Some experts say targeted ads on streaming services could be crucial in the 2022 US midterms, as others worry the ads evade federal regulation and oversight (Natasha Singer/New York Times)

Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Netflix plans to expand its pre-release content screening program, the Netflix Preview Club, from 2,000+ users to tens of thousands in early 2023  —  Streaming giant plans global expansion of program that helped make ‘Don’t Look Up’ less serious  —  Netflix’s Turbulent Year: How It Reversed Subscriber Losses

On Substack:
Substack announces writer Bestseller badges based on the number of paid subscribers: purple for tens of thousands, orange for thousands, and white for hundreds  —  A check mark worth paying attention to  —  Today we’re introducing a way to see, at just a glance, whether or not someone …

CDW and Samsung are working together with First Tee — Greater Detroit, a youth organization, to show young players the connection between technology and golf. While the organization’s primary focus is to help youth participants build character, they are also learning that technology can improve their understanding of the game.
“First Tee — Greater Detroit is a youth development organization that uses golf to teach kids important life lessons and traits, such as hard work, perseverance, self-confidence, respect,” says Todd Krieger, interim CEO, First Tee — Greater Detroit. “These things are…

CDW and Samsung are working together with First Tee — Greater Detroit, a youth organization, to show young players the connection between technology and golf. While the organization’s primary focus is to help youth participants build character, they are also learning that technology can improve their understanding of the game.
“First Tee — Greater Detroit is a youth development organization that uses golf to teach kids important life lessons and traits, such as hard work, perseverance, self-confidence, respect,” says Todd Krieger, interim CEO, First Tee — Greater Detroit. “These things are…

Natasha Singer / New York Times:
Ahead of the midterms, US political campaigns are using voter-profiling companies and vast amounts of data to target campaign ads on guns, vaccines, and QAnon  —  To help campaigns target ads, voter-profiling firms score millions of Americans on issues like guns, vaccines and QAnon.

Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A federal jury in Detroit ordered Ford to pay Versata Software $104.6M for breach of a 2004 licensing contract and misuse of trade secrets; Ford plans to appeal  —  A federal jury in Detroit ordered Ford Motor Co (F.N) to pay Versata Software Inc $104.6 million in damages for breaching …