The NYT sues OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement, alleging they used millions of its articles to train AI, the first major US media outlet to sue
community responds Gaurav Girotra / Tech in Asia : NYT files copyright suit against OpenAI, Microsoft Jacob Oliver / CryptoSlate : New York Times sues Microsoft, OpenAI for alleged copyright infringem...
Antenna: 19% of US streaming users canceled 3+ subscriptions from June 2020-June 2022; average monthly customer defections were 5.46% in July, up from 4.46% YoY
what used to be called rational economic behavior. https://www.wsj.com/... Amol Sharma / @asharma : Nearly one-fifth of streaming subscribers are “serial” cancelers, a big problem for Netflix, HBO Max...
How advertisers are dealing with Meta's ad price increases prompted by Apple's ATT changes, with some shifting their ad budgets to Google, Amazon, and TikTok
and leaders above them signing off on it — has impacted everyone from Facebook and Shopify to small businesses and DTC brands. To the tune of hundreds of billions of dollars! Glenn Gabe / @glenngabe :...
State AGs' suit alleges Google misled publishers and advertisers for years about ad pricing by deflating sales for some and increasing prices for buyers
Details show Google employees fretting its ad tech auctions were ‘untruthful’ and based in ‘insider information’ Tweets: @keachhagey , @trippmickle , @jessefelder , @asharma , @mattrosoff , and @casey...
Sources: CloutHub and FreeSpace are among the apps vying to be next platform of Trump, who “wants cash money up front” in exchange for followers he would bring
he wants cash flow, not long term value Ben Mullin / @benmullin : Donald Trump wants an up-front licensing fee to bring his brand (and presumably tons of followers) to a new social network, @keachhage...
Unilever says it will halt US advertising on Facebook and Twitter for at least the remainder of 2020, citing hate speech and divisive content on the platforms
to the point where it has de-indexed entire countries rather than do so — but that dam broke this week. Why? https://www.cjr.org/... Alexia Bonatsos / @alexia : Facebook on the other side of “platform...
Unilever says it will halt US advertising on Facebook and Twitter for at least the remainder of 2020, citing hate speech and divisive content on the platforms
like @NAACP — and Internet activists, namely @slpng_giants, who have figured out how to leverage social media to trigger corporate action. That's new. https://twitter.com/... Tyler McCall / @eiffeltyl...
A look at the proliferation of fake business listings and con artists on Google Maps, which experts estimate carries ~11M false listings on any given day
Data Sheet Joseph Zappa / Street Fight : Report: Fake Google Maps Listings Ensnare Consumers, Harm Legitimate Businesses Jason England / Android Central : Millions of fake businesses are currently lis...
A look at the proliferation of fake business listings and con artists on Google Maps, which experts estimate carries ~11M false listings on any given day
Data Sheet Joseph Zappa / Street Fight : Report: Fake Google Maps Listings Ensnare Consumers, Harm Legitimate Businesses Luke Stangel / Silicon Valley Business Journal : Are there really millions of f...
Verizon writes down the value of its AOL and Yahoo acquisitions by $4.6B in filing, amid tough competition in the digital advertising industry
Yahoo, Aol, HuffPo—worth only $200m, 30% less than HuffPo alone was worth when Aol bought it. What were they thinking? https://www.cnn.com/... Ben Walsh / @bendwalsh : yiiikes in hindsight, you have t...