Media Stories for 2021

'Widevine Dump': Leaked Code Downloads HD Video From Disney+, Amazon, and Netflix 24
New Social Media Transparency Bill Would Force Facebook To Open Up To Researchers 22
Zoom Will Soon Make It Obvious If You're Late To Your Next Big Meeting 16
Winamp Prepares a Relaunch 84
Patreon's Building Native Video Hosting For Creators To Sidestep YouTube 64
Low-Tech Video Game Streams Are Taking Off On TikTok 14
Instagram Ditches the IGTV Brand, Combines Everything But Reels Into An 'Instagram Video' Format 9
OnlyFans To Block Sexually Explicit Videos Starting In October 301
Reddit Is Quietly Rolling Out a TikTok-Like Video Feed Button On iOS 12
TikTok Overtakes Facebook As World's Most Downloaded App 15
Stream-Ripping Can Be Perfectly Legal, French Ministry of Culture Says 28
Industry Groups Sue To Stop Florida's New Social Media Law 142
Coinbase Launches 'Fact Check,' a Section on its Blog To Combat Misinformation about the Company and Crypto World 49
'Charlie Bit My Finger' Is Leaving YouTube After $760,999 NFT Sale 125
AT&T Merges Media Assets With Discovery in Blockbuster Deal 57
European MPs Targeted By Deepfake Video Calls Imitating Russian Opposition 16
Apple Announces New Apple TV 4K With Redesigned Siri Remote 27
Tech Workers At the New York Times Have Formed a Union 59
Facebook Blames 'Technical Issue' For Shorting Video Creators Thousands of Dollars In Ad Revenue 20
YouTube Is Testing Automatic Product Detection In Videos 33
Amazon Will Spend $1 Billion Per Year on NFL's Thursday Night Football 38
Beijing Asks Alibaba To Shed Its Media Assets 84
YouTube Removed 30,000 Videos With COVID-19 Misinformation 147
How Worried Should You Be About Those Tom Cruise Deepfakes? 81
How a 10-Second Video Clip Sold For $6.6 Million 47
YouTube TV To Launch Option for 4K and Unlimited Streams 36
VLC Will Get a New UI This Year With 4.0 Launch 114
Reddit Users Revolt Against the iOS App's New Video Player 41
YouTube Extends Trump's Suspension For a Second Time 199
What You Should Know Before Leaking a Zoom Meeting 37
Cryptocat Author Gets Insanely Fast Backing To Build P2P Tech For Social Media 63
Popular Podcasts App Pocket Casts Is Up For Sale: Where Did It Go Wrong? 35
Apple Plans Podcasting Subscription Service in Threat To Spotify 20
YouTube Suspends Trump's Channel For At Least 7 Days 442
Quibi Reportedly In Talks To Sell Its Shows To Roku 12

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