Mediagazer: Biden's FCC nominee Gigi Sohn tells the White House she is dropping out after her nomination stalled for 16 months amid industry opposition and personal attacks (Cat Zakrzewski/Washington Post)

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Biden's FCC nominee Gigi Sohn tells the White House she is dropping out after her nomination stalled for 16 months amid industry opposition and personal attacks — Gigi Sohn notified the White House she would drop out after her nomination stalled for 16 months, amid industry opposition

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TikTok launches Series, letting select creators sell Collections of up to 80 paywalled videos, each up to 20 minutes; creators initially keep 100% of earnings — Series puts premium content behind a paywall, which means more money for creators. … TikTok is introducing new ways for creators to get paid.

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Ryan Tracy / Wall Street Journal:

Docs: the FTC demanded Twitter turn over internal messages about Elon Musk, details about layoffs, and the names of journalists with access to company records — Documents obtained by a House panel shed light on the probe into Twitter's compliance with settlement

Sara Fischer / Axios:

Graydon Carter says Air Mail plans to expand into print and makes $15M+ in annual revenue but isn't profitable; Air Mail debuted the Look vertical on March 3 — Air Mail, the subscription-based digital magazine company launched by former Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter …

Andrew Bucholtz / Awful Announcing:

Amazon announces it will offer free access to the NFL's Black Friday game, scheduled to stream exclusively on Prime Video on November 24 at 3pm ET — Back in October, the NFL announced that 2023 would see its first-ever Black Friday game, and that the game would go to Amazon …

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Semafor draws criticism in the US for partnering with the Center for China and Globalization, a Chinese think tank that has obscured its close ties to the CCP — Semafor, the 5-month-old news startup, is drawing criticism in the U.S. for partnering with a think tank in China that is known …

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