New Beginnings in Digital Media and Gaming Economics

What to expect from tomorrow’s Big Tech Congressional testimony. Instagram is trying to woo TikTok stars. Qualcomm has some amazing new quick charge tech. Roblox continues to look like the next big thing. And Deadspin—the true Deadspin—lives to fight another day.

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Links:

• Their Businesses Went Virtual. Then Apple Wanted a Cut. (NYTimes)
• Google’s Top Search Result? Surprise! It’s Google (The Markup)
• Congress has battled airlines, banks, tobacco and baseball. Now it’s preparing to clash with Big Tech. (Washington Post)
• Facebook Offers Money to Reel In TikTok Creators (WSJ)
• Qualcomm’s Quick Charge 5 refuels phones 50% in 5 minutes, 100% in 15 (VentureBeat)
• Roblox jumps to over 150M monthly users, will pay out $250M to developers in 2020 (TechCrunch)
• After Quitting Deadspin in Protest, They’re Starting a New Site (NYTimes)

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