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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
Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
TikTok is suspending the rewards program in TikTok Lite while it tries to resolve EU concerns about the potentially addictive nature of the program for children
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
Meta Investor Relations:
Meta reports Q1 revenue up 27% YoY to $36.46B, net income up 117% YoY to $12.37B, and family daily active people up 7% YoY to 3.24B for March 2024  —  Meta Platforms, Inc. (Nasdaq: META) today reported financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2024.
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Ashley Capoot / CNBC:
Meta's stock drops 15%+ as the company issues a light Q2 revenue forecast and higher FY 2024 capital expenditures due to increased AI infrastructure investments  —  Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, testifies during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing titled “Big Tech and the Online Child …
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Murray Stassen / Music Business Worldwide:
Warner Music Group sells Uproxx, HipHopDX, and other assets to a new company, Uproxx Studios, formed by Jarret Myer, Rich Antoniello, and will.i.am  —  In February, Robert Kyncl - CEO of Warner Music Group - confirmed that WMG was in active discussions to sell its ‘owned and operated’ media properties UPROXX and HipHopDX.
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 …
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.
Will Sommer / Washington Post:
The founder of The Gateway Pundit says its parent company is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, as it faces lawsuits claiming it promoted bogus election claims  —  Gateway Pundit, the popular far-right blog, is filing for bankruptcy as it faces lawsuits alleging it promoted bogus claims …
Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
Indian streaming service JioCinema launches an ad-free subscription plan with the lowest tier costing $0.35/month for a single device, undercutting rivals  —  JioCinema, the popular Indian on-demand video streaming service, introduced a new monthly subscription plan on Thursday, with the lowest tier costing just 35 cents.
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.
 
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