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1:15 PM ET, January 19, 2025

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Wes Davis / The Verge:
TikTok says it's restoring its service in the US after reaching an “agreement with our service providers” and thanks Trump “for providing the necessary clarity”  —  TikTok has announced it's returning to US users.  The company posted on X that it is …
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Avery Lotz / Axios:
Donald Trump says he will sign an EO on Monday to delay enforcing the TikTok ban and argues for a TikTok JV 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,
Jonathan Vanian / CNBC:
TikTok is not available for download on the App Store and Play Store in the US as the divest-or-ban law takes effect  —  Apple and Google removed TikTok from their app stores Saturday night, complying with a law requiring China's ByteDance to divest the social app or see it face an effective ban in the U.S.
Ana Faguy / BBC:
The White House says TikTok's threat to shut down is a “stunt” as there is “no reason for TikTok or other companies to take actions” before Trump takes office  —  The White House has said a warning by TikTok it will shut down in the US on Sunday unless tech firms …
Nitish Pahwa / Slate:
The messy TikTok saga in the US over the past five years has shown that lawmakers are as spineless and skittish as everyone suspects them to be  —  Well, that escalated slowly over the course of four years.  —  It is 2020.  The United States government threatens to forbid access …
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Kevin Roose / New York Times:
As the TikTok eulogies pour in from some creators, very few Americans seem concerned that one of the nation's most popular social media apps will disappear  —  So this may be the way TikTok ends: not with a bang, but with a whimper.  —  Over the past few weeks, as the Jan. 19 deadline loomed …
Politico:
Congressional leaders seem flummoxed by the growing popularity of RedNote and Lemon8, an unintended consequence of the TikTok ban
The Hollywood Reporter:
A look at efforts by Meta, YouTube, Snap, X, and Substack to attract TikTok's 170M US creators and users; Substack is offering a $25K “TikTok Liberation Prize”
Diana Moskovitz / Defector:
The Los Angeles fires showed that local news saves lives, and the US needs a nationwide effort to save local news  —  During the first week of the fires, I would go up to my building's roof once a day.  I'd look at the Los Angeles skyline at whatever shade of yellow-orange-brown muck the fires …
Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Britain's Independent Media Group secures over $700K for the next 18 months from the Gates Foundation to fund journalism in “under reported” parts of the world  —  It has given British media group more than $700,000 to fund journalism in ‘under reported’ parts of the world
Michael Hirsh / Politico:
Q&A with Axel Springer CEO Mathias Döpfner about his new book Dealings with Dictators, democracies forming an alliance against autocracies, Trump, and more  —  In a new book, Axel Springer CEO Mathias Döpfner urges the U.S. and Europe to join together in a “Freedom Trade Alliance” …
Isaac Schorr / Mediaite:
Court documents show CNN's revenue dropped about $400M, or 18%, from 2021 to 2023; net income was $600M in 2021, $300M in 2022, and $400M in 2023  —  Shortly after a Florida jury found that CNN had defamed Navy veteran Zachary Young and awarded Young $5 million in damages on Friday …
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Winston Cho / The Hollywood Reporter:
A Florida jury finds that CNN defamed a US Navy veteran in a 2021 report portraying him as illegally exploiting Afghans, awards the veteran $5M
 
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