Mediagazer: The Senate votes 55 to 43 to approve Anna Gomez as the fifth FCC commissioner, breaking the deadlock at the agency and giving the FCC a 3-2 Democratic majority (Linda Hardesty/Fierce Wireless)

10:00 PM ET, September 7, 2023

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Linda Hardesty / Fierce Wireless:

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Snapchat adds new safety features for minors, including making it harder for strangers to contact teens and removing accounts marketing inappropriate content — Snapchat today is announcing a series of new safeguards for its app, aimed at better protecting teen users, similar …

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Max Tani / @maxwelltani:

Memo: Andrew Golis, WNYC's chief content officer and former Vox general manager and Vox Media VP of network development, is leaving WNYC — Per an internal memo to staff today, chief content officer Andrew Golis is leaving WNYC.

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