Month: January 2018

Amazon buying Target sounds like something from a dream–and that’s all it could end up being. Gene Munster, a tech analyst and managing partner at Loup Ventures, made the bold prediction in a blog post yesterday. His reasoning? Amazon needs more brick-and-mortar stores as well as another way to reach moms (and their wallets). If…

An estimated 3.45 million Muslims of all ages were living in the United States in 2017, accounting for about 1.1% of the country’s total population.

OK, advertising has lots of issues to contend with. One of them is brand safety, which was brought into stark relief over the New Year’s weekend when YouTube star Logan Paul posted a video of a
suicide victim. No question YouTube has a Logan Paul problem.

Factoring in an estimated 2.1 million U.S. subscribers from new monthly Nielsen data — from Sling TV, DirecTV Now, YouTube TV, Hulu with Live TV and others — still equates to an overall 2% decline
in U.S. pay TV subscribers, Pivotal Research Group says.

In a memo to Vice staff on Tuesday, CFO Sarah Broderick announced the suspension of company president Andrew Creighton and Chief Digital Officer Mike Germano while the company investigates claims of
sexual misconduct against the men.

Reports surfaced Tuesday that Amazon has been speaking to consumer products goods companies such as Clorox and Procter & Gamble to develop ads. The CPG companies would promote their products on Echo
devices powered by the Alexa voice assistant.

Analysts for Citibank wrote in a research note that they believe there’s a 40% chance that Apple will buy Netflix with the money it repatriates following the passage of corporate tax reform.

Artificial intelligence will help Amazon increase ad revenue and will support media bidding and the rise of blockchains and virtual currencies. As search becomes more social and visual, Facebook and
Google will stagnate, the cost per click will rise, and Pinterest and Facebook will become “search engines.”

As mobile payments surge to $9 trillion a year, way ahead of the U.S., Alibaba and Tencent are elbowing banks aside. The growth foretells a future where tech firms drive innovations in finance as they have in retailing, autos and media.