Twitter’s private information policy already prohibited the posting of people’s private information–such as address, identification and phone numbers–along with threatening to do so or incentivizing other people to do so. The social network added private media to the mix in an update revealed Tuesday. The company explained in a blog post Tuesday, “There are growing…
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Away Launches Passport Scholarship Fund to Help Students Explore the World
The travel industry has had a rocky year and a half, in no small part due to ongoing health concerns posed by the Covid-19 pandemic. Yet, even as international voyages make a comeback in a big way, cost of travel can pose a barrier for many. With an awareness of the way that lack of…
LinkedIn Adds LinkedIn Live, Newsletters to Creator Mode
Members using LinkedIn Creator Mode will gradually gain access to LinkedIn Live and newsletters. The professional network said in a blog post Tuesday that LinkedIn Live enables members to broadcast content directly on their profiles and interact with their audience in real-time, helping to drive deeper engagement and establish creators as thought leaders. And newsletters…
Working at a Nonprofit Should Be as Cool as Working at Google
When I first told people I was pursuing my nonprofit full time after graduation, the common response was: “Why would you want to work for a nonprofit? You won’t make any money.” I usually replied: “It’s not about the money. I’m doing this to change lives.” Though I tried to brush it off, the thought…
Cannes Lions Adds ‘Creative B2B’ Category for 2022
As the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity plans to return to being an in-person event in June 2022 after two years of remote programming, the awards program has announced a new category dedicated to b-to-b marketing. The Creative B2B Lion has been “several years in the making,” said Philip Thomas, chairman of Cannes Lions,…
Twitter: How to Switch to a Business Profile
Twitter allows businesses, content creators and other professionals to switch to a business account, which gives them access to new tools. Our guide will show you how to switch to a business profile from within the Twitter mobile application. Note: These screenshots were captured in the Twitter app on iOS. Step 1: Tap your profile…
Discovery+ Debuts New Brand Campaign as It Looks to Disprove the Doubters
Discovery+ is happy to prove the haters wrong. As it nears its first anniversary, the streaming service, which debuted last January into an already crowded streaming video landscape, has helped bring Discovery to a total count of 20 million direct-to-consumer subscribers, according to the company’s latest public disclosures. (Discovery lumps Discovery+ subscribers together with the…
British Competition Authority Rules Meta Must Sell Giphy
Meta Platforms, previously Facebook, has been ordered to sell digital platform Giphy by the British competition watchdog which has ruled that the $400 million merger “has resulted or would result in a substantial lessening of competition.” The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has said that the merger that was announced in May 2020 is anticompetitive…
Carat USA CEO Steele Returning To Publicis Groupe In New Global Role
Steele has led Carat USA for the last two years. Earlier she spent more than a decade in leadership roles at its media agency Starcom.