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UPDATED with latest: Veteran ESPN college basketball analyst Dick Vitale offered an update on his years-long battle with cancer today, and it was a tough one. “My report on the Biopsy of the Lymph Node in my neck has arrived & it is cancerous,” wrote Vitale. He went on to note he will have surgery on…

UPDATE, NOV. 30: A federal judge in Montana on Thursday blocked a statewide ban of TikTok from taking effect on Jan. 1. Judge Donald W. Molloy said Montana must "act within the constitutional legal context," and he granted a preliminary injunction to stop the TikTok ban. He added a ban of the app…

To comply with European regulators after getting on the wrong side of the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Meta said today it will be offering users in the EU, EEA and Switzerland the option of paying a monthly subscription fee to use Facebook and Instagram without any ads. The key is…

In the wake of Matthew Perry’s death on Saturday, prior comments about how he wanted to be remembered have resurfaced and are recirculating. Speaking on the Q with Tom Power podcast in 2022 to promote his memoir, Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing, Perry talked about his hopes for his…

John Larroquette, who played Assistant District Attorney Dan Fielding on both editions of NBC sitcom Night Court, remembered his costar Richard Moll today in a tribute on social media. Moll, best known as the towering bailiff “Bull Shannon” on Night Court, died Oct. 26 at his home in Big Bear Lake…

CAA reminded its staff about its common sense social media policy. The agency held an all-hands meeting this afternoon and one of the topics that came up related to agents and others posting on services and apps such as Instagram and X, formerly known as Twitter. The short of it? Use good…

It’s Michael Imperioli with the steal, as the NBA has enlisted the actor from The Sopranos to hype the league’s first in-season tournament, which begins Nov. 3. The in-season tournament – borrowed from similar ones in European soccer – is intended to create excitement in the least-exciting part of…

Facebook and Instagram parent Meta blew past Wall Street expectations for the three months ended in September but said it's seeing advertising volatility in the current fourth quarter corresponding with the Israel-Hamas war. Snap, which also posted upbeat third quarter numbers yesterday, warned of t…

Snapchat parent Snap hit a warning note on the ad front today, saying "forward visibility of advertising demand" is limited in part by reduced spending due to the Israel-Hamas war. "We have had a number of primarily brand-oriented campaigns that paused spending in the early period at the onset of…

Snapchat parent Snap returned to revenue growth in the third quarter, surprising Wall Street, and clocked gains in daily active users (DAUs), as net losses widened on a restructuring charge amid layoffs. The company hit a dour note on the ad front, saying “forward visibility of advertising demand remains…

It’s most of the United States vs Mark Zuckerberg over the tactics of social media platforms towards kids. Forty-one states on Tuesday filed lawsuits against Instagram and Facebook parent company Meta over strategies and algorithms they use to capture young people's attention and keep them scrolling…

Paddy Cosgrave, the CEO and cofounder of annual tech conference Web Summit, has resigned after his comments on the Israel-Hamas war led Alphabet, Meta, and Amazon to cancel their participation. "Unfortunately, my personal comments have become a distraction from the event, and our team, our sponsors…