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8:25 PM ET, November 23, 2021

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Reuters:
A NY judge extends a ban keeping NYT from publishing some materials about Project Veritas, at least until December 1, despite precedent against prior restraint  —  A New York trial judge on Tuesday extended a ban keeping the New York Times from publishing some materials concerning …
@wirecutterunion:
Wirecutter union announces a strike from Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday, citing management's refusal to negotiate  —  With @wirecutter/@nytimes management refusing to come to the table to reach a deal, 100% of our unit will be striking from Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday. The best way you can support us is by boycotting @wirecutter from 11/25-11/29: https://www.wirecutterunion.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Spotify debuts Netflix Hub, collecting official soundtracks, playlists, and podcasts for top Netflix content, in seven countries including the US, UK, and India  —  Looking for the soundtrack from your favorite Netflix show?  Now, it will be easier to find thanks to an expanded partnership between Netflix and Spotify.
Jillian Deutsch / Bloomberg:
EU approves Digital Markets Act measures: mandating social app interoperability, banning ad targeting to minors, and fines up to 20% of global annual sales  —  - Competing messaging apps may have to be interoperable  — Companies would have to stop targeting some ads to minors
Mike De Souza / The Narwhal:
Canadian police collected information about journalists Amber Bracken and Michael Toledano, who were arrested while covering protests and released Monday  —  Police in Canada have been collecting information about their interactions with at least two journalists in a national database …
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Nine months in, Biden has done about a dozen one-on-one interviews with major outlets vs. 50+ for Trump and 100+ for Obama in the same period of their tenures  —  So far in his tenure, the president has given far fewer one-on-one interviews than his two predecessors.
Ehsan Popalzai / CNN:
Taliban's new media restrictions bar women from appearing in TV shows and mandate headscarves for women news presenters  —  Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN)Women will be barred from appearing in television dramas in Afghanistan under the Taliban's new media restrictions, in the latest rollback …
Shaikh Azizur Rahman / Voice of America:
Indian journalists denounce police after two reporters were charged with “spreading communal disharmony” upon covering attacks on Muslims by Hindu activists  —  Indian journalists are denouncing the arrest of two colleagues who were charged with “spreading communal disharmony” …
Discussion: @penamerica
Ernesto Van der Sar / TorrentFreak:
In a case brought by two publishing and movie industry groups, a Portuguese court ordered Telegram to block 17 channels offering pirated movies and newspapers  —  A Portuguese court has ordered the messaging app Telegram to block access to more than a dozen piracy-related channels with millions of members in total.
Sara Guaglione / Digiday:
BuzzFeed signed a yearlong deal with TikTok to produce live video series for which TikTok will find sponsors, starting with I Made This from the Tasty vertical  —  BuzzFeed and TikTok signed a year-long deal in which BuzzFeed will premiere multiple live video series on the social media platform …
Discussion: @davejorgenson
 
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Two former Netflix employees at the center of protests over Chappelle's special, including one who just resigned, withdraw their NLRB charge against the company
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Walmart will be the first to test Twitter's livestream shopping platform, with a Cyber Deals live event on November 28
Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
Alden Global Capital offers to acquire Lee Enterprises for about $140M, or $24/share, a ~30% premium on its November 19 closing price
 

 
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Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
Matt Mullenweg says WordPress is “forking” Advanced Custom Fields, a plugin developed by WP Engine; ACF team says the plugin was taken away “without consent”

Wes Davis / The Verge:
Threads users criticize Meta after the company posted AI-generated images of the Aurora Borealis on its Threads account

Juli Clover / MacRumors:
Apple adds an option in iOS 18.1 to let users set a “Primary” email address in Settings, letting users change the email associated with their Apple Account

 
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