The Federal Trade Commission alleged the company illegally collected personal information from children. The $5.7 million settlement is the largest civil penalty ever obtained by the commission in a children’s privacy case. Read more…
Pandora debuted a tool called Pandora Stories that lets creators make playlists that combine music tracks with their audio commentary. Read more…
Alden Global Capital, the hedge fund whose Media News Group last month bid $1.4 billion for USA Todaypublisher Gannett, is again fueling speculation about the future of the ailing U.S. newspaper industry. Read more…
BMW is collaborating on a six-episode podcast called, “The Special,” with The New York Times’ branded content studio, T Brand Studio, and restaurant discovery platform, The Infatuation. Read more…
Arsenal Football Club, a U.K. professional soccer team, signed a licensing deal with sports tech firm Fantastec to launch a blockchain collectibles app. Read more…
USA Today editor-in-chief Nicole Carroll apologized for her role in creating an Arizona State University yearbook that showed two pictures of people dressed in blackface. Read more…
Publishers say tech companies like Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google are less supportive of the industry than they were a year ago — and paid subscriptions are a bigger priority. That’s the message from a survey of publishers by German media giant Axel Springer at this month’s International Paid Content Summit in Berlin. Read more…
It is possible to applaud the administration’s efforts to promote gay rights, while still pointing out areas that need improvement. The two viewpoints aren’t necessarily contradictory. Read more….
The action follows criticism of the video-sharing platform for monetizing videos that exploit children. Starting on February 25, YouTube’s revised “strikes system” will give a one-time warning to users who post content that crosses the line. Read more…
Apple, Samsung, Fitbit and Fossil’s combined share of the smartwatch market will slide to 47% of global shipments by 2023 from an estimated 58% last year, per a forecast from Juniper Research. Read more…