Publishers are apparently not thrilled with the ad dollars coming from their participation in Facebook’s Instant Articles program. “The product is still in its infancy, but publishers including The Washington Post, New York Times and LittleThings.com are finding it difficult to extract as much revenue per article from Instant Articles as they do from pages on their own websites,” The Wall Street Journal reports, citing sources.

Government demands for Facebook’s user data have never been higher, the social giant reveals in a new report. “Facebook's biannual report is one of the chief indicators of government interest in the company's data,” Reuters reports. “The social media giant is generally not allowed to publicize specific requests by law enforcement and spy agencies.”

Periscope just revamped its Global Map. “Instead of just showing who’s live on Periscope across the globe, the Global Map also now shows where there are replays to catch up on,” 9To5Google reports. “Now, every time you zoom in to a specific area on the map, you’ll see any live broadcasts as well as any stream replays from the last 24 hours.”  

Tinder is adding “smart” snippets below uses’ pictures. This text will change based on what people have in common. “For example: ‘You both went to UCLA.’” Business Insider notes. “This update is part of a wider push by Tinder to give you more relevant information about someone before you decide to swipe left or right.”

Twitter just named Mark Little -- founder of News Corp owned social news agency Storyful -- as its new senior executive across Twitter’s international operation. Little left News Corp in June after just 18 months saying it’s best to “quit while you’re ahead,” The Guardian reports. “Little will take the role of vice-president of media for Europe and Africa.”

To infuse the company with fresh blood, Twitter is reportedly ready to shed several board members. “Among those who may be most likely to depart … are the three Peters: Benchmark VC Peter Fenton, investor Peter Currie and Peter Chernin, CEO of the Chernin Group,” Re/code reports. “As part of the expected board change, CEO Jack Dorsey wants to diversify the board.”

Developers are apparently getting a sneak peek at Apple Music with Siri voice controls on the new Apple TV. A beta for tvOS 9.1 adds full voice commands for Apple Music, letting users search for songs and control playback. “Supported commands include ‘Search for (artist, album, or song),’ ‘Play (artist, album, song, or playlist),’ and ‘Play Beats 1,’” PCWorld reports.

Before Thanksgiving, Match Group plans to raise up to $467 million in an initial public offering. “It will trade on the NASDAQ under ticker symbol MTCH,” Fortune reports. The company’s properties include Match.com and Tinder. “Match Group reports $85 million of net income on $753 million in revenue for the first nine months of 2015.”

Twitter is clearly on the defensive after an African American engineer publicly criticized Twitter’s efforts to advance diversity. In response, “Twitter's senior vice president of engineering Alex Roetter has pledged ‘faster progress,’” USA Today reports.   

Twitter plans to increase transparency around its political action committee. “We will conduct our #PAC activities with a high degree of transparency,” Tom Tarantino, public policy manager, said in a blog post. As The Hill notes: “The company … has indicated it wants to become more active politically.”