Mediagazer: An interview with NPR CEO Katherine Maher, who defends NPR and accuses critics of “bad faith distortion” of her past comments about the First Amendment (Alexandra Bruell/Wall Street Journal)

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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 — TikTok will voluntarily suspend its new app TikTok Lite's reward programme while it tries to resolve EU concerns, the company said on X social media platform on Wednesday.

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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.

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M.G. Siegler / Spyglass:
Whether TikTok is banned or not, this is the end as we know it for the loss-making app, which may lose focus due to advertiser, creator, and staff uncertainty

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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

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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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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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Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:

An interview with NPR CEO Katherine Maher, who defends NPR and accuses critics of “bad faith distortion” of her past comments about the First Amendment — Katherine Maher said controversy stemming from an editor's essay criticizing the radio network has been a distraction

Discussion: Inside Radio, @edbmarsh, The Hill and @jonathanturley

New York Times:
Sources detail NPR's struggles with declining audiences, falling sponsorship revenue, internal conflicts over turning things around, and a diversity push

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Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:

Apollo-backed US investment group Concord increases its bid for Hipgnosis Songs Fund, to $1.5B, just over the last offer from Blackstone — Offer for music rights group rises to $1.5bn as Apollo-backed investor beats rival's bid — Hipgnosis Songs Fund has found itself at the centre …

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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.

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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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Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:

Members of the iHeart Podcast Union file an unfair labor practice claim against iHeartMedia; the union represents around 100 producers, hosts, and others — Staffers who are unionized with the Writers Guild of America East are alleging that management has engaged in intimidating behavior …

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