Social Media Insider
by Gavin O'Malley, Staff Writer
Despite charges of treason by his Chinese countrymen, Zhang Yiming, founder of TikTok parent ByteDance, says he remains open to a sale of the popular app. Read the whole story
by Karlene Lukovitz
Disney, which suffered a net loss of $5 billion in its third quarter, will also bow "Mulan" in theaters in some countries where that … Read the whole story
by Karlene Lukovitz
NBCUniversal's layoffs said to span its portfolio, but affect under 10% of its workforce. Read the whole story
by Wayne Friedman
Networks aired the least original shows in over a decade, Standard Media Index said. Ad spending was 2% higher in TV news content, on … Read the whole story
by Wayne Friedman
The drop was due to due to pandemic issues -- but better than analysts' expectations. Read the whole story
by Joe Mandese
The U.S. podcast advertising marketplace is on pace to top $1 billion in the next year, according to the first-ever estimates released by eMarketer … Read the whole story
by Wendy Davis
The company Maffick, which operates the social media pages "In the Now," "Soapbox," and "Waste-Ed," has sued Facebook for attaching a label reading "Russia … Read the whole story
COMMENTARY
by Laurie Sullivan, Staff Writer
The Partnership for Responsible Addressable Media, announced Tuesday, includes trade groups, brands and ad-tech companies and aims to convince browser and platform developers, such … Read the whole story
by Wendy Davis
Companies would no longer be able to collect faceprints, retinal scans or other biometric data, unless the companies had both a valid business purpose … Read the whole story
by Wendy Davis
Twitter must face claims it wrongly charged an advertiser for interactions with bot accounts, a federal judge ruled this week. Read the whole story
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by Ray Schultz
Developers affected by COVID-19 will be paid to build new integrations for the Mailchimp platform. Read the whole story
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by Larissa Faw
Wakefern, parent of ShopRite, Price Rite and The Fresh Grocer, is signing an agreement with Inmar Intelligence to use the company’s marketing technologies and … Read the whole story
by Laurie Sullivan
Out-of-stock items and hoarding of products challenged retailers and brands in first-half 2020, creating bottlenecks and outages on their websites. Data shows which brands … Read the whole story