Google giveth and Google taketh away wsj.com/business/media…

TikTok plots local services expansion to the U.S. axios.com/2025/03/04/tik…

Ziff Davis' Everyday Health Group acquires TheSkimm axios.com/2025/03/19/zif…

Yahoo sells TechCrunch to investment firm Regent axios.com/2025/03/21/yah…

YouTube announces Gemini AI feature to target ads when viewers are most engaged cnb.cx/3Z8TpIb

The loss of local news relates to so many other problems plaguing the US: Polarization, radicalization, loneliness, lack of trust in everyone and everything.   So this new data is vital 🧵

It’s over

YouTube has inquired about buying the rights to the Academy Awards bloomberg.com/news/newslette…

Streaming represented nearly half of all TV viewership in the U.S. last month (via Sara Fischer)

Starting next week we’ll be testing a new way to share and engage with web links on X. The goal will be to ensure all content on the platform has equal visibility on Timeline.

This morning CNN announced that its "All Access" subscription tier – enabling people to live stream CNN TV without cable – will roll out on October 28. And more importantly, CNN set the price: $6.99 per month, $69.99 per year. (And an intro price of $41.99 for the first year.)

Taboola launches CTV product with Paramount axios.com/2025/10/22/tab…