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Wes Davis / The Verge:
TikTok restores its service in the US, thanking Donald Trump for “the necessary clarity and assurance to our service providers that they will face no penalties” — The company said this afternoon that it is “in the process of restoring service” and thanked President-elect Trump for …
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Avery Lotz / Axios:
Donald Trump says he will sign an executive order on January 20 to delay enforcing the TikTok US ban and argues for a TikTok joint venture with 50% US ownership — President-elect Trump said he will sign an executive order Monday to delay enforcing the U.S. ban on TikTok, just hours after the popular app went dark,
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Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
X rolls out a dedicated video tab in the US, letting users scroll through short videos, accessible via the app's bottom bar — Social network X is trying to capitalize on trying to capitalize on the uncertainty surrounding ByteDance apps like TikTok and Lemon8 by launching a dedicated vertical video feed.
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Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Bluesky launches a custom feed for TikTok-style vertical videos in its mobile app, saying “we had to get in on the video action too” — It is the product shipping time for all social networks with TikTok's services in the restoration phase, and the app still unavailable in the App Store and the Play Store.
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Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Meta unveils Edits, a video editing app coming in February on iOS and later on Android, after US app stores removed CapCut as part of the divest-or-ban law
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Lewis Huckle / Feature First:
The Brutalist movie faces backlash after its editor said AI was used to improve Hungarian dialogue and create buildings in the style of architect László Tóth — Awards favourite ‘The Brutalist’ is now causing a split among its audience after it was revealed that Generative AI …
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Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
Reach's stock rises 25%+ as it says it expects to beat forecasts of £97.4M in adjusted operating profit for 2024; its stock is up 41% over the past 12 months — Publisher was helped by strong digital advertising performance towards end of year, say analysts
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Jillian Deutsch / Bloomberg:
Meta says it will continue to use its fact checkers outside of the US “for now”, and plans to see how its Community Notes system works in the US before deciding — Meta, which said it will replace third-party fact checkers in the US with a community notes system …
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Megan Graham / Wall Street Journal:
Kantar Group sells its media measurement and analytics unit Kantar Media to private equity firm HIG Capital for ~$1B — The media measurement and analytics company will part from parent Kantar Group — Market-research firm Kantar Group is selling its media measurement and analytics unit Kantar Media …
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Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
The UK's News Media Association criticizes the BBC for using public money to advertise its apps when users search for media apps in Google Play and App Store — News organisations accuse broadcaster of ‘aggressive’ tactics that could harm local and commercial media services
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Colby Hall / Mediaite:
Nielsen: the top 500 most-watched cable news shows in the US since the 2024 election on November 5 all aired on Fox News — While the term “mainstream media” is often used as shorthand by conservative pundits as a way to talk about what they see as liberal bias in legacy media, the term misses the mark by a vast margin.
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David Folkenflik / NPR:
Judd Legum, founder of Popular Information, launches Musk Watch, a twice-weekly Substack focusing on Musk's influence and actions over Trump's presidency — News organizations are grappling with how to cover the overwhelming pace of news expected from the return to power of President-elect Donald Trump later today.
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Analysis: Trump chose 19 Fox News hosts, commentators, on-air experts, producers, and other personnel to work in his second administration — President-elect Donald J. Trump has leaned heavily on familiar faces from the cable network as he fills out his second-term cast. — Nineteen ... and counting.
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