Column: News business needs help in California. Is government the answer?
SACRAMENTO — Newspapers are dying. That’s old news. What’s new is that in California, they may get some state government life support. There’s state legislation brewing…
How Netflix and Amazon dominated the advertising upfronts
Advertising executives who entered Radio City Music Hall on Monday for NBCUniversal’s upfront presentation were greeted by an orchestra playing the familiar themes of the…
How the NBA’s next TV deal could disrupt the media landscape
It’s a good time to be in the sports business, and no one knows that better than the NBA. In the coming weeks, the league…
Saudi Arabia to launch a Riyadh-based multi-asset investment management platform
Saudi Arabia has announced its intention to launch a multi-asset investment management platform in Riyadh. The platform, called BlackRock Riyadh Investment Management (BRIM), will be…
Commission designated Shein as a Very Large Online Platform under the DSA
Today, Shein has been officially designated as a Very Large Online Platform (VLOP) by the Commission in accordance with the Digital Services Act (DSA). Shein,…
House votes for possible TikTok ban but app won’t go away soon
WASHINGTON — The House has passed legislation that would ban TikTok in the United States if the popular social media platform’s China-based owner doesn’t sell its…
Pakistan says it blocked social media platform X over ‘national security’ | Social Media News
The platform remained inaccessible to users, but government officials refused to acknowledge any restrictions, until now. Pakistan blocked access to social media platform X around…
Taylor Swift’s music returns to TikTok despite UMG dispute
Swifties on TikTok can rejoice — for now. It seems scores of songs from Taylor Swift’s catalog returned to the platform this week, just months…
Anonymous users rule right-wing talk online, spread disinformation
NEW YORK — The reposts and expressions of shock from public figures followed quickly after a user on the social platform X who uses a pseudonym…
App Store down updates — Apple server faces outage as users get message that platform ‘can’t connect’
The following Apple services are out According to Apple System Status, the following services are experiencing outages: App Store Apple Arcade Apple Books Apple Fitness+…
I spent 24 hours on Trump’s Truth Social. No wonder it’s tanking
You’ve likely heard of former President Donald Trump’s mouthpiece and social media platform, Truth Social. You may have seen headlines that its stock shocked Wall…
Martin Scorsese will produce a docudrama series for Fox Nation
Martin Scorsese has landed in Fox Nation. The subscription streaming service owned and operated by Fox News Media announced Wednesday that it has signed the…
Reddit IPO prices at top of range to raise $748 million
Reddit Inc. and its selling shareholders raised $748 million, pricing shares in an initial public offering at the top of a marketed range, the second…
OBI Pharma Announces Poster Presentations at the AACR 2024 Annual Meeting for OBI-992 and GlycOBI™ ADC platform
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Discord down updates — Thousands of users unable to access platform amid massive outage
Thousands report issues as chat service suffers outage Thousands of users across the globe have reported issues with Discord today. Over 3,000 reports were made…
SAG Awards review: Barbra Streisand, plus much of the usual
Awards, awards, awards — so many they constitute a season of their own. Saturday night it was the turn of the Screen Actors Guild Awards,…
FirstVoices celebrates International Mother Language Day with the launch of a new version of its free, open-source, Indigenous language platform
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Teri Hatcher was booted off Hinge after catfish accusation
“Desperate Housewives” star Teri Hatcher is breaking up with dating apps after one platform suspected the actor of impersonating herself. The Emmy-nominated actor revealed in…
I bought an entire storage unit of 90s fashion on Facebook Marketplace – it’s platform boot heaven and that’s not all
A SHOPPER stumbled upon a nostalgic wardrobe for sale on Facebook Marketplace. She couldn’t help but make the purchase, and revealed the items she is…
Taylor Swift searches blocked on X after explicit AI images
The social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, has taken steps to limit the further spread of explicit deepfake images of Taylor Swift after…