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Buzzfeed and Insider Reportedly Cutting Jobs Amid Advertising Slowdowns

Buzzfeed and Insider Reportedly Cutting Jobs Amid Advertising Slowdowns
Buzzfeed and Insider Reportedly Cutting Jobs Amid Advertising Slowdowns
April 20, 2023  |  Economy

Two digital media organizations have reportedly made job cuts. Buzzfeed is shutting its news operation and eliminating 180 jobs, while Insider is cutting 10% of...

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Merchants and Brands Seeing Sales Boost From Retail Media Partnerships
Merchants and Brands Seeing Sales Boost From Retail Media Partnerships
April 14, 2023  |  Retail

Retailers are reporting good results from new retail media advertising tools offered by Meta. A month after the company launched Managed Partner Ads Lite and...

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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
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. Like many of...

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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  |  Facebook / 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

Last May, the Indian magazine Outlook published a very successful special edition criticizing the government’s handling of the pandemic. There were three ways to read...

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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  |  Facebook / Meta

Meta is looking into cutting the funds it gives to news organizations, Reuters reported Monday (May 9). This comes as Meta is noticing that less...

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