Legacy and Impact Lead This Year’s All Ways Black Initiative From Penguin Random House

With recent book bans in the U.S. causing alarm across the country, it’s more crucial than ever to show support for literature in its many forms. As books by Black writers continue to be among the most targeted by extremist groups, Black authors, publishers and supporters are working double time to get books into the…

Instagram: How to Use End-to-End Encryption in Chats

Instagram is currently rolling out end-to-end encryption for direct message conversations on the photo- and video-sharing platform. This feature adds additional security to a user’s conversations. Users have the option to activate end-to-end encryption for each of their conversations individually. Our guide will show you how to use end-to-end encryption in conversations in the Instagram…

The FTC Lost Their Last Republican Commissioner. What Happens Next?

The FTC’s only remaining Republican commissioner just resigned — and political polarization is putting the agency in a pickle.

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Paramount+ Adds 9.9 Million Subscribers, Hikes Prices for Showtime Integration

Paramount+ may have finally reached its peak–peak losses, that is. The streaming service added a record 9.9 million subscribers in the fourth quarter of 2022 to climb to nearly 56 million total. Still, the company is expecting to take a hit in its direct-to-consumer business in 2023 as it realigns its content strategy. As Paramount…

Roku Hopes To Bounce Back With Smart TVs After Revenue Growth Plateaus

Considering Roku decided to start manufacturing smart TVs in the middle of a looming recession, its Q4 results probably could have been worse.

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As Advertisers Pivot to Out-Stream, What’s the Incentive for Publishers?

Last summer, the IAB Tech Lab released new guidelines that effectively declared out-stream the primary path for web video inventory moving forward. Those of us who have been around awhile–and associate the term “out-stream” with glacial page speed and scammy ad units–are doing a double take. Historically, out-stream ads have not been favored by publishers…