would affect ad targeting and how tech companies use people's data — A House panel advanced a comprehensive data privacy bill in a 53-2 bipartisan vote Wednesday, pushing forward legislation that aims …

Discussion: @commonsense, Marketing Dive and Free Press, more at Techmeme »

Katie Robertson / New York Times:

Taliban agents detained and threatened Lynne O'Donnell, a veteran war reporter from Australia, and forced her to tweet retractions for prior accurate reporting — A veteran war reporter in Afghanistan was told she would go to jail if she didn't tweet an apology for her reporting.

Discussion: The Hill, Committee to Protect …, @nialakhalil, @niemanlab, The Guardian, @pagossman, @shaharzadakbar, @katie_robertson, @lynnekodonnell, Foreign Policy and Mediaite