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Subscription Challenges Await Iger as Former CEO Returns to Disney’s Helm

Subscription Challenges Await Iger as Former CEO Returns to Disney’s Helm
Subscription Challenges Await Iger as Former CEO Returns to Disney’s Helm
November 21, 2022  |  Subscriptions

While investors cheered Robert Iger’s return as Disney’s CEO, challenges at the company’s streaming media division will be front and center thanks to new competition...

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Report: Twitter Will End Ad-Free Articles for Subscribers
Report: Twitter Will End Ad-Free Articles for Subscribers
November 01, 2022  |  Subscriptions

Twitter will reportedly no longer let subscribers to its Twitter Blue access ad-free articles from publishers, part of a series of sweeping changes under new...

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Retailers Sharpen in-House Ads to Bring Fresh Revenue, Better Brand Service
Retailers Sharpen in-House Ads to Bring Fresh Revenue, Better Brand Service
September 22, 2022  |  Retail

In some ways, a new ad platform launched today (Sept. 22) by alcohol eCommerce site Drizly is the retail industry equivalent of a dating service. Get the Full...

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The Independent Taps Bolt for Editorial eCommerce Payments
The Independent Taps Bolt for Editorial eCommerce Payments
September 21, 2022  |  eCommerce

U.K. newspaper The Independent has transformed its eCommerce service through a new partnership with digital payments firm Bolt, the publisher announced in a Wednesday (Sept....

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Facebook Pivots From News Coverage to Creator Economy
Facebook Pivots From News Coverage to Creator Economy
July 19, 2022  |  Meta

Meta will be changing how it uses resources for its Facebook News tab and Bulletin newsletter, intending to focus more on the creator economy, according...

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The Token Economy: Can Micropayments Be More than Microsuccessful?
The Token Economy: Can Micropayments Be More than Microsuccessful?
July 07, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

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Meta Eyes Cutting Funds to News Companies After Reader Drop
Meta Eyes Cutting Funds to News Companies After Reader Drop
May 10, 2022  |  Meta

Meta is looking into cutting the funds it gives to news organizations, Reuters reported Monday (May 9). Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

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Musk-Twitter Deal Would Be Latest in Trend of Billionaires Buying Media Companies
Musk-Twitter Deal Would Be Latest in Trend of Billionaires Buying Media Companies
April 25, 2022  |  Acquisitions

An attention-grab by a walking headline generator that echoes deeper themes on media platforms, Elon Musk’s $43 billion bid for Twitter is stepping from poison...

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Crowdfunding Sites Finance Ukrainian Journalism
Crowdfunding Sites Finance Ukrainian Journalism
April 17, 2022  |  International

Ukrainian journalists have been looking to the crowdfunding site Patreon to help finance their own coverage of the Russia-Ukraine war, the Financial Times reported Saturday...

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