Behind the TWiT Door

ByteDance gets Trump nod to avoid TikTok shutdown | Reuters 19 September 2020

ByteDance agreed to create 25,000 new U.S. jobs at TikTok, up from a little over 1,000 now. Trump, who had previously called on companies such as Oracle and Walmart to pay the United States a “fee” to participate in the TikTok deal, said there would also be a $5 billion U.S. education fund as part […]

NBC Resolves Ad Dispute That Kept Peacock Off Roku Devices - Bloomberg 19 September 2020

Earlier Friday, NBC had threatened to stop delivering content to more than 11 of its apps on Roku by Saturday morning, escalating a standoff with the company over its refusal to carry Peacock. But on Friday afternoon, an NBCUniversal spokesman said the two companies had reached an agreement that would keep NBC’s apps on Roku […]

In Ironic Twist, Google’s Pro-Privacy Move Boosted U.S. Antitrust Probe — The Information 19 September 2020

The publishers started telling staff for the Justice Department and state attorneys general that Google’s plan to block the ad trackers through Google Chrome, the world’s top web browser, would hurt their sites while indirectly benefiting Google’s own ad business. In doing so, they gave added ammunition to the government as it prepares an antitrust […]

Peacock, Roku reach deal to add streaming service app to TV devices - CNET 18 September 2020

Roku and Amazon both have become more assertive in their talks with new streaming services lately, and media companies are more invested in reaping the most reward possible from their products, leading to impasses. HBO Max, for example, is still missing from both Roku and Fire TV several months after its May launch, although perhaps […]

Trump to block downloads of TikTok, WeChat on Sunday 18 September 2020

The department’s move is an enforcement of Trump’s original executive order from Aug. 6 that gave TikTok 45 days to sell its U.S. business to an American company or face a ban in this country. The end of the 45-day period is Sunday. WeChat, one of the world’s most popular social messaging apps, is owned by the Chinese […]

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