The second quarter of 2022 was not a highlight reel for Meta, as Facebook’s parent company reported a year-over-year decline in revenue, as well as slowed growth in family monthly active people and family daily active people on its platforms. Meta posted revenue of $28.822 billion for the quarter, down 1% from $29.077 billion in…
Spotify Q2 Earnings Show Its Ad Revenue Reached an ‘All-Time High’ at $360 Million
Audio giant Spotify revealed its 2022 Q2 earnings today, highlighting growth of its monthly active users, premium subscriptions and ad revenue. Although worries lingered following Spotify’s split from Russia’s market of 1.5 million subscribers, the streaming service still managed to exceed the goals it set in Q1 2022 where its revenue grew 19% year over…
Twitter: How to See the Words You’ve Muted
Twitter allows users to mute words and hashtags in order to stop seeing tweets containing those words and hashtags in their home feed. When a user mutes a word or hashtag, they will also no longer receive notifications about tweets that include that word or hashtag. Users can view all of the words and/or hashtags…
Google Pushes Third-Party Cookie Demise to 2024
Google said today it would hold off on its plan to get rid of third-party tracking cookies until at least 2024. This is the second time the tech giant has pushed back on the cookie’s demise. Previously, the company had pushed the phaseout to late 2023. Instead, the ad industry, from advertisers to publishers, will…
Fila Signs Multiyear Sports Marketing Agreement With Havas
Havas Sports & Entertainment Italia will handle the assignment, which includes current sports deals, new sports marketing initiatives, “targeted activations,” and PR.
Twitter Salutes the #BeyHive With a Custom Hashtag-Triggered Emoji
Twitter rolled out a hashtag-triggered emoji to mark Friday’s scheduled release of Renaissance, the new album from Beyonc?. The social network said the BeyHive custom fandom emoji marks just its second such initiative, following the one it created for the BTS Army when I reached 10 million followers in 2017, and it represents a continuation…
LinkedIn Adds Support for Ukrainian
LinkedIn is now available in Ukrainian. The professional network said it prioritized adding support for the language in order to help its members in war-torn Ukraine highlight their experience and skills and receive support from the community. Managing director for Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America Josh Graff wrote in a LinkedIn post,…
Calling a Ceasefire on the Remote Work Debate
Wars are now waged in the comments of a LinkedIn post. We’ve all seen them. We may have even participated in them. It all starts with a bold proclamation that we must all join the work-from-home revolution, that not doing so is an assault on our freedoms and rights as modern-day employees. Or, it begins…
PBS Chief Addresses Trump’s Lingering Effect at Virtual TCA Event
For four years, Donald Trump’s proposed spending budget attempted to slash resources for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which provides funding to PBS. But even though Trump is now out of the White House, the broadcaster is staying vigilant. At the summer press tour for the Television Critics Association on Wednesday, which shifted from in-person…
TikTok Reveals Plans for More Accountability and Transparency Initiatives
TikTok chief operating officer Vanessa Pappas detailed several initiatives that are underway to help boost the platform’s accountability and transparency. An application-programming interface is being developed to help researchers access public and anonymized data about content and activity on TikTok, enabling them to identify and assess content and trends or conduct tests. It will be…