Will TikTok find a way to remain legal in the U.S. under a new ownership structure? A range of possible new owners for TikTok in the U.S. — including MrBeast, Elon Musk and Oracle founder Larry Ellison — have emerged as a federal law banning TikTok in the country went into effect this Sunday, Jan. […]

After President Donald Trump’s swearing in Monday, numerous Facebook and Instagram users discovered — to their horror and dismay — that they were somehow following not only Trump but also Vice President JD Vance, First Lady Melania Trump and other accounts for the new White House administration. To many, it seemed as if their Facebook […]

The Big Red N is flexing its power. Netflix shares zoomed to new all-time highs Wednesday, to nearly $1,000 per share, after the streaming giant posted strong Q4 subscriber additions and announced a series of new price hikes. Netflix stock opened at $997.66/share Wednesday, up 15%, giving the company a market capitalization of more than […]

Software giant Adobe is making an additional $5 million commitment — on top of its $6 million pledge last year — to support underrepresented creators and filmmakers in the film and TV industries. Established in 2024, the Adobe Film & TV Fund is providing assistance to “thousands of emerging creators, fostering greater representation and inclusion […]

President Donald Trump, in his first day back in the White House, signed a flurry of executive orders — including one instructing the U.S. attorney general to abstain for a 75-day period from enforcing a federal law that criminalizes the hosting and distribution of TikTok. Trump, in the order issued Monday (Jan. 20), wrote that […]

Don’t blame Thanos: “Marvel Snap” is a casualty of the U.S. government’s move to ban TikTok over fears about its parent company’s Chinese ties. It’s not just TikTok that winked offline for U.S. users Saturday, just hours before the Jan. 19 deadline specified by the U.S. divest-or-ban law targeting TikTok. At least 10 other ByteDance-owned […]

The clock has stopped for TikTok. As it threatened to do, TikTok shut off the video app for U.S. users at about 10:30 p.m. ET on Saturday night. For now, it’s unclear how long TikTok — which is effectively being outlawed by the U.S. government because of its ties to China — will stay down. […]

TikTok said it will be “forced to go dark” on Sunday, Jan. 19, unless it receives a “definitive statement” from the outgoing Biden administration that the app’s tech partners won’t be penalized under the divest-or-ban law. On Friday morning, the Supreme Court rejected the appeal by TikTok and parent ByteDance to halt a law that will ban […]

TikTok could fade to black in the U.S. in a matter of days after the Supreme Court rejected its appeal to halt a law that will ban the popular video app as of Jan. 19 unless Chinese parent ByteDance sells its stake. “There is no doubt that, for more than 170 million Americans, TikTok offers […]

President Biden, on the eve of leaving office, is punting the issue of the U.S. government’s enforcement of the law requiring TikTok’s Chinese parent to sell its stake in the app or face a nationwide ban to President-elect Donald Trump. TikTok is at risk of being effectively banned in the U.S. under the federal law, […]

President-elect Donald Trump announced Senate aide Olivia Trusty as his pick for FCC commissioner, which would give Republicans a majority at the regulatory agency. Trusty is currently policy director on the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation. In that role, according to Trump, “she has fought tirelessly to grow the Economy, empower Innovation, and […]

In one of her final acts as head of the FCC, chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel ordered the agency to reject four complaints and petitions against local TV stations — which she says represent politically motivated efforts “to curtail freedom of the press and undermine the First Amendment.” “Today, I have directed the FCC to take a […]

Matt Bond, head of content distribution for NBCUniversal, is stepping down from his post after more than 20 years at NBCU and Comcast. “In the spirit of leaving on a high note, I have decided that it is the right time professionally and personally for me to retire,” Bond wrote in a memo to NBCU […]

YouTube, Google, Meta and Snap are pitching in to help L.A. recover from the wildfires that have caused devastation across the region and forced thousands to evacuate in the past week. Google and YouTube are contributing $15 million to L.A.-area relief organizations. Meta, CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, are making a combined […]

TikTok is preparing to go dark for U.S. users this Sunday if the Supreme Court does not grant its emergency appeal to halt a law that will ban the app unless Chinese parent ByteDance divests its stake, according to reports. TikTok is in danger of being banned in the U.S. under a federal law set […]

Warner Bros. Discovery said Anthony Noto, CEO of financial services company SoFi, and Joey Levin, who is stepping down as CEO of Barry Diller’s IAC, have been appointed to its board. Noto joined the board as of Jan. 8, 2025, and Levin will join on Feb. 1, 2025. Both will stand for election at the […]

TikTok could be outlawed in the U.S. as soon as Jan. 19 over concerns about its Chinese ownership, unless it gets a reprieve from the Supreme Court or if Beijing-based parent company ByteDance complies with a federal law forcing it to sell its stake in the app. With that sword dangling over TikTok’s head, thousands […]

DirecTV has stitched together a skinny bundle of sports channels, targeted at people who want to watch live sports without paying for a broad TV package. Launching Tuesday, DirecTV MySports initially includes 40 sports and broadcast channels and is available in 24 metro areas, including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia and the San Francisco […]

TikTok denied a report that China is looking at potentially facilitating a sale of the app to tech billionaire Elon Musk to keep TikTok operational in America amid a looming U.S. government ban. On Monday, Bloomberg reported that “Chinese officials are evaluating a potential option that involves Elon Musk acquiring the US operations of TikTok” […]