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9:30 AM ET, April 24, 2024

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Lauren Feiner / The Verge:
The US Senate passes the TikTok divestment bill by a margin of 79-18; the legislation now heads to President Biden, who has committed to sign the bill into law  —  A bill that would force China-based company Bytedance to sell TikTok — or else face a US ban of the platform …
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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  —  The First Amendment is a major obstacle, scholars say — but it isn't insurmountable  —  On Tuesday, the Senate voted overwhelmingly …
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 US measure  — Company braces for legal fight against divest-or-ban efforts
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 …
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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CNN:
Memo: Semafor elevates Max Tani to media editor; Ben Smith says Tani will play a big role producing and appearing at Semafor's media summit and other projects  —  Donald Trump and his allies like to complain at length about imagined “collusion” between the Democratic Party and the media.
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 …
Discussion: Digital Trends and WORLD SCREEN
Seb Joseph / Digiday:
For the third time, Google delays the deprecation of third-party cookies in Chrome, pushing back its plans to early 2025, after the UK CMA expressed concerns  —  Google is delaying the end of third-party cookies in its Chrome browser — again.  In other unsurprising developments, water remains wet.
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
Max Goldbart / Deadline:
The UK's Channel 4 commits to make more shows outside England, after calls to increase its quota to make 9% of shows in Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland  —  Channel 4 has bowed to pressure from producers and will slowly start making more shows outside of England, its boss Alex Mahon revealed today.
 
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Adam B. Vary / Variety:
The Blair Witch Project cast requests retroactive residuals and “meaningful consultation” on future projects, after Lionsgate and Blumhouse announced a reboot
Jennifer Schuessler / New York Times:
PEN America cancels its 2024 literary awards ceremony, set for April 29, after months of protests over the organization's response to the war in Gaza
Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
Spotify Q1: revenue up 20% YoY to €3.6B, MAUs up 19% to 615M, vs. 617.9M est., subscribers up 14% to 239M, and a €168M operating income; SPOT closed up 11.41%
Elle Griffin / The Elysian:
Penguin vs. DOJ transcripts: top publishing houses spend most of their money on book advances for big celebrities like Britney Spears and franchise authors
Sophie Culpepper / Nieman Lab:
Four top editors from Texas, California, and Canada talk about the challenges of running a metro newspaper in the digital era, keeping readers engaged, and more
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