“No matter how much money TikTok makes (its parent ByteDance brought in $58 billion in 2021), and no matter how many creators are in the creator fund, it pays U.S.-based creators $200 million per year. So, the more creators who join the fund and make good content that gets views, the less money there is to go around for everyone in the fund.”

“The invasive spyware allows its operator to take control of a target’s mobile device, access all data, even from encrypted messaging apps, and turn on audio or video recording. It is only meant for use against terrorists and serious criminals, but the Pegasus Project revealed that Hungary appeared to be one of many countries where the tool was being abused.”

“Its business is entrenched in online advertising and social networking. And while the shift may give Meta a head start on the internet’s next phase, the metaverse remains a largely theoretical concept — unlike the 2012 move to mobile when smartphones were already being widely used.”

“Over the last few months, a long-simmering critical conversation among public health experts about Leonhardt’s take and his outsize influence has become more audible. And we don’t just mean on Twitter…One letter to the Times from a group of prominent pandemic experts, obtained by Nightly (though with the full list of signatures withheld), called his reporting ‘irresponsible and dangerous.'”

“Meta, which disbanded the CrowdTangle team last year, has been under pressure to provide greater transparency into its platforms. The tool is used by organizations and individuals to follow, analyze and report on public content available on Facebook, Instagram and Reddit.”

“[We look at it from] a revenue standpoint, versus a ‘we are chasing this volume number.’ Because there are all kinds of terrible things that you can do to your long-term viability and sustainability that will drive that volume number.”

“Roughly half of U.S. viewers who signed up within three days of the release of ‘Hamilton’ [on Disney+], ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ [on HBO Max], and ‘Greyhound’ [on Apple TV+] were gone within six months, Antenna data show….Even if streaming services only retain half of the users they sign up during big bursts, that still translates into sizable numbers of longer-term subscribers.”

“Employees involved in the drive said they’ve signed up more than two-thirds of a proposed bargaining unit of about 40 people and are asking the company to voluntarily recognize their union. In an emailed statement, the U.K.-based publisher’s spokesperson Finola McDonnell said, ‘We respect the right of our staff to organize if they so choose.'”

“Snap’s deals with Disney, NBCU and ViacomCBS were finalized toward end of 2021. Brinker declined to comment on the financial details of the agreements ‘but they are obviously major, major strategic partners for us.’ At a high level, the pacts are revenue-sharing deals under which Snap and the partners split advertising sales.”

“All are defamation suits, and the mere names involved suggest just how hot those flames may get: Sarah Palin, the right-wing lightning rod who gleefully slammed the “lamestream media”; Project Veritas, the hidden-camera “sting” outfit that targets journalists and liberals; Fox News, the conservative cable network that morphed into the Trump White House’s propaganda office; and the New York Times…”

Users will be able to download them if they have a special link, but they won’t show up in the App Store if someone searches for them. “Apple notes that unlisted apps are ideal for ‘limited audiences,’ such as guests at a special event, members of an organization, research study participants, or a specific group of employees.”

“A couple of the threats were severe enough that the paper sent them to the Salt Lake City police department.” One sample: “Kill yourselves. Don’t worry about the unvaccinated, worry about if people start deciding to kill journalists.”

“The methods include online trolling, physical assaults, hacking and visa denials, as well as what appears to be official encouragement of lawsuits or threats of legal action against journalists, ‘typically filed by sources long after they have explicitly agreed to be interviewed.'”

“New content advisories will direct listeners of any podcast that discusses coronavirus to a dedicated website that ‘provides easy access to data-driven facts, up-to-date information as shared by scientists, physicians, academics and public health authorities around the world, as well as links to trusted sources.'”

“…almost 80 freelance journalists have now added their names to a list of those who feel their applications have wrongly been rejected. Some staff journalists who have struggled to get a blue tick also feel Twitter’s policies have been applied inconsistently.”

“The Norwich-based newspaper group, one of Britain’s oldest publishers — co-founded in 1845 by the mustard magnates the Colman family — was sold to the investment group Rcapital in August 2020 in a deal that promised a ‘bright future’ for the company as the pandemic accelerated the decline in its already strained finances.”