Apple

• Insights: Apple’s Latest Privacy Push Further Complicates Competitors’ Data Handling
• Apple App Store Has Denied Hosting Facebook’s Standalone Gaming App At Least 5 Times Since February (Report)

  Facebook accelerated the launch of its standalone gaming app in April due to increased viewership in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Though at the time, the app was only available for Android users, as its approval at Apple was pending.Now, The New York Times reports that Apple has denied Facebook Gaming from appearing in its app store at least five times, after it was initially submitted for approval in late February.

  
• Amid Spotify’s Aggressive Podcast Push, Apple Seeks Exec To Oversee Audio Originals (Report)

  In the wake of a seismic deal in the podcast industry that will see top host Joe Rogan bring his show exclusively to Spotify for a reported $100 million, Apple -- which will lose distribution of Rogan’s show come 2021 -- is revamping its own podcast approach.

  
• Insights: Will Apple Plusing Up Its Streaming Service Set Off Another Round Of Hollywood Consolidation?

  Apple is reportedly shopping for older films and TV shows to beef up its TV+ offerings. Will a buying spree there set off more Hollywood consolidation? Almost surely.

  
• Apple Poaches Longtime Netflix Exec Ruslan Meshenberg To Lead Engineering
• Insights: Two Months In, Apple TV+ And Disney+ Hit The Churn Zone
• Former HBO Chief Richard Plepler Signs 5-Year Production Deal At Apple TV+
• Insights: Doing Business In China Vexes Companies That Depend On Creators — And Creators Themselves
• Apple Signs Overall TV Deal With Oscar-Winning Auteur Alfonso Cuarón
• A Glitch Was Behind The Disappearance Of Amazon Prime Video From Apple TV, App Store
• Insights: Apple And Comcast Giveaways May Net Tens Of Millions Of Subscribers And Send SVOD Super Derby Back To Where TV Started
• Apple’s Big YouTube Stream Was Just Part Of Its Swelling Social Video Impact