US Congress omits the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act from the defense spending bill, amid intense pushback from industry and advocacy groups (Cristiano Lima/Washington Post)

Jon Swartz / MarketWatch:
Meta plans to consider removing news from its platform if Congress passes Senator Klobuchar’s “ill-considered” Journalism Competition and Preservation Act  —  Bill would allow news organizations to band together to negotiate for a larger share of online advertising revenue

Washington Post:
With Republicans poised to take over the House in 2023, a look at the prospects of the bipartisan American Data Privacy and Protection Act in a divided Congress  —  With Republicans poised to take over the House next year, a divided Congress looms.  The result could be two years of partisan strife and gridlock.

Washington Post:
With Republicans poised to take over the House in 2023, a look at the prospects of the bipartisan American Data Privacy and Protection Act in a divided Congress  —  With Republicans poised to take over the House next year, a divided Congress looms.  The result could be two years of partisan strife and gridlock.

Casey Newton / Nieman Lab:
An interview with Medium CEO Tony Stubblebine: writers with subscribers should be paid more and thinking “Medium was going to shine” in journalism was a mistake  —  Sometimes as a reporter you write a piece that is critical of a company and the company decides not to talk to you again for a long while, or ever again.

Diane Bartz / Reuters:
A US Senate committee votes 15-7 to pass the Journalism Competition and Protection Act letting news organizations band together to negotiate with tech platforms  —  The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee voted Thursday to approve a bill aimed at allowing news organizations to band together …

Maria Deutscher / SiliconANGLE:
Gartner forecasts public cloud spending will grow 20.7% to $591.8B in 2023, including SaaS spending up 16.8% to $195.2B and PaaS spending up 23.2% to $136.4B  —  Worldwide spending on public cloud services will grow 20.7% in 2023, to $591.8 billion, according to a new Gartner Inc. forecast released today.