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2:25 PM ET, April 24, 2024

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Lauren Feiner / The Verge:
President Biden signs the ByteDance-TikTok divest-or-ban bill into law, after the Senate passed it by 79-18; the House passed the legislation 360-58 on April 20  —  The divest-or-ban bill is now law, starting the clock for ByteDance to make its move.  The company has an initial nine months …
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Alex Barinka / Bloomberg:
Biden signing the TikTok divestment bill starts a 270-day countdown for a sale or a US prohibition; sources say ByteDance sees divestiture as a last resort  —  - China's ByteDance faces deadline to sell app under new US law  — Company braces for legal fight against divest-or-ban efforts
Will Oremus / Washington Post:
Meta, Google, Snap, and Amazon all benefit from the US TikTok ban; Mark Zuckerberg criticized TikTok's Chinese roots in 2019, part of Meta's broader campaign  —  Meta has struggled for years to fend off TikTok.  Now Meta and Google are poised to reap the rewards of a potential ban.
Casey Newton / Platformer:
Legal scholars discuss how the TikTok divestment bill could survive a First Amendment challenge and why the US will likely rely on a national security argument
Winston Cho / The Hollywood Reporter:
The FTC bans noncompete clauses that restrict job switching, potentially complicating hiring in Hollywood as firms try to protect trade secrets and other info  —  The FTC on Tuesday voted to prohibit noncompete provisions in contracts, which could usher in a sea change to worker mobility …
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Rolling Stone:
Ex-AMI CEO David Pecker testifies about agreeing to be Trump's “eyes and ears” and how the National Enquirer used Michael Cohen's prompts to bash Trump rivals  —  David Pecker testified about his efforts to help Trump win the White House, including by publishing bogus stories about rivals like Ted Cruz
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Tom Jones / Poynter:
How the Columbia Daily Spectator, the independent student newspaper of Columbia University, is covering the tense protests over the Israel-Hamas war  —  The Columbia Daily Spectator has expertly documented tense protests over the Israel-Hamas war inside and outside the campus.
E. Alex Jung / New York Magazine:
A profile of Mehdi Hasan, whose aggressive interviewing helped him get an MSNBC show, as he now embraces the “canceled” label to launch his Zeteo substack  —  Mehdi Hasan's aggressive interviewing style landed him a Sunday show on MSNBC.  Until he started talking about Palestine.
James Warrington / Telegraph:
News Group Newspapers sues ITV and ITN over using a video released by The Sun of the Princess of Wales visiting a farm shop; ITV plans to “strongly resist”  —  Broadcaster says it will ‘strongly resist’ the copyright infringement claim  —  Rupert Murdoch is suing ITV and ITN …
Discussion: The Drum and City A.M.
Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Ofcom warns UK broadcasters on the importance of impartiality ahead of the general election, but stops short of outright banning using politicians as presenters  —  UK media regulator finds need to strengthen rules for TV channels featuring politicians as presenters
Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Fox's Tubi partners with DAZN to launch FAST channels DAZN Women's Football and DAZN Ringside, which features boxing and MMA, in the US  —  The Fox streamer will launch FAST channels featuring women's soccer and boxing and MMA.  —  Tubi, Fox's free, ad-supported streamer …
 
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KQED, a Bay Area NPR and PBS affiliate, is initiating buyouts, and may have layoffs or a hiring freeze; in 2023, revenue hit $90.4M and expenses $100.9M
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Richard Lawler / The Verge:
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